AUCKLAND
Great green oasis
Cherry Grove in flower
OMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SLOW DOWN and smell the roses. And in the hustle and bustle of our largest city, there is no better place to do it than the Auckland Domain. New York may have Central Park, and London has Hyde Park – but they are no match for the Domain. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but looking back on the founding of Auckland you can’t help but think they got a few things right. Way back in the 1800s the 80 hectare plot of land that would become Auckland Domain was set aside as public reserve, and it remains today a great green oasis. Some call it Auckland’s lungs, to others it is a fantastic place for a walk, for wedding photos, for a family day out, or to, well, just go fly a kite.
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