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Tuesday, 28 January 2025 - Tour of the Auckland War Memorial Museum with its military and Maori exhibits, followed by a visit to the Domain Wintergardens to see the flowers and greenhouses, ending the day boarding the ship and sailing past Auckland and Rangitoto Island.

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A neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano.

Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history, the history of the Auckland Region, natural history, and military history.
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We began our tour with displays on the military history of New Zealand.

Beautiful stained-glass windows.
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A memorial wall to all those New Zealanders killed in WWII.
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A Maori carving facial markings much like our guide a day ago.
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Cal using his camera in the museum.
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Maori statue.
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Ancient Maori carving.
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A Maori carving which Virginia Ann liked.
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Elaborate carvings with tattooed face markings.
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Maori man and woman with traditional face markings.
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As we were exiting the last exhibit and headed to the gift shop, the power went off in the entire museum.

Exterior bas-reliefs, carved by Richard Gross (1882-1964) depicting 20th-century armed forces and personnel, are in a style that mixes Neo-Greco with Art Deco.

We walked outside with everyone else and waited but the power did not come on so we walked downhill to the Domain Wintergardens.
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The Domain Wintergardens were open and displaying many beautiful flowers.
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Cal and the flowers in one of the greenhouses.
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The flowers were everywhere.
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Pretty red flower.
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Virginia Ann enjoying the gardens.
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The courtyard between the two giant greenhouses.
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The Fern area of the gardens.
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Giant water lilies.
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Carnivorous pitcher plants reminded us of ours in North Carolina.
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Virginia Ann stops on the way to the ship to snap a picture of the old Ferry Terminal. Cal is in front about to enter the dock area.
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The ship pushes back from the dock and we are underway. The Ferry Terminal and the newer ferry docks.
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Downtown Auckland gets further away.
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Rangitoto Island on the starboard (right) side of the ship. Our cabin is on this side.
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On the port (left) side, the city of Auckland can be seen over the North Shore isthmus.
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