My apologies for not answering earlier to the member who was inquiring about kayaking in Auckland. I am a native of the city with an intimate knowledge of the harbour so perhaps I can help you with any general inquiries about traveling there.. I have no commercial or other ties with the company linked here: http://www.kayak.co.nz/ but they seem to be established and organized...and could help you with inquiries. In general terms Auckland Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf are home to a huge recreational maritime population.. including hundreds of seakayakers. The gulf offers a huge variety of relatively sheltered island to island paddling trips. New Zealand has a sophisticated tourism industry but prides itself on friendly, laid back, but safe and efficient adventuring. By North American standards the place is almost unpopulated ! and cheap... I am presently living in Australia, but if I can help you with any other Auckland inquiries let me know.. Safe paddlin'.. Peter Rattenbury *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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