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With 3200 km of coastline AUKLAND is a city which like all major cities has its ins and outs and its ups and downs.

With thousands and thousands of avenues, streets, dead ends, health centres, shopping malls, jogging tracks, expensive children play grounds and retirement villages, it is surrounded by extinct volcanoes.

Apart from its land mark post office tower and Bridge, it is a city of cheek to cheek wooden movable housing costing millions depending on their sea views.

Known as Tamaki- Makau- Rau its Maori name.

It’s a cosmopolitan expensive city of around 2 million people, compared to London 8 million it has one of the highest density of 2,500 people per square kilometre, comprising of Indians, Chinese, British, Singapores, Tongans, and the odd Maori, with the largest ethnic Polynesian population in the world.

With one way in and one way out its is evacuated on weekends to bashes ( holiday homes) by most of its residents.

Aukland suffered from traffic jams, traffic lights, and traffic cones to beat the ban.

Herne bay would give the average person a hernia with the average property costing over 3 million NZ$ full of wealth Jafa New Zealanders.

Acacia cottage is its oldest building 1841. However Kemp house 1822 a mission house is the winner. Parnell is its oldest suburb and perhaps its most expensive. South street is its oldest. Gilchrist its oldest shop.

Hay Bro who would if you had a choice live in North Island when South Island is a showcases of nature might.

Human presence here is relatively new so it’s not as fucked up as the North Island.

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