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I drive across the Auckland harbour bridge every day (along with tens of thousands of other Aucklanders). I love it. Especially in the morning when the fog is closing in around the bridge, and you feel like you are driving above the clouds. Or, heading back into town after work in winter when it is dark, the central city is lit up and I get all excited that I live in a real city where stuff is happening.

Even better, I jumped off the harbour bridge. Bungy style. That was rad.

The only thing that would make the Auckland harbour bridge more awesome would be if you could walk or ride your bike across it. Luckily these guys are working on getting that done (although so far with limited success).

Great shot of the bridge at dusk from Chris Gin on Flickr.

Auckland takes a lot of shit in New Zealand, largely from those that don’t live in Auckland, but also surprisingly often from those who do. It is easy to jump on the JAFA-bashing bandwagon, and forget that there are some really awesome things about Auckland, things that I love. I am not suggesting that Auckland is perfect, or even really good, just that there are some things that deserve some love.

So I have decided to start writing about them as I go along in a series of posts. It is so easy to ignore these things, or take them for granted as you go about your daily life in New Zealand’s biggest city.

Good on you Auckland, you’re all right after all.

Beautiful photo of Auckland from the top of Mt Eden courtesy of Light Knight on Flickr.