Tag: Auckland
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Resolutions for 2016
Ah, New Year resolutions. I make a few every year at this time and, amazingly, I find I have kept some of them. Inspired by happy memories of our nine month stay in New Zealand I suggest some resolutions for 2016, in no particular order of importance. Travel and explore new paths Relax when you…
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Takapuna Sculpture Onshore
During our few months in New Zealand we have discovered a national fondness for sculptures and sculpture parks. Perhaps because it is easier to share your choice of art if it’s on show in your garden or park. And New Zealand is a country that embraces the outdoors! So the other day I took the…
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Medal Winning Wines in Auckland
Last week I attended a small tasting of Medal Winning Wines in Auckland. When I am in the UK I do try to spend a few days every year in deepest Sussex, wine judging for the IWSC. So it was good to see how the wines fared in New Zealand. The International Wine and Spirit Competition was…
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Jazzy Street Eats, Auckland
At the end of August the Auckland Restaurant Month finished with a day of Jazzy Street Eats in Shed 10, Queen’s Wharf. With a diverse line up of central city restaurants serving up their favourite street food for this one day only. There were tastes from around the globe, from Middle Eastern shawarma to Asian summer rolls, Tuscan donuts…
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A tale of two beaches, part two – Piha
Winter has arrived in Auckland with a week of rain and fog although now there a couple of sunny but cold days. However when we we arrived here six weeks ago we were spoilt with mild weather so it is a pleasure to be reminded of our earlier visit to our second beach in New Zealand – Piha.…
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A tale of two beaches, part one – Cheltenham
One weekend in June, a warm winter weekend, we visited two beaches in Auckland, the first Cheltenham Beach on Devonport. Saturday morning we took the push-me-pull-you ferry across the harbour to Devonport, north east of Auckland CBD. We were able to use our At Hop travel cards (similar to London’s Oyster card) as, of course, the ferries…
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New Zealand Boutique Wine Festival
On Sunday we attended our first NZ wine event – the New Zealand Boutique Wine Festival. The venue was The Imperial, a dramatically refurbished collection of turn of the 19th Century buildings right in the heart of the CBD (Central Business District) of Auckland and just a seagull squawk from the harbour.
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A Sunday walk in Auckland
We’ll be living in Auckland for nine months where Wink is acting editor of Wine-Searcher.com covering the editor’s maternity leave. On our third day here the weather was still mild, indeed sunny with none of the threatened showers. As we were keen to learn more about our new home city we decided to go for a Sunday…