tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9861948950789423032024-02-07T21:56:26.270-08:00MyCityDiscovered - AucklandMyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-39688154668354799712017-03-13T19:31:00.000-07:002017-04-11T00:17:58.810-07:00NZ Outdoor ArtWe have created a new Facebook page so that we can measure interest in our art map and to see how many are following our updates. Find the page at<br />
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The page has been named NZ Outdoor Art as we want to expand the map concept to the whole of New Zealand. A bit ambitious? Maybe but it will give us an excuse to travel more.MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-33433118717694061762017-03-06T23:53:00.001-08:002017-03-06T23:53:17.492-08:00Art Update 07 Mar 2017Added the sculpture lights in Manukau Square.<br />
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Added a few more photos of the utility box by Monique Endt in Royal Rd, Massey.<br />
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Added the graffiti mural in an alleyway off Great North Rd in New Lynn (by Burger Fuel)<br />
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<br />MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-66704218870549357972017-03-05T21:13:00.002-08:002017-03-13T19:28:10.896-07:00Art Update 06 Mar 2017Added the neon sculpture on the Ronwood Carpark in Manukau by Lonnie Hutchinson.<br />
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Updated the mural of the Awatea in Blockhouse Bay with a better photograph.</div>
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Added the K painted utility box on Karangahape Road by Paul Walsh.</div>
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MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-32504384708071252002017-03-04T13:46:00.002-08:002017-03-04T13:46:33.582-08:00Art Update 05 Mar 2017Added a mural by Sara Hughes. Magma is on the corner of Mt Eden Rd and Symonds St.<br />
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Added a painted utility box by Numa MacKenzie in Avondale.<br />
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Added Genoa, a sculpture by Peter Nichols on a small island in the wetlands at Stonefields, Mt Wellington.<br />
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<br />MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-8631761047409007952017-03-03T23:07:00.001-08:002017-03-03T23:07:12.628-08:00Art Update 04 Mar 2017Added our most westerly sculpture, Kereru in Ranui<br />
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Added a painted utility box outside Countdown in Pt Chevalier<br />
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And added a few more photos from the Grey Lynn Returned Services Club<br />
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Added the Kate Sheppard mural at the New Lynn Community Centre<br />
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And a painted utility box in Otahuhu<br />
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Mural added 24/02/2017 - Helensville Town Hall by John Mulway<br />
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Sculpture added 23/02/2017 - Thought Pattern by Jacqueline Aust. Commissioned in 2007 by the Rodney District Council.<br />
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Utility Box added 23/02/2017 - Corner of Minnehaha and Huia Roads in Woodlands Park - Art by Monique Endt<br />
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Mural added 23/02/2017 - On Hobson Street in the city.<br />
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MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-75223519862791497632016-11-19T23:56:00.000-08:002016-11-20T00:25:24.228-08:00GBINo posts for a while as we have been off exploring more of Auckland, more specifically Great Barrier Island. Our main objective was the trip up to the summit of Hirakimata and we have added an article to our website to describe our journey. However we are always on the look out for other opportunities to add content to our other categories. It came as a surprise though to find a public BBQ. We don't know how often it gets used but it is in a glorious spot looking out onto Tryphena Harbour.<br />
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Having found so many public BBQs around Auckland we have split them into five groups with an article for each of Central, North, South, East and West. Not sure which of these GBI should fall into, maybe Central?MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-43289895777646057872016-10-15T00:26:00.000-07:002016-10-15T00:26:05.510-07:00Flying around AucklandWe recently spent a good few days hunting out parks around Auckland that contain a flying fox for the kids to enjoy. To date we have found 15 parks scattered all over the city so if you are looking for a good flying fox you are probably never too far from one. Pictured below is one of a few that are double foxes in case you have more than one child in your family, you can set up some races!<br />
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Our pick of the bunch though is the flying fox in Waikowhai park in Hillsborough. This park is in a great seeing overlooking the Manukau Harbour and includes a BBQ as well as other playground equipment. Take a stroll along some of the bush trails and out onto the shell covered beach at low tide.<br />
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MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-19355287408013631462016-09-16T20:18:00.003-07:002016-09-24T13:43:59.432-07:00Updating our websiteAfter spending a large amount of time photographing all the Sculptures, Murals and Painted Utility Boxes we know of and compiling them into Google maps we are very keen to have other people aware of these maps and to make use of them as a resource. <br />
