# Roots Earth in Auckland: audio stories about 46 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/auckland Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 46 places in Auckland, New Zealand, in Oceania. The Auckland stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Auckland, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 46 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 46 places in Auckland with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Sky Tower 2. Auckland War Memorial Museum 3. Auckland Harbour Bridge 4. Auckland Domain 5. Auckland Art Gallery 6. Auckland Town Hall 7. Civic Theatre 8. Queen Street 9. Aotea Square 10. Ferry Building 11. Viaduct Harbour 12. St Patrick's Cathedral 13. Holy Trinity Cathedral 14. St Matthew-in-the-City 15. Albert Park 16. University of Auckland 17. Old Government House 18. Auckland Central City Library 19. Aotea Centre 20. Spark Arena 21. Britomart 22. Auckland Railway Station 23. Mount Eden 24. One Tree Hill 25. Rangitoto Island 26. Auckland Zoo 27. Museum of Transport and Technology 28. Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium 29. Eden Park 30. Cornwall Park 31. Highwic 32. Alberton 33. Karangahape Road 34. Ponsonby 35. Parnell 36. Grey Lynn 37. Kingsland 38. Newmarket 39. Symonds Street Cemetery 40. Devonport 41. Mission Bay 42. Takapuna 43. Bastion Point 44. North Head 45. Waiheke Island 46. Wynyard Quarter ## Is there an audio guide for Sky Tower? Yes. Sky Tower has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 46 Auckland places in the app, at -36.84847, 174.76231. Every one of the other 45 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Auckland Open Roots Earth and choose Auckland. The city has its own map of places with all 46 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 46 places in Auckland, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 46 places in Auckland, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Sky Tower - Coordinates: -36.84847, 174.76231 - In one line: Rising 328 metres above central Auckland, the Sky Tower has dominated the skyline since 1997. ### 2. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Coordinates: -36.86027778, 174.77777778 - In one line: Crowning a volcanic hill in the Auckland Domain, this neoclassical museum opened in 1929 as a memorial to the war dead. It holds the world's foremost collection of Maori and Pacific taonga, alongside natural history and a solemn cenotaph. ### 3. Auckland Harbour Bridge - Coordinates: -36.82944444, 174.74638889 - In one line: Spanning the Waitemata Harbour since 1959, this steel box-truss bridge links central Auckland to the North Shore. Its arched main span, later widened with Japanese clip-on lanes, now carries eight lanes of traffic, plus a bridge climb and bungy jump. ### 4. Auckland Domain - Coordinates: -36.859158, 174.775808 - In one line: Auckland's oldest park spreads across an ancient volcanic crater once known as Pukekawa. Set aside in the 1840s, its 75 hectares hold the 1920s Wintergardens, duck ponds, sports fields, and the War Memorial Museum crowning the crater rim. ### 5. Auckland Art Gallery - Coordinates: -36.8514, 174.7663 - In one line: New Zealand's largest art collection lives in a French-chateau-style building of 1887, transformed by an award-winning 2011 extension. Beneath a soaring kauri-canopy atrium, Toi o Tamaki holds works from Sir George Grey's founding gift to contemporary Maori and Pacific art. ### 6. Auckland Town Hall - Coordinates: -36.8526856, 174.7634912 - In one line: Built on a wedge-shaped site and opened in 1911, this Edwardian Renaissance landmark is famed for the acoustics of its Great Hall. The Beatles played here in 1964, and a grand 1911 pipe organ still ranks among New Zealand's largest. ### 7. Civic Theatre - Coordinates: -36.851072, 174.76392 - In one line: Opened in 1929, the Civic is one of the world's finest surviving atmospheric picture palaces. Its fantastical Moorish-Indian interior is crowned by a domed ceiling of twinkling stars, conjuring a starlit garden inside a grand cinema on Queen Street. ### 8. Queen Street - Coordinates: -36.85, 174.765 - In one line: Auckland's principal commercial street follows the old Waihorotiu valley from the waterfront up toward Karangahape