Geographically Yours

It is not everyday that you see a lighthouse like the one atop Bean Rock in Auckland Harbor. It's so small, so alone, and looks so vulne...

With these words John Donne proclaimed the value of community: "No man is an island entire of it self; every man is a piece of the C...

Built on a gore in 1911, the Auckland Town Hall's most conspicuous public service is providing the time to everyone in a totally egal...

Auckland's skyline builds, step by step, from the warehouse and old ferry terminal on the waterfront to the eye-catcher known as the ...

What do New Zealand and Hawaii have in common? They are both island groups in Polynesia. What else? They are both ridden by rainbows. [...

When you go sea kayaking, there's only a thin veneer of fiberglass that stands between you and the open ocean: so open that it could ...

Waiheke is a real island: no bridges or causeways to the mainland. That makes it the perfect place to get away and relax (especially with...

Merchandising is all about catching the public's attention , so sometimes you have to give people what they don't expect. But we ...

What a difference a century makes! Here's a scene that's replicated in cities all over the world: the low-rise skyline of the ear...

Gloria Jean's Coffees may have been founded in the United States (no, not in Seattle!), but it soon pioneered the coffee-house concep...

Wharves, backed by warehouses, backed by the business district: that was how the working waterfront used to be arranged. Now, port facili...

Rainy days are perfect for capturing whales on walls. Where? In Whagarei. You may think that is perfect alliteration, but: Whangarei is p...

Do you recognize stamens when you see them? The flowering pohutukawa tree has become a symbol of strength and beauty in New Zealand, so t...

The Hatea River Walk starts in the Whangarei CBD and follows the river upstream to the Whangarei Falls . Let's set a goal for America...

The year ahead is finally coming into focus, but a haze still envelopes everything but the very-near future. Who knows? Maybe the year wi...

Whakairo is the art of wood carving in Aotearoa, the country you may know as New Zealand. Since the 1980s, Maori culture has been experi...

Looking for a dog-friendly park where your canines can romp around off leash? Head to Western Park in Auckland. It is huge and all ready ...

Her mobile is not a phone. It's a truck, and it's chock full of fruits and vegetables. She can meet the market as it changes over...

As the wide-eyed wanderer arrives on Waiheke by ferry, silver ribbons come slinking down the slope to say hello. The steel coils are an e...

If it weren't on a music store, it would almost qualify as fine art. Since it is on a music store, it becomes commercial art. Where i...