It looks to me like a lot of your boards [in the first picture] are cracked and need to be replaced. Notice cracks where the nails go through. I say this because my husband has had to replace a lot of boards like that on our deck over the years.
After you replace them, sand the deck enough to allow a fresh coat of stain to be absorbed, and it should look new again.
I guess that's 15 years of NZ sun and rain that has done that. We are getting our fencing around it replaced as the trellis is past it. Guess we will need to chat with the guy doing it to see if he can replace boards too...
Liz
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