Auckland Trip Overview
Explore the New Zealand capital at your own pace and discover top city attractions with ease on this self-guided Auckland audio tour. Download your mp3 audio guide and map, then take to the city streets at your leisure. Discover top attractions such as Aotea Square, the 19th-century Baptist Tabernacle, the Civic Theater, Khartoum Place, Myers Park, and St Kevin’s Arcade, and find out what makes Auckland such a special place to visit. Along the way, gain insight into centuries of rich New Zealand history.
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Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Starts: Auckland, New Zealand
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Audio Guided Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Auckland, , New Zealand
Explore the New Zealand capital at your own pace and discover top city attractions with ease on this self-guided Auckland audio tour. Download your mp3 audio guide and map, then take to the city streets at your leisure. Discover top attractions such as Aotea Square, the 19th-century Baptist Tabernacle, the Civic Theater, Khartoum Place, Myers Park, and St Kevin’s Arcade, and find out what makes Auckland such a special place to visit. Along the way, gain insight into centuries of rich New Zealand history.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: SkyTower, Victoria Street Corner Federal Streets, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
The Sky Tower, Auckland
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St Matthew-in-the-City Church, 187 Federal Street Intersection of Hobson & Wellesley Streets, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
St. Matthew in
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the
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city is the church on the corner of Hobson and Wellesley Street. This land was
bought from the Crown in 1843 by Bishop George Augustus Selwyn and the building initially
constructed on the site served as a one
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room school.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Aotea Square, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland Central, Auckland 1001 New Zealand
Aotea Square is a public area adjacent to Queen Street. It was originally opened to the public in 1979
by Sir Dove
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Myer Robinson the former Mayor of Auckland.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Statue of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Queen Street Aotea Square, Auckland Central, Auckland New Zealand
The statue you are looking at is a Toby Twiss
sculpture of Sir Dove
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Myer Robinson. Dove
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Myer
Robinson was the longest serving mayor of Auckland.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Baptist Tabernacle, 429 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
Built in 1884 and designed by architect Edmund Bell, the Baptist Tabernacle is based on the
Metropolitan Tabernacle located in Elephant and Castle in London, no doubt because Auckland
pastor Thomas Spurgeon’s father C. H. Spurgeo
n was the pastor of the London church at the time.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Wellesley St E Corner Kitchener, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
The Auckland Art Gallery, a
lso named ‘Toi o Tamaki’ shows works from 1376 by a range of Maori,
Pacific Islander and European artists.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Albert Park, Princes St, Auckland Central, Auckland New Zealand
This sculpture
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titled “Gateway” by Chris Booth
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is beautifully nestled amongst ferns and living
descending
pohutukawa trees on this busy city intersection.
Duration: 15 minutes
