Get your camera out and photograph the laydeeez!
YWCA Auckland is celebrating their 125th year with a photography comptetition in partnership with The Aucklander, looking out for photos of what it means to be a woman in Auckland today. YWCA is...
View ArticleBest takeaways in Auckland
You know you’ve found a gem of a take-away place, when on a Friday night you’re willing to park your car on a random street and walk inside the RWC road-block to collect your Chicken and Cashews....
View ArticleBritomart: it’s got lots of awards
While the Aucklandista has been dormant, there’s a bunch of stuff that’s happened. For example, Britomart! It was a bunch of crappy old buildings, and now it is full of good bars and restaurants. When...
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Reliving “the olden days”* at MOTAT
Photo of Auckland Car ferry from the olden days at MOTAT Nothing like taking a seven year old around MOTAT to make you appreciate how far we’ve come in the last 60 years! This month entry to MOTAT is...
View ArticleBok Choy – 155 Symonds Street
Bok Choy has the twin advantages of being cheap and close to work. I rounded up a few coworkers to check out the $5 opening special. Right now, $5 will buy you a noodle box of noodles and a miso soup....
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Auckland Art Gallery
The kid and I ventured to the Auckland Art Gallery a couple of weeks ago to try and pretend to be a bit cultured. We even forked out for the Degas to Dali exhibition – which has now been extended until...
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Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet
When: Wed 13th June Where: Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna What: Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet I headed along to this show on Wednesday night not sure what I was expecting to see and therefore with no...
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Grace Bar
Grace is an update of an old dive. What used to be the Dispensary up on Hobson has had a coat of paint and a change of ownership. I visited on a weeknight, and was one of the very few customers in the...
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Verbena Bar & Bistro – YUM!
I’ve lived in Beach Haven for a few years now and have been meaning to go to Verbena Bar & Bistro for a while now, pretty much every time I drive past I think to myself “must try that place...
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Getting my geek on
Last night was the first Auckland Girl Geek Dinner of 2013 and the first one that this baby geek has attended. I managed to wrangle a mate to join me at the last minute (with the promise of a free...
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