Road. Laid out in 1840 and named for Queen Victoria, it threads heritage facades, department stores and civic landmarks through the city centre. ### 9. Aotea Square - Coordinates: -36.85222222, 174.76305556 - In one line: Auckland's principal civic square opened in 1979 beside the Town Hall and Aotea Centre. A broad paved plaza for markets, concerts and protests, it is marked at its Queen Street edge by the Waharoa, a carved gateway by Māori sculptor Selwyn Muru. ### 10. Ferry Building - Coordinates: -36.843, 174.767 - In one line: Built from 1909 to 1912 in Edwardian Baroque style by architect Alex Wiseman, the Ferry Building stands in sandstone and brick on the downtown waterfront. Its clock tower long marked the gateway to the North Shore, and it now houses ferries, bars and restaurants. ### 11. Viaduct Harbour - Coordinates: -36.843534, 174.760015 - In one line: Once Auckland's main fishing port and boatbuilding basin, the Viaduct was redeveloped for the 2000 America's Cup into a lively marina, dining and apartment precinct. Yachts crowd the water, and the New Zealand Maritime Museum anchors the harbour's edge. ### 12. St Patrick's Cathedral - Coordinates: -36.8465, 174.7635 - In one line: The mother church of Catholic Auckland, St Patrick's Cathedral had its second construction phase in 1906–07 and was dedicated in 1908. A careful restoration finished in 2007 returned its quiet downtown grandeur. ### 13. Holy Trinity Cathedral - Coordinates: -36.8596, 174.7836 - In one line: The Anglican cathedral of Auckland stands in historic Parnell, built across the 20th century. Its bold modern nave, designed by Richard Toy and completed in 1995, joins a neo-Gothic chancel and the 2016 Bishop Selwyn Chapel, blending centuries of style under one roof. ### 14. St Matthew-in-the-City - Coordinates: -36.8502, 174.7611 - In one line: An Anglican landmark in Oamaru stone, St Matthew-in-the-City was built from 1902 to 1905 to a design by Frank Loughborough Pearson. Its soaring English Gothic Revival nave is matched by a long record of progressive, socially outspoken ministry. ### 15. Albert Park - Coordinates: -36.85, 174.7676 - In one line: A formal Victorian park laid out in the 1880s on the site of the old Albert Barracks, crowning a green hilltop above the university. Its ornate cast-iron fountain, floral clock and band rotunda draw walkers and students year-round. ### 16. University of Auckland - Coordinates: -36.85, 174.77 - In one line: New Zealand's largest university, founded in 1883 on the old Albert Barracks site. Its 1926 ClockTower, nicknamed the wedding cake, rises in Gothic splendour, while a fragment of basalt barracks wall survives among the modern campus buildings. ### 17. Old Government House - Coordinates: -36.84988, 174.77042 - In one line: Built in 1856 to a design by William Mason, this grand timber mansion was crafted to imitate stone. Once the governor's vice-regal residence, where royalty stayed and Queen Elizabeth II broadcast in 1953, it now belongs to the University of Auckland. ### 18. Auckland Central City Library - Coordinates: -36.8516, 174.7654 - In one line: Auckland's main public library, in a modernist building opened in 1971 just off Queen Street. Behind its everyday floors lies the renowned Sir George Grey collection of rare books and manuscripts, the heart of one of the country's great heritage libraries. ### 19. Aotea Centre - Coordinates: -36.8519301, 174.7624075 - In one line: Auckland's main performing arts centre, opened in 1990 on the western edge of Aotea Square. Designed by Ewen Wainscott, it houses the 2,139-seat Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre and the intimate Herald Theatre, hosting opera, ballet, concerts and major events. ### 20. Spark Arena - Coordinates: -36.8471738, 174.7769451 - In one line: Auckland's main indoor arena, opened in 2007 at Quay Park near Britomart. Seating up to 13,280, it hosts the city's biggest concerts and sporting events and is home court for the New Zealand Breakers basketball team. It was originally known as Vector Arena. ### 21. Britomart - Coordinates: -36.8447, 174.7672 - In one line: Auckland's downtown underground railway station, opened in 2003 behind the grand 1912 Chief Post Office. Known for years as Britomart and renamed Waitematā