The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of tallest buildings and structures in the world">tallest free-standing structure</a> in the Southern Hemisphere, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Tower_(Auckland)" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sky Tower (Auckland)">Sky Tower</a> in downtown <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland,_New_Zealand" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Auckland, New Zealand">Auckland, New Zealand</a>, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_3#cite_note-2" id="mw_Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_g">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBrw"><a class="external text" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10828091" id="mwBr0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Remember Auckland before the Sky Tower?"</a>. NZ Herald. 20 August 2012<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBr4">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBr8">2 March</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwBsA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Remember+Auckland+before+the+Sky+Tower%3F&amp;rft.pub=NZ+Herald&amp;rft.date=2012-08-20&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzherald.co.nz%2Fnz%2Fnews%2Farticle.cfm%3Fc_id%3D1%26objectid%3D10828091&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+3"></span></span>