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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch

That's about as unbias as you'll ever get. I'm going to try to be unbias as well. Although it's hard, because I was born and bred in New Zealand. It's bloody hard to find someone unbias, as if you're an Aucklander, you love Auckland - and if you're not an Aucklander, there's the whole rivalry thing that says that Auckland sucks. NZ is full of friendly rivalries, but we're always very loyal to our home cities/towns.

You have great people in both places. I think Big D lives in Christchurch, as well as my super-awesome ever-favourite cousin, Sus (who knows quite a few EoFFers through LJ - her name is psycho_devli). In Auckland, you have Nicky (Calliope), Kelly (Rinoabella), I think Mike (o_O) lives there, not sure about jc, and Jewels (Jewels) and Tammy (Sakura Yume).

Both places have beautiful scenery, too. Lots of massive parks in both cities, the ocean (on both sides for Auckland). In Auckland you're more likely to find lush mountains and hills and forests (Waitakere, aka West Auckland) while in Christchurch you're just a drive away from the Southern Alps - the highest mountain range in Australasia, with all the snowsports. Christchurch is closer to Queenstown, the capital of outdoor sports covering everything from bungee jumping to jetboating to wakeboarding to snowboarding. Auckland on the other hand never has any snow and is 2-3 hours further from mountains where you'll find it, but it's obviously got the more temperate climate because of that. Auckland is far more multicultural than any other city I've lived in, and this means that it has all the touristy things going on for it. It's also close enough to Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupo (just above Mount Doom/Ruapehu), which are the other big tourist spots. The South Island's tourist spots are based on cold weather (Queenstown and the Alps) as well as nature (Alps, again, and Fjordland, one of the most beautiful rainforests you'll ever see... although I've yet to go there ). But no matter how much South-Islanders brag on about their nature, don't think that it doesn't exist in the North Island. It's everywhere in New Zealand, even in Auckland City itself. The nature in New Zealand is beautiful no matter where you go. God, I love that.

Oh, and if you're into sailing, then Auckland should be noted to be known as the City of Sails - more boats per people than any other city in the world.

I'm only guessing here, but I've always just assumed that Christchurch has more history to it. But after living in the UK, any European-style history in NZ seems silly. The maori sites can be found up and down the country anyway, so you'll never run away too far from them. Rotorua and Taupo would probably be the most famous places for that sort of thing, and maybe Waitomo.

They're about equal distance from Wellington, so unfortunately we can't just say "oh this one's better because it's so far away from that dumbass capital city."

Quote Originally Posted by eest
in other words you can hang out with a bunch of people that never post anymore!
Auckland: Calliope, Meat Puppet, o_O, Jewels - all active posters. And even if they don't post as often anymore, Kelly and Tammy are still well known members of EoFF and, if they remember princeofdarknez here, would probably be more than happy to meet him if he comes over. They're awesome.
Christchurch: Big D.