in 2023, it blends Edwardian Baroque heritage with an award-winning subterranean terminus. ### 22. Auckland Railway Station - Coordinates: -36.84809, 174.776668 - In one line: Opened in 1930 on Beach Road, this monumental Beaux-Arts station by William Gummer once channelled Auckland's rail traffic. Faced in granite and brick, it now houses apartments and a restaurant while retaining its grand foyer. ### 23. Mount Eden - Coordinates: -36.877, 174.764 - In one line: Known to Māori as Maungawhau, this dormant volcano is the highest natural point on the Auckland isthmus. Its deep summit crater and terraced slopes recall a fortified pā abandoned around 1700, with sweeping views across the city. ### 24. One Tree Hill - Coordinates: -36.9, 174.78305556 - In one line: Rising 182 metres, Maungakiekie was once the largest pā on the Auckland isthmus, terraced by chief Tītahi in the 17th century. Its summit obelisk honours Māori and marks the grave of John Logan Campbell, within Cornwall Park. ### 25. Rangitoto Island - Coordinates: -36.786742, 174.860115 - In one line: Auckland's youngest volcano, this symmetrical shield island rose from the sea around 600 years ago. Reaching 260 metres, it holds the world's largest pōhutukawa forest, raw lava fields and a community of historic holiday baches. ### 26. Auckland Zoo - Coordinates: -36.8628, 174.7208 - In one line: Opened in 1922 at Western Springs, Auckland Zoo spreads over 16 hectares and houses more than 1,400 animals across some 135 species. Its Te Wao Nui precinct showcases native New Zealand wildlife, anchoring a strong conservation mission. ### 27. Museum of Transport and Technology - Coordinates: -36.8673, 174.7276 - In one line: Founded in 1960 and opened in 1964 at Western Springs, this museum celebrates New Zealand transport and technology. Its collections span vintage trams, steam locomotives, aircraft and the pioneering flying machines of Richard Pearse, linked by a working tramway. ### 28. Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium - Coordinates: -36.84583333, 174.81722222 - In one line: Opened in 1985 inside disused waterfront sewage tanks, this aquarium pioneered the curved acrylic viewing tunnel. Founded by diver Kelly Tarlton, it features an Antarctic penguin colony, a vast shark tank and more than 1,500 animals. ### 29. Eden Park - Coordinates: -36.875, 174.74472222 - In one line: Eden Park is New Zealand's largest stadium, a cricket and rugby ground between Mount Eden and Kingsland. Opened in the early 1900s, it became the first venue to host two Rugby World Cup finals, in 1987 and 2011. ### 30. Cornwall Park - Coordinates: -36.898411, 174.784821 - In one line: Cornwall Park is a vast green expanse around the volcanic cone of Maungakiekie, gifted to Auckland by philanthropist John Logan Campbell in 1901. A working farm, heritage avenues and the One Tree Hill summit make it the city's grand pastoral retreat. ### 31. Highwic - Coordinates: -36.8718, 174.7749 - In one line: Highwic is a grand Carpenter Gothic timber house built in 1862 for colonial settler Alfred Buckland. Set above Newmarket, its steep gables and kauri construction survive as one of New Zealand's finest Gothic Revival homes, now a historic house museum. ### 32. Alberton - Coordinates: -36.890017, 174.724626 - In one line: Alberton is a grand colonial mansion in Mount Albert, begun in 1863 for Allan Kerr Taylor and remodelled in the 1870s into an Anglo-Indian style manor of towers and verandahs. A famed venue for balls, it is now a heritage house museum. ### 33. Karangahape Road - Coordinates: -36.8577935, 174.7597039 - In one line: Karangahape Road, known as K Road, runs along a ridge at the southern edge of central Auckland. Once the city's busiest shopping street, this Māori-named thoroughfare is now a bohemian strip of cafes, galleries, nightlife and the heart of the rainbow community. ### 34. Ponsonby - Coordinates: -36.852, 174.739 - In one line: Ponsonby is an inner-city Auckland suburb on a ridge west of the centre, lined with Victorian villas. Once working-class and bohemian, the cradle of New Zealand reggae and Pacific community life, it is now a fashionable strip of cafes, boutiques and galleries. ### 35. Parnell - Coordinates: -36.8572, 174.7816 - In one line: Parnell, founded