The Best Things to Do in Auckland This Weekend
Spend your long weekend checking out a Lunar New Year street festival, scoffing Nepalese dumplings, or catching HAIM and Fred Again at Laneway.

The Best Things to Do in Auckland This Weekend
Weekends are precious. Two glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility. Luckily, Auckland's got plenty happening to make sure you don't spend the days indoors binge-watching Netflix and instead discovering new bars, absorbing art and feasting your way through food markets. Here are our picks of the weekend's happenings.
Top image: Laneway
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Arts & Entertainment
Skinamarink
Made for just $15,000 by a first-time filmmaker, this unsettling experimental horror flick will get inside your head.
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Slowthai Sideshow for Flood-Relief
The British rap artist is holding a special one-off Auckland sideshow for flood relief.
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Food & Drink
Dr Rudi's Bottomless Frosé Drag Brunch
Dr Rudis' famous drag brunch is back — and this time they're throwing in bottomless frosé.
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Arts & Entertainment
Tár
Cate Blanchett turns in another awards-worthy performance in this powerful, complicated and compelling drama about a cancelled conductor.
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Cancelled: Auckland Lantern Festival 2023
After three years of cancellations, New Zealand's biggest cultural event is back — in a brand new location.
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Music in Parks
Spent your weekends this summer checking a run of free music events taking place across the city.
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Lunar New Year at SkyCity
SkyCity is set to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with live entertainment and night noodle markets.
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Food & Drink
Fat Daddy's Bottomless Burgers, Beer and Bubbles
Spend two hours scoffing bottomless smash burgers — then wash them down with all the prosecco and beersies you can sink.
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Babylon
'La La Land' filmmaker Damien Chazelle steps back into Hollywood's past, with Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt leading a jam-packed Golden Age-set spectacle.
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Guy Ritchie's latest caper turns Jason Statham and Aubrey Plaza into globe-trotting spies, and is happy to stick to the filmmaker's usual formula.
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Movies in Parks 2023
The free outdoor screenings of classic family flicks and newly released blockbusters are coming back for summer.
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Food & Drink
Straight to Churly's
Start your adventure in Auckland with some craft beer and a nose-to-tail feast.
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Twilight Tuesdays
Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
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M3GAN
Move over Chucky: there's a new killer doll terrorising the screen, and entertaining cinemagoers, in this supremely self-aware sci-fi/horror flick.
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Food & Drink
Rüdi's Bakehouse Pop-Up in Whangamata
Now you can top off your morning beach walk with a twice-baked almond croissant and some damn good Eighthirty coffee.
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Food & Drink
Frosé Your Way at Dr Rudi's
Embrace summer with two hours of bottomless frosé by the water's edge — complete with fruity flavours and fun toppings.
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Arts & Entertainment
Auckland Museum Rooftop Tours
Top off your museum trip with a visit to the historic building's exclusive rooftop.
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Food & Drink
Britomart Saturday Farmer's Market
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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Food & Drink
Pasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.