Auckland Art Gallery

Toi o Tamaki, Auckland , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 9 307 7700
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    Art museum

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    Auckland - wielkomiejska twarz

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    Dziś trochę zwiedzaliśmy Auckland.
    Nie jest to formalnie stolica, ale jest znacznie większe niż Wellington i zamieszkuje tu 1/3 populacji Nowozelandczyków.
    Większość miast na świecie powyżej miliona mieszkańców wygląda podobnie. To również, może po za tym, że ma …

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    Liquid precipitation


    It arrived in the night. Loud and heavy. Unrelenting. Taking no prisoners. Waking us all from our sleep. Drumming on the flat roof outside the open dorm window. A continual drone. Yes it's rain. Lots of it. It's not drizzle. Not moderate. But heavy, maybe even violent.

    Rain. I'd forgotten how the word 'rain' and Auckland goes hand in …

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    More Maori!

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    For our first morning in Auckland, we decided to check out some museums. We stopped first for coffee (I can't wait to have normal coffee again in New York! This "flat white," “long black” nonsense has got to go.) and then walked through the city toward the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It’s deceptively named…most of the …

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    "I wonder why they call it Mission Bay..."

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    ... apparently because it's a mission to walk to from the city …

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    So long and thanks for all the fish

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    Yesterday was our last full day in New Zealand. When we drove through Auckland a few days ago en route to the Bay of Islands, we only spent an hour at the waterfront, so today we wanted to get a real feel for the city. So we spent about eight hours walking around the city; we hit the Auckland Museum, the Auckland Art Gallery, the funky vintage …

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    Kia-Ora!

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    ... quick cup of coffee or even an afternoon - purely on the 'spur of the moment'. It's a fantastic way of life. I visited the Auckland Art Gallery the other day with a 'Lisa' from North Dakota. I had bumped in to her in the Base reception on my way out ...

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    A bag of chips and the last bus home

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    ... was quite disturbing as the reports came in on the TV warning of the imminent danger. The final floor was dedicated to New Zealand’s part in various wars and several monuments of rememberence as always a chilling reminder of the bad points of war ...

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    Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud

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    ... town. Christchurch has a bit of feel of an English city, complete with river and punting (like Oxford and Cambridge). I'd been to New Zealand and Christchurch 5 years ago on a trip so had seen the city already. I just took a wander around along the Avon ...

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    Land of Sheep

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    ... a ski resort but that is seeming less likely by the day. Anyway, I visited the main sights and attractions in Auckland including the museum, the art gallery, the Sky Tower and the Minus 5 bar. The museum was a massive building that looked like a manor ...

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    Buying a Camper

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    ... us sad to leave behind Fiji and it's tropical blue skies. 3 hours later we were greeted by the rainy grey clouds of New Zealand. Aaaaah it's just like home. On arriving at customs we had been warned to declare EVERYTHING by a Swiss friend who was ...

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    The weather improved somewhat after my last ...

    ... go by. So the weather has returned and after a night at the movies and a few beers, I plan the Art Gallery before saying goodbye to Auckland on Monday and Hello Auistralia! in the hope they have already forgotten about the British Lions defeat? somehow ...

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    Domestic Bliss

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    ... harmonica doing the kind of grimy blues that demands strong drink. This was followed by Delaney Davidson(who Karyn described as New Zealand’s Tom Waits) a gentleman with a vintage suit and an acoustic guitar who weaved such a spell over the ...

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    Farewell Timbo

    ... goodbye (on my part!) and then I shouldered my pack and set off in search of a hostel (easy as pie). I went to the art gallery and strolled the streets and went to the cinema to see Harry Potter and th Goblet of Fire in the evening (which I really ...

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    Auckland – Der Alltag geht weiter…

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    ... hatten Hochsaison. Donnerstag hab ich's dann nicht mehr ausgehalten und bin im strömenden Regen die Straße runter in die Auckland Art Gallery. Kunst – naja. Ein Thema für sich. Einige Bilder fand ich schön, aber bei vielen modernen Kunstwerken ...

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    In The Shadow Of Mount Doom

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    ... ground just up the road, with the Black Caps dominating the second Test against and inexperienced Bangladesh side. One of New Zealand's best ever batsmen, Stephen Fleming, continues his innings from the previous day. Looking certain to secure his 10th ...