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Alberton House
The original decorative wallpapers of Alberton House have seen a number of grand balls and music recitals. Sophia Kerr Taylor (widow, mother of 10, singer, gardener and women's-vote advocate) and three of her daughters ran this white timber mansion for 80 years. More recently, Alberton served as the set for scenes in Jane Campion's film The Piano .
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Ewelme Cottage
The storybook-cottage metaphor of this 1863-built home resonates even stronger when you learn the original owners' names: Vicesimus Lush and his wife Blanche. Walking from room to room, filled with books and period pieces, is like turning to another page of polite 19th-century life.
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Harbour Bridge Bungy & Climb
Auckland is synonymous with superhero-type stunts. Be part of a human chain strung out atop the Harbour Bridge (those strung out by heights need not apply). Or, swan dive off and dip your nose in the water.
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Highwic
The good china is always out at Highwic, which is finely furnished to reflect the lifestyle of Alfred and Elizabeth Buckland who called it home from around 1862 to 1978. They lived here along with their 21 children (and, no, the house is not shoe shaped).
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St Mary's Church
The stunning burnished wooden interior and ornate stained-glass windows of the Gothic St Mary's would inspire even atheist aesthetes to attend church. The original commission for a stone church proved too costly, resulting in a wooden St Mary's completed in 1898. In 1982 it was moved across the road to its present position and rotated 90 degrees.
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