To this end we have applied an update to our website to add these maps as permanent links so that they will always be available to visitors to our website.<br />
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The website is available at <a href="http://www.mycitydiscovered.com/">www.mycitydiscovered.com</a><br />
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Here is a new mural by Flox that we have recently added to the map. This is one of the heart shaped murals commissioned as a series to promote the Heart of the City.<br />
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MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-28847194282796085052016-09-11T01:12:00.001-07:002016-09-11T01:12:33.019-07:00Native bird lifeOne of our ambitions in creating our book (MyCityDiscovered - Auckland) and our website (<a href="http://www.mycitydiscovered.com/">www.mycitydiscovered.com</a>) was to make more Auckland residents aware of the native bird life we share our city with. To date we have created pages on the website to introduce the follow species:<br />
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Putangitangi (Paradise Shelduck)<br />
Ngutu pare (Wrybill)<br />
Kawau paka (Little Shag)<br />
Kotuku ngutupapa (Royal Spoonbill)<br />
Matuku moana (White-faced Heron)<br />
Papango (New Zealand Scaup)<br />
Weweia (New Zealand Dabchick)<br />
Karuhiruhi (Pied Shag)<br />
Tieke (North Island Saddleback)<br />
Toutouwai (North Island Robin)<br />
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This is only a small number which we hope to expand over time. Not all native species are found in Auckland so we will only be showing Aucklanders the birds that they can find in their 'backyard'.<br />
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Our latest addition in Matuku Moana<br />
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These birds are not listed as vulnerable or endangered but they are protected, during duck hunting season it is illegal to shoot these birds however it is estimated that around 6% of the population are still taken each season by careless or uninformed hunters.<br />
MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-60752543722079725562016-09-08T00:55:00.000-07:002016-09-08T00:55:03.347-07:00A Brief Visit to PukekoheRecently drove down to Pukekohe to view the new carvings recently unveiled on Pukekohe Hill. These were carved under the guidance of master carver Ted Ngataki<br />
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However, on the way there we noticed a few painted utility boxes like the one pictured below.<br />
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As we were short on time we did not explore too far but on our return home we discovered that there are around 30 of these painted boxes that we did not know about. So we have tasked a friend of ours who is resident in Pukekohe to photograph them all, hopefully we will have more to add to our map real soon.<br />
MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-21118047113535441002016-08-31T12:06:00.001-07:002016-08-31T12:06:31.302-07:00Online againAfter a short holiday followed by a brief hospital stay we are back discovering Auckland. First day of spring and the temperatures are already warming, we took the chance to wander around Blockhouse Bay to discover some of the historical murals but also found a nicely painted utility box in the process.<br />
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The mural is one of a number along the main street painted by Louis Stratham from original photographs of the Blockhouse Bay area.<br />
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We give this bird 2 maybe 3 years before all the grass land it used to roam is consumed by housing built for immigrants arriving in the city to build houses in an overstretched market. A self perpetuating problem that slowly eats up valuable land and creates loss of habitat for our wildlife.MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-82776194125022264382016-08-05T14:47:00.003-07:002016-08-05T14:50:45.711-07:00Dog Exercise ParksOn a recent trip out west we recently stumbled on a new dog agility course. Literally stumbled, the weather has been so bad recently that the surrounding fields were sodden, just walking across the grass we got quite muddy. The agility course however is well designed and drains well so your dogs won't get too wet. of course they have to cross the grass to get to it, not a problem in summer.<br />
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The new agility course opened in December 2015.<br />
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We know of two other agility courses similar to this. One in Craigavon Park in Green Bay, the other in Manuka Reserve in Glenfield.<br />
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On a recent trip out to the Westgate shopping mall we drove along Don Buck Road passed the Massey Library only to see a similar sculpture.<br />
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By the same artist this is named Ole Alia, unfortunately we do not know the name of the one at Otara. We think that Otara got the better deal as looking at it there is a greater amount of detail. What do you think? Is two better than one?MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986194895078942303.post-84509597738619203812016-08-01T01:10:00.001-07:002016-08-01T01:10:26.312-07:00Losing the greenWhile wandering around Paremuka Lakeside park in Henderson we came across this painted utility box near the children's playground.<br />
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Painted by C Bolton we like the fact that she continued with the painting of the additional box to the right.<br />
C Bolton has decorated a number of utility boxes from Te Atatu to Ranui though this was one that we were previously unaware of.MyCityDiscoveredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11015358989307610186noreply@blogger.com0