Auckland Domain

Auckland Domain
Sculpture Kaitiaki by Fred Graham in Auckland Domain, with the Auckland Museum behind
Type	Public park
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Area	185 acres (75 hectares)
Created	1843 (1843)
Operated by	Auckland Council
Status	Open year round

The Auckland Domain, also known as Pukekawa / Auckland Domain, is a large park in Auckland, New Zealand. Consisting of 75 hectares (190 acres) of land, Auckland Domain is the oldest park in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the parkland is the remains of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano.

The park is home to one of Auckland's main tourist attractions, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, which sits prominently on the crater rim (tuff ring). Several sports fields occupy the floor of the crater and the rim opposite the museum hosts the cricket pavilion and Auckland City Hospital. The Domain Wintergardens, containing two large glass houses, lies on the north side of the central scoria cone called Pukekaroa Hill. A sacred tōtara tree grows on top of Pukekaroa. The fernery has been constructed in an old quarry located in a part of Pukekaroa. The duck ponds lie in the northern sector of the explosion crater, which is breached to the north with a small overflow stream.^[1][2][3]

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Map of Auckland Domain features.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum

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Domain Wintergardens

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Pukekaroa Hill

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Formal Gardens

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Duck Pond

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Sensory Gardens

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