Auckland continued

The history of the Maori is similar to that of the Native American and unfortunately, we found much of the bigotry still alive and well in Auckland. We asked around to find out which public market to visit and many names were suggested but we were told by most not to go to the Otara Market, because it was the "Maori market", stated as an obvious put down. Of course, this made us want to go all the more so off on the bus we road to the market and we had a great time. It was a Maori market and Whites we the minority here. The sights, the smells, the music, the food and the people made this a fun place to be and everyone seem to be smiling and having a good time. We met a woman name Fenna who moved from Switzerland to New Zealand and was adopted into a Maori family. She is an artist who creates clothing with Maori designs and you can see the picture to the right of Susan wearing one of here bandanas in front of Fenna's booth.

We visited a Scout camp which you can tour from the link below, as well as our visit to the Auckland Museum, which is the finest museum I have ever been in anywhere in the world. On our walk to the museum, we stopped to each lunch in the courtyard of this wonderful little Italian restaurant and on the way home, we visited the Auckland University campus.