Auckland
Built across fifty volcanoes with a harbour on either side. Most of the good part is a ferry ride off the city itself.
Auckland in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Auckland
Where to stay in Auckland
Auckland in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Auckland
The Auckland Domain, also known as Pukekawa / Auckland Domain, is a large park in Auckland, New Zealand. Consisting of 75 hectares of land, Auckland Domain is the oldest park in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the parkland is the remains of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Ingolfson · Public domain
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history, natural history, and military history.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Iswzo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maungawhau / Mount Eden is a scoria cone and Tūpuna Maunga in Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. The cone is part of the Auckland volcanic field, the tallest located on the isthmus.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Aug 2026
Etherbug, Alan Collins · CC BY 3.0
Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide island is a symmetrical shield volcano cone capped by central scoria cones, reaching a height of 260 m (850 ft). Rangitoto is the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the Auckland volcanic field, having erupted in two phases about 1450 CE and 1500 CE and covering an area of 2,311 ha.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Aug 2026
Bruce Hayward · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 May 2026
QFSE Media · CC BY-SA 3.0 nz
Waiheke Island is the second-largest island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) from the central-city terminal in Auckland.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Jul 2026
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. · Public domain
The Auckland Domain, also known as Pukekawa / Auckland Domain, is a large park in Auckland, New Zealand. Consisting of 75 hectares of land, Auckland Domain is the oldest park in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the parkland is the remains of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Ingolfson · Public domain
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history, natural history, and military history.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Iswzo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maungawhau / Mount Eden is a scoria cone and Tūpuna Maunga in Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. The cone is part of the Auckland volcanic field, the tallest located on the isthmus.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Aug 2026
Etherbug, Alan Collins · CC BY 3.0
Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) wide island is a symmetrical shield volcano cone capped by central scoria cones, reaching a height of 260 m (850 ft). Rangitoto is the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the Auckland volcanic field, having erupted in two phases about 1450 CE and 1500 CE and covering an area of 2,311 ha.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Aug 2026
Bruce Hayward · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 May 2026
QFSE Media · CC BY-SA 3.0 nz
Waiheke Island is the second-largest island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) from the central-city terminal in Auckland.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Jul 2026
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. · Public domain
From the airport
When to go to Auckland: Nov or Dec or Jan or Feb or Mar
Long days for the walks; the south finally warms up.
Guides about Auckland
The best time to visit New Zealand month by month, with the domestic holiday rush that moves prices island-wide and the levy you pay before you land.
Elise Kavanagh · 4 Sep 2026
Queenstown with kids by age band, with the visitor levy that has no child exemption, the free lake days and which adrenaline activities actually take under-12s.
Priya Nair · 3 Sep 2026
New Zealand's weather changes faster than anywhere and the UV is among the world's harshest. The layer system, the sun rule, and the biosecurity trap.
Hannah Weiss · 2 Sep 2026
A South Island road trip planned around real driving times. Why Milford from Queenstown is a ten hour day, and the levy that tripled before you land.
Elise Kavanagh · 2 Sep 2026