The best feature of this museum is the outside as it is built on a hill overlooking the harbour of a beautiful city of sails. There is plenty of grass to relax on, old navy guns for kids to climb on, a monument to war dead where Anzac day is commemorated in Auckland and all this sits in the middle of an enormous park known as the Auckland Domain. The museum is free for Aucklanders but a "donation" is "requested" for non-Aucklanders (you can get around it if you need to be super cheap). Once inside the museum has lots of permanent collections related to New Zealand and the pacific. Rather than try to list the extensive variety of these which are mostly very good I will let you click on the link below and explore. My favourite section is the Wartime exhibits which have location and era specific sets with genuine artifacts showcasing New Zealand's considerable involvement and sacrifice in a number of wars (interesting for such a peacful country). Unlike some museums I've visited around the world, this one is worth a visit.
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/
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