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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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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Top 3 Canterbury golf courses package
If you’re a golf nut, then read on… Canterbury’s top three championship golf courses joined forces last year to promote the best of golf in the region to international visitors, with a unique opportunity to play and experience three 18-hole resort courses for a fantastic price. Normally valued at $500.00, for a limited time only [...]
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Whitianga’s scallops are sizzling this weekend!
I’m as excited as a kid in a candy store for the upcoming Whitianga Scallop Festival! In fact I reckon even a kid would take a freshly sauteed scallop over a gummy bear any day. The famous festival started in August 2005 and about 2500 people came that first year to sample the locally harvested [...]
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