This Auckland precinct, which some compare to Sydney's Darling Harbour, features more than 30 watering holes and eateries, plus a marina, the New Zealand Maritime Museum and several hotels.

Tourists can catch a ferry from central Auckland across the Waitemata Harbour and into the Hauraki Gulf where popular attractions include Waiheke Island and the hiking hub of Rangitoto Island.

Earlier this month, a deal was struck to keep the port under ... and inner harbour ferries. An additional $10 million was planned to be allocated in operational funding for Auckland Transport ...

which bought 28 hectares of Viaduct Harbour land from Ports of Auckland in 1996 and turned it into a $1 billion land bank that draws a steady and no doubt lucrative income stream from ground leases.

The steamer ploughed its way into Port Ross Harbour, in Maungahuka/Auckland Islands. On landing at Erebus Cove, the sailors discovered that the door to the food depot had been left open ...