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Once a busy commercial port, the Viaduct Harbour was given a major makeover for
the 1999/2000 and 2003 America's Cup yachting events. It's now a fancy dining and
boozing precinct, and guaranteed to have at least a slight buzz any night of the week.
Historical plaques, public sculpture and the chance to gawk at millionaires' yachts make
it a diverting place for a stroll.
Connected to the Viaduct by a raiseable bridge, Wynyard Quarter opened in advance
of another sporting tournament, 2011's Rugby World Cup. With its public plazas, water-
front cafes, events centre, fish market and children's playground, it has quickly become
Auckland's favourite new place to promenade. At the adjacent Silo Park (
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area, free outdoor Friday night movies and weekend markets have become summertime
institutions, and new restaurants have further boosted the precinct's culinary buzz.
Voyager - New Zealand
Maritime Museum
MUSEUM
( 09-373 0800;
www.maritimemuseum.co.nz
;
149-159 Quay St; admission adult/child $17/8.50,
with harbour cruise $29/14.50; 9am-5pm, free guided tours at 10.30am & 1pm)
This museum
traces NZ's seafaring history, from Maori voyaging canoes to the America's Cup. Recre-
ations include a tilting 19th-century steerage-class cabin and a 1950s beach store and
bach (holiday home).
Blue Water Black Magic
is a tribute to Sir Peter Blake, the
Whitbread-Round-the-World and America's Cup-winning yachtsman who was murdered
in 2001 on an environmental monitoring trip in the Amazon. There are also optional one-
hour harbour cruises on the
Ted Ashby,
a ketch-rigged sailing scow.
Auckland Fish Market
MARKET
(
www.aucklandfishmarket.co.nz
;
22-32 Jellicoe St; 6am-7pm)
Early-morning auctions com-
bine with fish shops, cafes and restaurants, and a seafood-cooking school.
Mt Eden
Mt Eden
VOLCANO
(Maungawhau; ; road access 7am-11pm)
From the top of Auckland's highest volcanic cone
(196m) the entire isthmus and both harbours are laid bare. The symmetrical crater (50m
deep) is known as Te Ipu Kai a Mataaho (the Food Bowl of Mataaho, the god of things
