The last day we spent touring Auckland. We went to their art museum which I thought was amazing seeing all the Maori art both modern and historic. We walked through the University of Auckland, saw the sky tower, had a picnic in their central park and then caught an afternoon flight back to Sydney.
The Auckland pictures were ok, but again taken by Stan's phone so the resolution was not that good. In addition, it started to rain! Either way we had a blast and by now the whole family was missing Thomas terribly! He was being babysat by a good friend; we opted to leave him once we realized NZ is mostly hiking and driving...two things he is not so good at!
Good by NZ! Go All BLACKS!!
ps. just a little sports history. The All Blacks logo is a silver fern leaf (below). The ferns are EVERYWHERE in NZ and they are symbolic of new life in Maori Culture. In addition, the name All Blacks is in reference to the teams ethnicity during the early sport period. In the beginning the team was known as New Zealand and then once they started playing internationally newspapers started referring to them all the All Blacks Team (describing their skin colour). NZ embraced it and now it is a sense of national pride.
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I hope the babysitter survived Thomas :) I'm glad you had so much fun!
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