
Auckland’s Sky Tower in 2012 & 2013 (please click on the image to see the single frames larger)
At special times throughout the year Auckland’s Sky Tower lights up certain colours to show support for a range of activities. In the past the city’s lanky landmark got illuminated in various colours for the following reasons:
- To mark a public holiday or special anniversary
- To help promote the cause of a charity
- To mark a special national event
- For a particular SkyCity event
While I haven’t spent every single day of 2012 and 2013 in Auckland I think I still managed to capture the majority of lighting schemes during the past two years. Time to recap since we celebrate a small anniversary today: We moved to Auckland two years ago to the day.
- White: Default
- Blue and White: SkyCity Breakers winning the ANBL Championship in 2012 and 2013
- White and Blue: Auckland colours (?)
- White and Turquoise: No idea (help appreciated)
- Gold: Celebrating Valerie Adams’ gold medal at the 2012 Olympics
- Blue, White, Red: Bastille Day & Independence Day
- Blue: Auckland Blues Rugby & Prostat Cancer Awareness Month; and in 2013: New Royal Baby Boy born
- Turquoise: Auckland Adidas Marathon 2013
- Green: St. Patrick’s Day; and in 2013: Xbox One launch in NZ
- Orange: Auckland Festival & 40 Hour Famine
- Red and Green: Christmas
- Red and Gold: Chinese New Year
- Pink: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Red: ANZAC Day & Red Cross Appeal Week; in 2012: One year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake
- Red and Blue: Matariki
- Rainbow: Gay marriage becomes legal in New Zealand in 2013
- Off with Pink Top: I actually think something went wrong here and it was supposed to be completely pink
- Blue, White, Red, Yellow: Supporting the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013
Do you happen to know more about the colour schemes for which I couldn’t find an official statement (basically the white/blue and turquoise/white arrangements)? If yes, I would love to hear from you.
Below, I included one photo of the Sky Tower during sunset to show you the tower without any lighting; the way it appears once a year during Earth Hour.
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The Sky Tower during sunset – frankly, no artificial colours needed here…
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