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 & EntertainmentSkinamarink
Made for just $15,000 by a first-time filmmaker, this unsettling experimental horror flick will get inside your head.
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Arts & EntertainmentSlowthai Sideshow for Flood-Relief
The British rap artist is holding a special one-off Auckland sideshow for flood relief.
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Food & DrinkDr 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 & EntertainmentTár
Cate Blanchett turns in another awards-worthy performance in this powerful, complicated and compelling drama about a cancelled conductor.
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Arts & EntertainmentCancelled: 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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Arts & EntertainmentMusic in Parks
Spent your weekends this summer checking a run of free music events taking place across the city.
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Arts & EntertainmentLunar 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 & DrinkFat 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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Arts & EntertainmentBabylon
'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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Arts & EntertainmentOperation 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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Arts & EntertainmentMovies 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 & DrinkStraight to Churly's
Start your adventure in Auckland with some craft beer and a nose-to-tail feast.
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Arts & EntertainmentTwilight Tuesdays
Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
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Arts & EntertainmentM3GAN
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 & DrinkRüdi'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 & DrinkFrosé 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 & EntertainmentAuckland Museum Rooftop Tours
Top off your museum trip with a visit to the historic building's exclusive rooftop.
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Food & DrinkBritomart 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 & DrinkPasta 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.