這六個紐西蘭比較有名的城市，除了那個觀光勝地Queenstown我沒去過外，其他五個我都至少去過一次。聽說Queenstown非常漂亮，是滑雪勝地，Bungy Jumping也是那裡最有名的。但我那年去南島玩時，因為時間不夠，就沒辦法去Queenstown了，有點可惜。
Rotorua也是紐西蘭的觀光勝地之一，那裡有最大的毛利族群，毛利族的公主好像也住在那裡的樣子。所以那裡最出名的就是毛利族的表演活動啦，還有地熱噴泉泥沼、溫泉等等。在北島玩一定會安排去Rotorua參觀的，看過紐西蘭原住民的文化才叫做來過紐西蘭嘛！（紐西蘭觀光局應該要發薪水給我）
基督城Christchurch號稱是英國花園城市，我夏天去玩的時候真的非常非常漂亮，鳥語花香的，流經市中心的雅芳河還可以花點小錢請帥哥撐篙，挺像劍橋的康河唷，來到英國後才知道那條River Avon原來英國也有，而正牌的劍橋康河的景色才更漂亮，不像基督城兩旁的建築物都滿現代化的，建築設計得很摩登新潮另類。基督城市中心有座大教堂，廣場除了最常出現的鴿子，還有一位身穿黑衣戴高帽的巫師在講演，這是紐西蘭唯一的巫師喔！不知道他真的有法術還是假的，每次到了十三號黑色星期五或是萬聖節，他就會出現在新聞報導裡面說些「妖言惑眾」的話，也挺有趣的啦。
教堂廣場四周圍滿滿地全部都是紐西蘭紀念品販賣店，拜訪基督城的台灣人和日本人很多，在那些店裡面你會以為是來到日本了。也幸好我會講日文，在店裡面混一混還過的去，不過有次很窘喔，我和表妹們在一家店裡用國語討論綿羊油的價錢，以為店員都是講日文的，不懂國語，就拼命討論這牌子的綿羊油多貴，哪一家賣的比較便宜之類的，沒想到背後傳來一句國語：「請問你們要找什麼綿羊油嗎？」哇咧～真的是碰到鬼了，我轉頭一看竟然是一個紐西蘭男人對我們講國語耶。我在紐西蘭大概只碰過三個紐西蘭朋友會講國語的，卻沒在店裡碰到一個會講國語的紐西蘭人哦。一問之下才知道那個男的娶了台灣老婆…原本就會講國語了，又娶了台灣老婆，國語就更嚇嚇叫，還靠這吃飯咧！
●郵票簡介原文
Cities By Night
22 February 1995
For such a small country, it often surprises visitors that New Zealand offers such a wide range of scenic attractions. Each year, New Zealand Post produces Scenic stamps which are popular both locally and internationally for their charm, beauty and variety.
In 1995 some of the country's urban highlights were selected to appear on the stamps, quite literally 'lights' - Night Lights. The magic of night lights transforms cities. By day, they are quite different, defined by location, size and their role in the nation's affairs. However, as the day fades and countless lights are switched on, their individuality becomes less pronounced. All are cloaked in a similar mantle and character.
Go to a point above any city and watch the change. Lights twinkle from a myriad of office blocks and homes; streetlights disclose the layout of the city's road system, layouts hidden by day; head and tail lights on thousands of vehicles create yellow and red trails; spotlights bathe buildings, monuments and parks in light; advertising signs flash; special purpose lights stab the darkness; city lights add a special colour to the sky on cloudy nights. Water reflects the glow, increasing the attractiveness of night lights in cities fortunate to have harbour or lake settings.
The six centres chosen each have a unique character. From bustling commercial high-rise cities to bubbling mud pools. At night, the lights transform these areas to give them their own dazzling charm. The photographic treatment given to these stamps clearly indicates how refreshingly different all of these centres are.
‧40c Auckland:
Spreading over a narrow isthmus in the north of the North Island, Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and its most important industrial and commercial centre. The heart of the city spills down to the edge of the Waitemata Harbour, a key element in the city's make-up. The harbour was made for yachting, a huge sport in Auckland that lends its name to the slogan by which Auckland is known - 'City of Sails'. Auckland's downtown centre has the country's greatest number of tall office blocks and this stamp shows them in their night splendour, rising behind the central city waterfront area.
‧80c Wellington:
The nation's capital, located at the southern tip of the North Island is famed for a windy climate and a spectacular setting. The city's downtown area is clustered on a narrow strip of land, much of it reclaimed from the magnificent bowl-shaped harbour. Houses crowd the steep hills circling the city. Wellington is even more spectacular at night, a panoramic blaze of concentrated light. The scene on this stamp is familiar to all Wellingtonians, being taken from Mount Victoria and looks down on the city and its harbour.
‧$1.00 Christchurch:
The contrast between Wellington and Christchurch is dramatic. Christchurch lies on the Canterbury Plains on the mid-east coast of the South Island, a little inland from its port of Lyttelton. Most of the 'Garden City' is flat and it is recognised as 'the most English' of New Zealand cities, a town of parks and gardens. The city centre is dominated by the Anglican cathedral and its soaring 65-metre spire. The church and the abutting square form a vital heart. The cathedral, floodlit and framed by leafless winter trees is shown in this night scene.
‧$1.20 Dunedin:
Gracious and Victorian, Dunedin was settled by waves of Scottish migrants from the late 1840s. Today Dunedin is still known as the 'Edinburgh of the South'. It was built at the head of Otago Harbour, a long inlet running from the sea on the southeast coast of the South Island. Gold, discovered in hinterland areas in the 1860s, made Dunedin the wealthiest city in early New Zealand and underpinned its economy. There was money for many handsome, made-to-last Victorian buildings and most of them have survived. Together with a carefully laid out city centre they give Dunedin a charming feel. The building featured here is the Town Hall.
‧$1.50 Rotorua:
Rotorua is a tourist town, pure and simple. It grew where it did, in the centre of the North Island's inland thermal and lake area, because of nature's wonders. Few areas in the world have such a concentration of thermal attractions as Rotorua and its environs. The famed pink and white silica terraces on the shores of Lake Rotomahana drew the first overseas tourists but even after the terraces were tragically destroyed by the enormous eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886, visitors continue to flock to Rotorua, lured by spouting geysers, hot springs and pools, boiling mud, steaming vents and coloured terraces. The famous old bathhouse building shown here was built at the turn of the century.
‧$1.80 Queenstown:
Queenstown is spectacularly sited, nestled on the eastern shore of beautiful Lake Wakatipu in the shadow of The Remarkables mountain range. It is the South Island's major tourist resort, for both New Zealanders and overseas visitors, and has developed rapidly in recent years. It is just as popular with holidaymakers in summer as in winter when ski fields are packed. It is the hub for countless tourist attractions - old gold diggings, tramping, hunting, fishing, daring bungy jumping, jet boating, white water rafting, heli skiing, scenic flights over the Southern Alps and to Milford Sound, lake excursions and many more. The photograph on this stamp looks over Queenstown toward The Remarkables.
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