Have you been to Federal Street lately? The new restaurant/bars are really great and well worth meeting friends after work, a business or girly lunch, or a destination date. Here’s what you can expect from Al Brown’s Depot…
Auckland Scene
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Al Brown’s Depot is worth pulling into
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Auckland Night Market
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.
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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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I interviewed the Whitcoulls Santa…
I stood on the intersection of Queen and Victoria Streets and had a chat with the 51-year old Santa who used to be known for his creepiness, but has now had an extreme makeover.
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Chewing the fat with Annabel Langbein
Buried amid fans and cookbooks, I found New Zealand’s hottest cook Annabel Langbein, at Taste of New Zealand and man-handled her away for an interview about her 20 year “overnight” success and a few other pearlers…
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Check out Auckland’s Cloud
Auckland’s long awaited Cloud has now opened and for the next 3 days you can pop in and check out the Pacific Showcase with tastings, holiday deals and a little market place. It’s great, I hope it stays!
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Learn how to take great travel photos
If you want to take kick-ass photos of your holidays or learn how to take photos that are good enough to sell, get along to this event next week to hear from 3 of the best!
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The Red Hummingbird opens its eclectic doors
The Red Hummingbird, Auckland’s newest bar, opened on Saturday. Our Bar Scene Babe, Tash McGill, went to check out Luke Dallow’s latest establishment – and taste a few cocktails of course.
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Auckland’s new Wynyard Quarter is a star
The old tank farm has been spruced up on North Wharf and Aucklanders have found a new urban playground. Quite literally, with the sand-covered playground for kids. But it’s also the new drinking playground for the Rugby World Cup and will be fabulous come summer!
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Auckland Scene: Gourmet a Go Go
Another concept in dining pops up in Auckland, this time Gourmet A Go Go where a restaurant will suddenly appear for 2 nights only in the oddest of places. Victoria Davy checked out this one in a hair salon…
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