Beyond the Bombay Hills

I think we’re trying to show that Auckland’s coming alive.

– Colin Reynolds, Chase Corporation

What is more fundamental to a civilised community than a sewer?

– Dame Cath Tizard, Mayor of Auckland City

Auckland is big enough to be anonymous in. You can do things here that would be scandalous in a smaller place. A topless massage in my town of Westport, for example, consists of a rub down by the footy coach with his shirt off.

– Presenter Peter Hawes

This, as far as we know, is the world’s only inner-city sheep station.

– Peter Hawes on Cornwall Park

My lips are sealed but I could tell you a thing or two about her.

– Gossip columnist David Hartnell

I frankly don’t know, we’ve got dozens of them and they keep changing, we’ve even got some mayoresses.

– Robert Muldoon on whether he can name Auckland's mayors

I’m getting on in years, I’m still absolutely buggered, but I do my best.

– All Black Peter Jones relives his famous try (and after-match comment) against the 1956 Springboks at Eden Park

Back at Eden Park here’s the crowd at the latest Inland Revenue Appreciation Rally.

– Peter Hawes, at an empty Eden Park

Here’s an egg cup for very big people.

– Peter Hawes, on one of Auckland’s volcanic craters