Eating for a good cause
My recommendation to you for this Sunday (the 25th) is to forgo the cafe for brunch and head off to New Lynn, where members of the Burmese community will be holding a food fair with traditional Burmese...
View ArticleBarCamp Auckland
Auckland’s second Barcamp still has places – though there are now less than 20 available. Last year This year, it’s happening on the 12th July at Botany Downs Secondary College. Registration is at...
View ArticleQueen Street… it’s all trucked up
I was dead keen to get into town this morning, expecting a Spielberg-ian disaster zone, with people wailing and crying openly in the streets at the devastating gridlock bringing our largest city to...
View ArticleCovered in Film
Into interesting eyewear? Own more than one scarf? Judge snack food by noise potential? Well you’re right in the demographic for the Auckland International Film Festival, which starts Thursday and...
View ArticleHowdy, pardners
This is my first post for the lovely Aucklandista. One thing you should know about me is that I’m a reluctant Aucklander – the South Island still calls in my dreams even after five years here. I have...
View ArticleWin! Mobile internet in Auckland
As a website for people who are constantly on the go around Auckland, we recently got contacted by Vodafone who wanted us to know that they’re changing the way their mobile internet works. Vodafone is...
View ArticleGo hang in Grey Lynn?
There’s a great big bloody hole in Grey Lynn. It was supposed to be developed, but it hasn’t been, so instead it’s just lying around being a crappy eyesore. But now there’s ideas afoot about what...
View ArticleFree fruit and vegetables!
Yes. Free, I tell you! But now for the details… Te Tuhi lemon tree grove, Preston Road reserve, East Otara I’m pleased to announce that the foraging movement is growing around New Zealand. ha. Growing....
View ArticleFootloose Funwalk – support MS sufferers
Multiple Sclerosis is the most common of all the neurological disorders. It affects people of all ages and backgrounds, but commonly strikes between the ages of 20-40. Women are three times more likely...
View ArticleGetting 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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