in 1841, claims to be Auckland's oldest suburb. Set on a ridge near the harbour, it blends colonial buildings, the Anglican cathedral and the restored Parnell Village with upmarket boutiques, restaurants and the historic Parnell Rose Gardens. ### 36. Grey Lynn - Coordinates: -36.86012, 174.738858 - In one line: Grey Lynn is a leafy inner-west Auckland suburb of Victorian kauri villas, subdivided in the 1880s and renamed for Sir George Grey. Once a working-class, dry-vote Pasifika heartland, it has been gently gentrified since the 1970s. ### 37. Kingsland - Coordinates: -36.872, 174.745 - In one line: Kingsland is a compact Auckland village built around its 1880 railway station and a strip of Edwardian shopfronts on New North Road. Subdivided from farmland in 1882, it sits beside Eden Park and has grown into a lively cafe and bar quarter. ### 38. Newmarket - Coordinates: -36.869862, 174.777578 - In one line: Newmarket is central Auckland's premier shopping district, grown from a 1850s livestock market at a meeting of three roads. Its main street, Broadway, was renamed in 1912, and the suburb mixes heritage homes like Highwic with brewery history and modern retail. ### 39. Symonds Street Cemetery - Coordinates: -36.8595, 174.7642 - In one line: Symonds Street Cemetery, established in 1842, is Auckland's oldest burial ground, a wooded 5. 8-hectare slope above Grafton Gully. It holds early colonists including Governor William Hobson, and lost thousands of graves to 1960s motorway works. ### 40. Devonport - Coordinates: -36.831667, 174.796278 - In one line: Devonport is a Victorian seaside town on Auckland's North Shore, reached by ferry across the Waitemata Harbour. Settled from 1841 and renamed in 1859 for the English naval port, it pairs heritage villas with a long naval base and two volcanic cones. ### 41. Mission Bay - Coordinates: -36.84817, 174.83059 - In one line: Mission Bay is a popular beach suburb on Auckland's eastern waterfront, named for the Melanesian Mission headquartered here from 1856 to 1867. Its 1858 stone mission house and 1950s marble fountain frame a lively dining strip along Tamaki Drive. ### 42. Takapuna - Coordinates: -36.787, 174.772 - In one line: Takapuna is a North Shore beach suburb beside the volcanic Lake Pupuke, its sands facing Rangitoto and hiding an ancient fossil forest. A Victorian resort turned commercial hub, it boomed after the 1959 Harbour Bridge and inspired writers Frank Sargeson and Janet Frame. ### 43. Bastion Point - Coordinates: -36.84416667, 174.82416667 - In one line: A windswept headland above Waitematā Harbour, Takaparawhau holds one of New Zealand's defining land protests, when Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei occupied the ground for 506 days before reclaiming it in 1988. ### 44. North Head - Coordinates: -36.827751, 174.81205 - In one line: A volcanic cone guarding Auckland's harbour mouth at Devonport, Maungauika layers an ancient Māori pā over Victorian gun batteries and a maze of tunnels, with sweeping views to Rangitoto and the Hauraki Gulf. ### 45. Waiheke Island - Coordinates: -36.8, 175.1 - In one line: A 40-minute ferry from downtown Auckland, Waiheke trades city bustle for vineyards, art, and beaches. Once kauri timber and farming country, the Hauraki Gulf island is now New Zealand's premier wine destination. ### 46. Wynyard Quarter - Coordinates: -36.8423, 174.7585 - In one line: Once an industrial tank farm on reclaimed land, Wynyard Quarter reopened in 2011 as Auckland's waterfront playground, with Silo Park, North Wharf eateries, a lifting bridge, and a working fishing fleet still at its heart. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Oceania in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#oceania): every city in Oceania with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Christchurch](https://rootsearth.com/cities/christchurch): 42 places in New Zealand with audio stories. - [Dunedin](https://rootsearth.com/cities/dunedin): 40 places in New Zealand with audio stories. - [Napier](https://rootsearth.com/cities/napier): 40 places in New Zealand with audio stories. - [Wellington](https://rootsearth.com/cities/wellington): 44 places in New Zealand with audio stories. 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