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The
Auckland
Domain
is
the
city's
oldest
park
and
is
spacious
and
diverse.
The
75
hectare
park
has
been
developed
around
the
cone
of
an
extinct
volcano.
The
'tuff
rings'
created
by
volcanic
activity
thousands
of
years
ago
can
be
seen
in
the
land
contours
and
forms
a
natural
amphitheatre
with
about
10
hectares
developed
as
first-class
sports
fields.
The
park
has
the
classic
charm
of
formal
gardens,
green
clearings
edged
by
mature
trees
and
an
impressive
statuary.
Most
pieces
are
in
the
formal
gardens,
including
one
of
the
most
striking
-
a
large
free-form
reflecting
pool
with
three
bronze
sculptures.
The
central,
male
figure
represents
Auckland
and
the
two
females
offer
wisdom
and
'fertility
of
the
soil'.
Paths
wind
through
native
bush
at
its
perimeter.
Closer
in,
duck
ponds
mark
the
up-welling
of
the
Domain's
natural
springs,
and
century-old
trees
shade
numerous
picnic
spots.
In
summer
heat,
manicured
playing
fields
sustain
the
city's
oldest
cricket
traditions,
while
winter
brings
the
vigour
of
rugby,
league,
and
soccer.
Several
of
the
outstanding
trees
in
the
lawn
arboretum
were
seedlings
from
a
nursery
set
up
in
the
Domain
in
1841
to
grow
and
distribute
European
plants
and
trees
to
the
whole
of
the
city.
Today,
the
nursery
supplies
plants
for
displays
in
the
Winter
Garden,
and
city
parks.
Auckland
Domain
hosts
sculptural
works
by
some
of
NZ's
leading
artists.
Stroll
around
the
8
large
works,
each
very
different
from
the
others,
demonstrating
the
diversity
in
NZ
art.
The
eight
artists
are
Chiara
Corbelletto,
John
Edgar,
Charlotte
Fisher,
Fred
Graham,
Christine
Hellyar,
Neil
Miller,
Louise
Purvis
and
Greer
Twiss.