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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Massey
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Massey
Massey works well as a base: 5 minutes from Te Atatu Peninsula, 12km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Massey is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Te Atatu Peninsula, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Massey?
Within an hour or so of Massey: Auckland Zoo (10 km), Auckland Harbour Bridge (12 km), Sky Tower (14 km), Muriwai Gannet Colony (17 km).
Where is Massey?
Massey is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from Te Atatu Peninsula.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 22,210
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.8382, 174.6102
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Essential numbers in New Zealand
Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Massey
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Auckland Harbour Bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Muriwai Gannet Colony
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Piha Beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Karekare Beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Massey
- Right hereAuckland Harbour BridgeThe eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
- 17 kmMuriwai Gannet ColonyAround 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
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