March 22, 2025
Previously we walked through the residential neighborhoods that make up much of Parnell but there is also an extensive redeveloped industrial zone and that is where we began our walk. Today it is the center of Auckland’s design industry and there are a number of upmarket furniture stores and galleries. There is also a very nice pub called the Paddington.
We dropped in at Foenander Galleries where they had an exhibit of works by Simon Ogden called Diving For Pearls. The paintings were crafted from and on linoleum which he had sourced from an old house that was being renovated. They were very cool.
Here are some more photos from the walk.
We walked by the home of Reverend Robert Burrows, one of the first missionaries to come to New Zealand, arriving at the Bay of Islands in 1840. The home, constructed in 1850, had a beautiful garden.
Mal and Lauren 