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Arrival near Auckland (in distance), North Island.
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New Zealand is very different / He rereke te noho o Aotearoa
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Tiaki: to protect and care for people and place.
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Off to see the sights in Auckland!
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Best seen from the Sky Deck ...
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Cityscape and some of the area's 53 dormant volcanoes
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See the volcano?
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Same view at nightfall
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The Sky Tower!
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Michael Joseph Savage Memorial gardens
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Great view across the harbor...
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along the gardens ...
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and of Rangitoto volcanic cone ...
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Time to go!
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Welcomed by a Maori elder under the trees
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And again inside the War Memorial Museum...
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by Maori dancers (who never surrendered to Britain...
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and still honor their Hana fierceness...
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and Maori dancer (in friendly Hana mode), with a traveler.
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We visited a special "non-war" exhibit ...
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and then stopped by the botanical garden
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(manicured displays)
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before heading down a walking trail to the port.
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We caught a commuter ferry to have supper ...
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in a smaller community across the bay. (Devonport)
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After sunset, a dramatic view of the commercial harbor
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and an iconic bridge ...
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before heading back to Auckland.
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Day 3. Off to the sheep station in the South Island.
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SHEEP! (NZ has 6X more sheep than people.)
