Auckland attractions on the map
Start with 37 highlights or open the complete catalog of 139 curated places.
Highlights include Albert Park, Aotea Square, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Harbour Bridge, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland Zoo.
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Places to see
139 of 139- Artspace Aotearoa beneath the bronze Star: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
This stop will show how a forgotten work returned to the building for which it was once created.
- Auckland Cenotaph and Court of Honour: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
Here you will learn why veterans were prepared to postpone the opening of the museum even though it had already been built.
- Auckland Domain Wintergardens: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
This stop will explain how donations, labor, and a waived fee covered the budget shortfall.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
This stop shows how the personal experience of three veterans shaped the design of the museum memorial.
- Ferry Building at the end of Queen Street: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
A court case will open up a social history for which the busy ferry terminal has no commemorative plaque.
- Galatos and Its Springy Dance Floor: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
An old dance hall connects fraternal meetings of the early last century with today’s music venue.
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
The finale reveals an architectural dispute that the builders did not hide behind a single facade.
- Myers Park above the hidden stream: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
The park shows how a ravine above a stream enclosed in a culvert was turned into a public space for nearby families.
- New Zealand Maritime Museum: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
The story of how a working scow was built explains why the museum was conceived at once as a collection, a workshop, and a harbor.
- Pukekawa / Auckland Domain: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
Here you will learn why an influential chief risked his word for a former opponent.
- St Kevin’s Arcade: the passage that cannot be closed: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
This stop explains the condition that allowed a private shopping arcade to retain a public route to the park.
- Te Ipu Kōrero: From Teahouse to the Voice of the Maunga: story on the “Mt Eden and Maungawhau: streets, crater, summit” route
Here, a city teahouse and an iwi storytelling center come under one roof.
- Te Wero Wynyard Crossing: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
Repairs to the temporary bridge will show how much city life has come to depend on a short route across the water.
- The Harbour of the Unrealized Viaduct: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
Here, the crew of a radio ship tried to pass through the basin’s only exit in defiance of the police.
- The Karangahape Ridge at Symonds Street: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
This point explains why the modern street follows an ancient route along the top of the ridge.
- The Silos of the Former Tank Farm: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
The engineer’s return will show how an industrial site became a public space without losing its old equipment.
- George Courts: a department store under another sign: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
The final stop preserves the memory of a department store in a building where the retail floors became apartments.
- Lover's Walk: story on the “Pukekawa and Parnell: Park, Memory, Architecture” route
The romantic name here accompanies the story of how a familiar path became deadly dangerous.
- Puhi Huia Road: the runaway woman's slope: story on the “Mt Eden and Maungawhau: streets, crater, summit” route
The road introduces a legend of a marriage that may have disrupted the recently established peace.
- Samoa House: a house built by the community: story on the “Karangahape Road: Communities, Art, and Nightlife” route
Here, a community collection became an urban house with a hall, services, and space for Samoan culture.
- Te Komititanga and the former Chief Post Office: story on the “Auckland waterfront: port, ferries, and industrial traces” route
Here you will see how the post, the city’s communications, the railway, and a hidden stream came together at the edge of the harbour.