Auckland’s famous Night Market in Pakuranga has quadrupled in size since I last visited and is a fun night out with the kids for delicious Asian food sizzling away, hangi pies, and lots of marketty things to buy from toys to veges, soap and antiques.
Activities
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Auckland Night Market
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Auckland Scene: free movies in parks
Summer is by no means over! Auckland Council and Mercury Energy have teamed up once again to bring us FREE movies in Auckland’s parks through February and March. So make yourselves a picnic and check out this list of what’s on where …
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Boogie boarding down the sand dunes
Ninety Mile Beach’s famous sand dunes are one of nature’s most exhililarating playgrounds. Grab a boogie board, listen (carefully) to the instructions, and GO! Check out this video of the 18-second descent…
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Skiing schmiing, we wanna go heli skiing!
If shushing down the slopes, ducking and weaving through the novices and subliminally racing that tosser beside you is getting boring, then you might be needing a heli-skiing fix.
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Quiz night at The Drake
Auckland Scene: Every so often, a girl needs more than just a cocktail from an attentive bartender. Sometimes she needs a little intellectual stimulation and challenge. If your regular drinking buddies don’t suffice… it’s time to drag them along to Quiz Night. The first Quiz Night I ever stumbled upon was actually in O’Byron’s Irish [...]
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Yay – a good news story from Christchurch
Adventure South is a Christchurch based tour company for those who love adventurous pursuits and active holidays. They managed to escape the devasting earthquake largely unscathed, all 20 staff and their families are safe, and they even managed to a get a pre-booked tour underway the afternoon the quake struck. But as with other Christchurch [...]
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Canterbury farmers market open again
Our hearts go out to the people of Christchurch and as of time writing, there are still more bodies to be found. But the rest of the city and surrounding farmers and producers are battling on and this Saturday from 9 am to 12 noon you can visit the farmers market which will be held [...]
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Flexi-passes to get around New Zealand
InterCity just sent through this info on their new ‘hop on hop off’ trips to make exploring New Zealand so so easy. Especially if you’re planning to get around during Rugby World Cup time. The new flexitrips.co.nz combines InterCity’s national coach network plus selected sightseeing tours and cruises operated by GreatSights New Zealand, Fullers GreatSights [...]
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Queenstown’s new 10-day bike festival coming up
For all you bikees out there, Queenstown’s world-class cycle tracks, roads and spectacular lake and alpine scenery are set to take centre stage this Easter with an exciting new 10-day bike festival for all ages and abilities. The inaugural Queenstown Bike Festival, from 16-25 April, will be the perfect catalyst for visitors and locals to [...]
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Free movies in Auckland’s parks
For 2012 Free movies in parks, click here >>> Here’s the complete list of 2011 free movies in Auckland’s parks in February and March as this summer drags on and on… Grab your picnic (or a box of KFC), the tartan rug and a couple of bean bags and head along for a night watching [...]
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