2DAY - Auckland's Street Scene

[SYDNEY]

This is a daily, visual diary of Auckland's stunning Street Scenes ......

23 JANUARY 2007 - 26°C

[Shenzhen_GAWC]

Stunning Auckland is beautiful

[Dallas star]

nice ty you should get more pictures though!

[Clay_Rock]

Nice pictures. I like the silver van in the last photo - they aren't too common in North America.

[SYDNEY]

24 JANUARY 2007 - 24°C

[SYDNEY]

25 JANUARY 2007 - 25°C

[Joelio Wilson]

Originally Posted by ENIGMA

Why does Whitcoulls seem so... alone in that shot? When I see it it always looks different somehow... maybe it's the absence of stuff hanging from the various lampposts.

[kiku99]

look very nice

[SYDNEY]

Originally Posted by kiku99

look very nice

Thank you

[SYDNEY]

26 JANUARY 2007 - 22°C

[Giorgio]

Wow nice...very European it reminds me of Adelaide.

[SYDNEY]

Originally Posted by [Gioяgos]

Wow nice...very European it reminds me of Adelaide.

Thanks

[SYDNEY]

27 JANUARY 2007 - 25°C

[Dockside]

[QUOTE=SYDNEY;11496099]

27 JANUARY 2007 - 25°C

[CENTER]

This looks abit like that statue in Swanston St Melbourne out the frount of Melb Central.Never been to Auckland, but your photos make me wont to take that trans Tasman flight

[SYDNEY]

Originally Posted by Bristol Mike

Wow SYDNEY - more amazing batches of photos. Well even if the temperature is flippin cold at least the sun is shining which is more than can be said for here!

By the way, my Godparents recently removed to a place called Remuera. Would you be able to take some piccies of that area of Auckland some time to give an idea of what it looks like. Thanks.

Thank you I will see what I can do for Remuera (a stunning suburb), stay tuned We have had the worst winter in a decade and seeing the sun after weeks of grey skies was stunning ! at least it is spring and summer can't be that far away ...

Originally Posted by Marky Mark

Never thought I'd see Tauranga on the International Threads

It deserves to be on the International stage Marky

Originally Posted by SYDNEY

27 JANUARY 2007 - 25°C

This looks abit like that statue in Swanston St Melbourne out the frount of Melb Central.Never been to Auckland, but your photos make me wont to take that trans Tasman flight

Thank you ... Auckland pales in comparison with Melbourne, I think that you might be dissappointed

[cartel']

stunning street scenes in auckland? don't think so buddy]

[SYDNEY]

Originally Posted by cartel'

stunning street scenes in auckland? don't think so buddy]

[SYDNEY]

29 JANUARY 2007 - 26°C

[TonyNZ]

BEAUTIFUL CITY!!! no wonder New Zealand has the 4th best living standards in the world.

[SYDNEY]

Originally Posted by TonyNZ

BEAUTIFUL CITY!!! no wonder New Zealand has the 4th best living standards in the world.

Thank you Tony - that's right and Auckland is the 5th best city in the world regarding Quality of life - here is the article:

The best place in the world to live:
For the second year running in our annual Quality of Life Index, we say: France. At the other end of the Index, again for year number two, Iraq scores the fewest points and ranks as the world’s worst place to be. The European countries always get top scores (with the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, and Luxembourg making it into our top 10 this year), as does the antipodean nation of New Zealand (fourth). Argentina, for the first time, makes it into our top 10 (in 10th position).

New Zealand, comes in fourth place this year in our Index, moving up one position from last year. New Zealand is jaw-droppingly beautiful. Stretching across 1,000 miles, the North Island and South Island make up what the native Maori people call Aotearoa—the Land of the Long White Cloud. Settlers have called it “Godzone:” God’s own country. Made famous as the location for The Lord of the Rings movies, its elemental landscapes are so pristine you might have trouble believing they’re for real…even if you see them with your own eyes. Geysers gush, and mud pools bubble. Whales spout, dolphins frolic, and surf booms onto sands where yours might be the only footprints. Iced with glaciers, towering mountains range above a landscape veined with rushing rivers.

But New Zealand offers more than surf, turf, and Middle Earth wonderland. Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch are vibrant urban centers. And numerous small coastal and rural towns offer an enviable community spirit that’s increasingly hard to find in today’s world. Auckland is the fifth best city in the world to live, according to a 2006 Quality of Life survey by Mercer Consulting, with Wellington coming in 12th position. The other-worldly landscapes are backed up by substance: affordable health care (New Zealand scores 90 points in this category in our Index), an English-speaking population, free education, a low crime rate, great infrastructure, and one of the world’s highest “healthy longevity” figures.

On top of all that, New Zealand hides enticing real estate opportunities. You can still find homes—and we mean proper houses you can move into—for less than US$50,000. (Right now your U.S. dollar will buy you $1.46 Kiwi dollars.) The downside to living in New Zealand is how increasingly difficult it is to obtain full-time residency. New Zealand is looking for younger, professional expats. In New Zealand, for example, you must qualify through a point system—you get more points for certain qualifications than for others, and the younger you are, the better.

The 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index is a composite index that draws on multiple expert opinion surveys that examine perceptions of public sector corruption in 163 countries around the world. This year, countries with significant worsening in perceived levels of corruption include Brazil, Cuba, and the United States. Countries in the Americas with a significant improvement include Uruguay and Paraguay. The best in the world is New Zealand and Finland, tied for first place. The world’s worst is Haiti.

Immigrating to NZ is the best thing that I have EVER done