To fill your day, reflect on, and celebrate this important date in Aotearoa's history, we've listed our top picks of events and things to do in the city centre.
From Lunar New Year celebrations, a movie festival dedicated to our oceans, to Auckland Pride Festival 2020 and celebrations of love for Valentine's Day. There are so many events to keep you busy this February!
Dine under the outdoor fairy lights of Upper Vulcan Lane with these dining events bringing a little slice of Europe to the city centre in March.
International pop sensation MIKA will be performing in New Zealand for the very first time as part of his world tour.
UK hellraisers The Stranglers join forces with Australian-based, Kiwi legends Mi-Sex for what promises to be three electrifying Auckland on 15 February 2020.
Take on the basic techniques of painting with acrylics on canvas in a 2-hour painting session.
Gindulgence Festival is coming to Wynyard Quarter for a day's celebrations of New Zealand's finest craft gins.
In Conversation with Margaret Atwood is a New Zealand premiere literary event spanning the breadth of Atwood’s remarkable career.
The Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight, returns to New Zealand in February 2020.
Enter Auckland Art Gallery's South Atrium to view a major new site-specific commission by artist John Reynolds.
Learn about plant-based cooking basics. The February 16th event has been cancelled due to Auckland moving to Alert Level Three on the 14th of February.
The whole whānau are invited to this unforgettable Rainbow community celebration.
Celebrate Auckland’s first Pride Festival of a new decade by reclaiming the streets of Tāmaki Makaurau!
The hugely popular Wet Hot Academy Summer Series is BACK for 2021!
Four highly immersive presentations by leading international artists from NZ, Switzerland, UK, and USA.
In 2018 we brought you Silo Farm... in 2020 we’re evolving in to a whole zoo!
The APO concert season blasts off with seven minutes of simple, uncomplicated fun, courtesy of Shostakovich’s helter-skelter overture.
Giordano Bellincampi opens the New Zealand Herald Premier Series with a sparkle of trumpets in Bach’s cheerful Suite, which includes the famous ‘Air on the G string’.
PolyX celebrates the richness of a Polynesian culture by telling stories of its diverse history, folk-lore, traditions, culture, myths and legends through their dance, music, arts and crafts and cuisine.
A wheely cool day dedicated to all things bicycle (plus lots of other cool things on wheels).
Over 40 Lamborghinis, Ferraris and McLarens take over Queen Street. Free entry! Have a look at the most exotic vehicles in the country as they fundraise for Kiwi children living in poverty. Gold coin donations are welcome.