The Pretenders Live in Conert

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The rock ‘n’ roll band The Pretenders are heading to New Zealand! They are playing at the St James Theatre in Auckland on the 6th of February.

Go and listen to favourite hits such as Kid,Brass in pocket, Talk Of The Town, Precious, Tattooed Love Boys, Message Of Love, Stand By Me, Message of Love and much more.

Tickets are avaliable through Ticket Direct

Groove in the Park

Groove in the Park is one of Waitangi Days (6th feb) best celebration. The concert starts at 12pm, and this year it has relocated to Western Springs Stadium.
The line up this year inculdes international DJ Roger Sanchez (USA), Concord Dawn, State of Mind, Tim Phin, Shapeshifter and more!

There is a $10 gate charge and children under 15 get in free.

For more information visit the Groove in the Park website

Auckland Hero Festival

 The Hero Festival this year is being held from the 2nd February til the 24th February.

The Hero Festival is aimed for the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual community. It encourages them to experience the various number of events that are happening throughout the festival.

For more information visit The Hero Festival website

Auckland Windscreens Replace Windscreens in All Makes And Models of Vehicles.

Mitsubishi,Toyota,Ford,Mazda,Lexus,Mercedes Benz,Nissan,Isuzu,Holden,Honda,Hyundai,Kia,Daewoo,Audi,
BMW,Suzuki,Opel,Jaguar,Maserati.

Phone Auckland Windscreens on 0800 762 743 to book a repair or replacement windscreen, or just for a quotation.

View Auckland Windscreens Contact Details Here.

Auckland Windscreens Ltd
PO Box 40 794
Glenfield
AUCKLAND
Phone 0800 SMASHED
Phone 0800 762 743

www.aucklandwindscreens.co.nz

Bic Runga live at Ascension Vineyard

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On the 4th of February one of New Zealand’s favourite artists, Bic Runga is performing at the Ascension Vineyard.

The Gates will open at 5:30pm and tickets can be purchased over the counter at the Vineyard or through Ticketek.

There will be a range of food and beverages. For more information visit ascension vineyard

Burt Bacharach live with The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Burt Bacharach is playing live with the NZ symphony Orchestra on the 2nd of February.

Bacharach’s most popular songs include What’s New Pussycat, What the World Needs Now, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head and much more.

Burt will be performing at the ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketek.

The Auckland International Boat Show

On the 7-11th of March 2007, New Zealand’s premiere boat show will be held. This show presents the best of New Zealand’s marine industry with hundreds of boats and exhibitors on display.

The show ill be held at the Viaduct harbour, from 10-6pm across those 5 days.

For more information visit http://www.aucklandinternationalboatshow.com

Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta

On Auckland anniversary day (29th January), the Waitemata will come alive as there will be over a dozen vintage tugboats and workboats will begin this eventful day.

There will be a range of fun filled activities the whole family will enjoy in the Viaduct Harbour and a living history on display.

You can also catch the excitement of the race from vantage points at North Head, Bastion Point, Orakei Wharf, Tamaki Drive and the East Coast Bays.

For more information on this event go to www.regatta.org.nz

Cirque Du Soleil- Varekai, now showing in Auckland

Cirque Du Soleil is an amazing show and it has been dazzling people world wide. Cirque Du soleil varekai is now in Auckland for everybody to enjoy.

Verekai is the story of the universal wonderer and is set in the mysterious forest of fantastical creatures. Varekai is a must see show.

It is being performed at the ASB showgrounds from January 5th till the 18th of February. Tickets are avaliable through ticketek.

Music in the Park in the summer

During January through till March the parks in Auckland will be filled with great sounding New Zealand music. Celebrate a great summer and go along and enjoy one of the free events!

Saturday 27th January- Historic Places and Spaces
Where: highwic, Epsom: 2-4pm The Auckland Salon Orchestra

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Some of the sites in Gulf Harbour

Gulf Harbour is Located 45 minutes north of Auckland City. It is a beautiful place to go to, there is a great golf course there where some international tournaments have been played.

This is the Gulf Harbour Basin. Events have taken place here, such as carols by candle light, and much more. In the background there are apartment buildings with great views.

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Army Bay Beach

Army Bay beach is located right across the road from Shakespear Regional park on the Hibiscus Coast just 45 minutes out of Auckland city. This is another great beach to visit.

At this Beach there is some grass areas to sit on as well as soft sand. There are also quite a few trees to sit under if you would like to get out of the sun’s harmful rays.

This beach is quite calm, so it is a great place to kayak and have fun in the water. There is also stair access down to this beach for easier access up and down. There is also a car park facing the beach so there is hardly any walking from your car to the beach.

Picutres of Stanmore Bay Beach

Here are some beautiful pictures of beaches in Whangaparaoa, which is half and hour to 45 minutes away from central Auckland.

This is looking at Stanmore Bay beach on the left side. There are some very exquisite housing ontop of the cliff to the left of the picture

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New Zealand Beer Festival

New Zealand’s very first beer festival is being held on the 24th of March 2007. It is held at the Ellerslie race course.

The Festival will feature more than 20 breweries and 45 beers, with the beers will mostly being from New Zealand.

Live Bands will be playing throughout the day to add to the atmosphere. There will also be a diverse range of food available to compliment the beer.

It will be a great event so go along and have a beer and enjoy the day

Girls Day Out 2007

Girls Day Out 2007 is held on the 23rd-25th March 2007 at the ASB show ground’s in Greenlane.

Girls Day out (GDO) is an exhibition targeted at woman of all ages. It focuses on beauty, fashion, health and lifestyle. Girls Day out is currently New Zealands largest exhibition. Read more about…

Big Day Out line up 2007

The Big Day Out is on the 19th of January at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.

There is a big line up this year.

The Line up is:

Tool; The Violent Femmes ; The Streets; Eskimo Joe; The Killers; Read more about…

Heineken Tennis Open, Auckland ‘07

The Heineken Tennis open in Auckland kicks off this week (January 8-13). It is looking to be a very good week for tennis in Auckland as there is for the first time two players ranked inside the top 10 competing. There are also 16 players ranked inside the top 50 as well.

World number 7 Tommy Robredo is competing as well as the 2006 Heineken open finalist Mario Ancic. Other players include; Dominik Hrbaty, David Ferrer and Jarkko Nieminem.

Games are being played at the ASB Tennis centre and tickets are available through ticketek and the ASB ticket centre.