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Plenty of guests soaking up the big city lights from the water this holiday season ✨

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One of the many special parts of Rangitoto Island — and other areas of Auckland — is the network of lava caves below our feet. Formed as molten lava flowing beneath a cooling crust, the lava eventually drained away, leaving behind these incredible natural tunnels. They offer a fascinating insight into the island’s volcanic and geological history, and make for some fun exploring, as experienced by our guests on a Rangitoto Island day tour earlier this week.

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Glassy sunrise paddle for our @dukeofednz silver students this morning. Makes you feel alive!!

Fun avo teambuilding down at @lilliputt_nz. Good to have everyone together after a big few weeks. Congrats to the reining champ - Dave 🏆 🥳

Farewell to the winds of 2025. Hello, beautiful 2026. We love you already.

Festive week on the water with the Skytower decorated in Christmas colours ✨️ 🎄 thanks to all those that have joined our City Lights Tours - What a way to celebrate!!!

A few "City Lights" selfies for good measure. @visitauckland #NZBucketList

Couldn’t ask for a better week for an adventure. These students are setting off for four days of kayaking, camping, kiwi spotting, snorkelling, doing bombs, and maybe even a bit of kayak fishing. Can’t wait to hear the yarns they bring back from this @dukeofednz Silver Journey.

A bit different to our usual — but an important and stunningly beautiful day with @mountainstosea.org.nz, conducting a kayak survey of the Pāremoremo River. Their team are assessing this environment for feasible īnanga spawning habitats, and we got to explore native canopies and tributaries in the process.

Congrats to our @dukeofednz Silver students who just returned from their hiking journey in the Waitakere Ranges. Stormy weather hasn`t deterred this lot from making the most of their adventure and being 100% committed to the mission. Bunch of legends!