Takaparawhau/Bastion Point

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A few vehicles are visible on a road that wraps around a point by the water; the Auckland skyline is visible in the background.

Politics, harbor views and lush lawns combine on this pretty headland with a chequered history. An elaborate clifftop garden mausoleum honors Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940), the country’s first Labour prime minister, whose socialist reforms left him adored by the populace. Follow the lawn to a WWII gun embankment – one of many that line the harbor.

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