sr71

Not, but for example if you take the region as a whole and look at things such as Polynesian navigation, the journeys of Captain Cook, Maori history and wars, Early colonialists, the Bounty, convict ships etc then there is a large amount of interesting history - and the bonus is that as most of us are of European origin we have also got all that history we can 'claim; as well even though it isn't right in front of us.

Or is history to many people just a superficial thing and having a castle down the road more important than the history behind it (which you can enjoy anywhere on the world)

scrubbedexpat094

I live in Rodney District. Fastest growing area in NZ I believe. I live at Gulf Harbour, Whangaparaoa & it's a great place to live. Cinema, shops,gyms etc at Whangaparaoa. Manly has a great Indian & Thai & a deli. Shakespeare Regional Park on the doorstep plus a dozen other beaches close by. Tiritiri Matangi nature reserve 10mins by ferry, Auckland CBD 50mins by ferry. Orewa is not far away, with another great beach, shops, & a theatre. Les Miserables being put on in June/July - should be good. Silverdale also not so far away go-karting, Snow Planet & the Luge.

Frankly, there's so much to do round here, I haven't got enough hours in my day

sr71

The one with the better story

Sorry but you have proven my point - history to many is just boasting about something old.

urbanproject

Opinions will differ on that one, however for me the answer is yes. I have a far better quality of life here than I had in the UK and France.

Jen

sparkie down under

sr71, I am sorry if you thought a statement of fact was a boast. It wasn't.

I took the point MrCFD to be making was that in Europe, Asia or even the America's there is more history to be found than in NZ.

My understanding of 'History' is a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events. My old home had such a record and as best as we could research it went back some 250 years. Whereas the place in which I now live has a history of just over 100 years. To me that makes my old home more historic.

I come from an area steeped in history. History that goes back millennia. I was surrounded each and every day by places and objects that linked back to ages long, long gone. That isn't a boast, it's fact.

NZ does not have that luxury. But I did not intend to demean NZ's relative young history because of it's youth. That isn't the fault of the land of NZ. It is, once again, merely a fact.

lapsed kiwi

Rodney is the nice bit between Auckland and Northland. It starts just north of Albany and includes the Hibiscus Coast, Warkworth, Matakana, Wellsford etc. I half expected not to like the Auckland region when I moved back to NZ, having been brought up in Canterbury, but we love living in Orewa and I struggle to think of somewhere - in NZ or elsewhere - where I would rather live. This region has a climate and coastline that make it perfect for families who like beaches and boating, and is only 30 min off-peak to Auckland for the odd day out to the zoo etc. Also, Whangarei, Bay of Islands etc are very reachable for holidays and weekends.
Not somewhere if you're into big cities, nightclubs etc though. I think if you like cities, Wellington is the place to be in NZ.

Wooly_Cow

Sounds really nice.....got to get there sometime

Littletoe

Kiwis' are idiots. They'd say whatever you like given five bucks and a Lion Red.

My answer to the author's thread question, which I'm entitled to answer so don't argue with me, I can't be arsed is......No.

Next question....

lapsed kiwi

What rubbish


It needs to be Speights to win me over

Littletoe

Cheap date! what about Monteiths?? Have you LIVED???

crap coffee

What?

Speights PISS. (summit)

julesnye

Out with Dell-Boy, wheeling and dealing

Browner_

Perry Groves

Is Lion Red the beer that you see the characters in the movie "Once were warriors" drinking constantly?

Am Loolah

That's no way to talk about your husband ...

Tauranga came out as having the most content residents with 91% rating their overall quality of life as extremely good or good. And I'd have to agree with them!

Surprisingly though it also had the highest %age return of people feeling unsafe after dark in the city centre. But then I don't go out in the city centre after dark so I wouldn't know!

For us, 2 years tomorrow, life is good, very good!