Worth the trip

The Drawing Club

Every second Tuesday of every month in 2015 the Drawing Club gets together on Queens Wharf. Everyone is welcome and it's absolutely free! 

There are live models and unique backdrops plus a DJ helping set the mood. All you need to bring is yourself and your drawing supplies. More information here.

Worth a trip

Starting this morning, a every Sunday morning after this one, they'll be fresh flowers filling the viaduct air with sweet smells!

The fresh flower market starts 8am and goes till lunchtime. There will also be plants for salad, hand-made ceramics, plant hangers etc. Plus range of fresh coffee, juices, and delicious deli food!

Start your Sundays fresh. 
Market Square, Viaduct Harbour

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Billy Apple at the Auckland Art Gallery!

55 years of Billy Apple opens today at Auckland Art Gallery. Known as New Zealand’s foremost conceptual artist, Billy Apple, blurs the boundaries between art and life, commerce and creativity.

200 artworks are on display, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos and neon light works, as well as human cell cultures and high-performance racing cars! From 1960 to today.

Do pop in to see us here in the city.

The Big Egg Hunt NZ

The Big Egg Hunt NZ in support of Starship Hospital is almost here! There's a whole heap of brilliant NZ artists involved including Holly Roach (the incredible talent behind our 2015 calendar).

Here is a sneak peak of Holly's egg!

See more info here and some of last years eggs below. It's on from the 12th of March until the 7th of April. Get hunting!

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Our neighbours down the street, Hotel de Brett, have got the freshest bluff oysters in town!

Half a dozen of the freshest Tiostrea chilensis (dredge oyster or Bluff oyster), your choice from a selection of accompaniments, freshly baked bread, and a glass of beautifully chilled Cloudy Bay Pelorus all for $42 , they told us.

Another reason to visit the district!