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State |
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| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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 Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
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The Central Business District (CBD). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
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The city centre |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
The Sky Tower |
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The Sky Tower |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
The Sky Tower / Fireworks |
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New Year fireworks. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
St Patrick's Cathedral |
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The interior |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
CBD |
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The Civic Theatre dates from 1929. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
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Detail of Ena Te Papatahi. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
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"Glass and Pitcher" (1944) by Pablo Picasso. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
Robin White Retrospective |
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Painting of a young girl in Kiribati by Robin White in 1992 ("On The Beach at Bikenibeu"). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
Robin White Retrospective |
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The artist Robin White visits the gallery. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
Robin White Retrospective |
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"The Perfect Silence of the Hour", a work on bark paper by Robin White. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
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Singing songs from the Pacific islands. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
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Weaving mats. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
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Preparing bark paper for artwork. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
Rivera and Kahlo Exhibition |
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Detail of "Diego on my Mind" by Frida Kahlo. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Auckland Art Gallery |
Rivera and Kahlo Exhibition |
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"The Love Embrace" by Frida Kahlo. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Tiles commemorating New Zealand being the first country to give women the vote near the Auckland Art Gallery. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Prince's Street |
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Prince's Street is famous for its Victorian merchant houses. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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St Mary's Church |
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The wooden St Mary's Church |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Mount Eden |
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Eden Park is the home of the All Blacks Rugby Union team |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Carved wooden Maori door jamb (whakawae). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Prow of a Maori war canoe. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Intricately carved kumete (Maori container) and lid (19th century). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Jade and whale bone Maori clubs from the 1840s. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Maori village guardians. The image is of a deified ancestor. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Detail from a carved board from New Guinea. The boards are kept in the house of a chief. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Wool embroidered mat, Samoa. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Canoe padles from Tonga. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Bark paper print from Fiji. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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National Museum |
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Detail from a quilt (Cook Islands). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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A tata, a Maori device for bailing water out of a boat. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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A tavuaka is an outrigger from Vanuatu. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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Model of a 16th century Portuguese caravel, one of the first European ships to visit the Pacific. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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Sextant from London, 1723. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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Clock for determining longitude. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Maritime Museum |
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Detail of "We Three Go South" by Mary Trubahovich. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The zoo in Auckland sets up many environments. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The New Zealand section. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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One of the averies. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Takahe. This flightless bird lacks a strategy to defend itself or its young. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Otago skink. They eat insects and can also eat other lizards. They almost became extinct when mammals arrived in New Zealand. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Kea is the world's only mountain parrot. They are very curious. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Kakariki is a parakeet that lives on a single protected island. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Tuatara is unrelated to any other reptile and is only found in New Zealand. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Tuatara has a spine with a bone structure more similar to a fish. It reproduces like a bird, has a lung with a single chamber, two rows of teeth on its upper jaw and a third eye which becomes covered by scales as it ages. It can live to over 100. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Korora (little penguin). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The trails. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Sacred kingfisher. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Grey teal. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Papango. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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Maori totem. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Kaka has a brush like tongue for collecting nectar. It was once very common in New Zealand. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The harakeke plant is used to bind wounds. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Zoo |
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The Kiwi has poor vision but a keen sense of smell (unusual for birds). They have facial feathers which act like whiskers. It is flightless and has solid bones unlike most birds whose bones are hollow. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Roast lamb with all the trimmings. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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The Marina. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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The Marina tram. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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The beach at Mission Bay. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Sail boats. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Kinder House is made from volcanic stone. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Ewelme Cottage is a heritage house. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Karangahape Road is full of bars and tatoo joints. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
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Tatoo parlour in Karangahape Road. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Hauraki Bay |
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Devonport. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Hauraki Bay |
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Uninhabited Rangitoto Island is 260m high. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Hauraki Bay |
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Hauraki Bay has many islands. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Hauraki Bay |
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Forests and cliffs. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Waiheke Island |
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Waiheke Island is popular among Aucklanders. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Waiheke Island |
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The harbour. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Waiheke Island |
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View from Oneroa, the main village. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Waiheke Island |
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Wild Waiheke winery. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Auckland |
Waiheke Island |
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Local island bus. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
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Scenery near Matamata. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
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Scenery near Matamata. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
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Tourist office in Matamata which resembles a Hobbit house. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
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Ancient volcanic features. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
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Tirau is a small town famous for its corrugated iron artwork. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Sheep farm used as the setting of the home of the Hobbits. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Hobbiton is the film set for "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogies. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Hobbits are a mythical race with short bodies and big hairy feet. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Hobbit homes are built into hillsides. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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The home of Bilbo Baggins. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Hobbit houses have round doors. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Butterfly. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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House with chimney. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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The stone bridge and mill. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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The Green Dragon Inn. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Matamata |
Hobbiton |
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Inside the Green Dragon Inn. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Rotorua is a small town which is mainly Maori. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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The town gets its name from the lake. Rotorua means "second lake". |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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The tourist office and bus station. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Maori family waiting for a bus. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Colourful eatery. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Coat of arms showing British and Maori themes and the Southern Cross. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Kuirau Park |
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Kuirau Park in the centre of town. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Kuirau Park |
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Unique trees. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Kuirau Park |
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The gardens are well kept. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Kuirau Park |
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The park has many hot springs and geothermal hot spots. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
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Kuirau Park |
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A steaming lake is one of many geothermal spots in the park. |
2023 |
