Whats On in Auckland, New Zealand?
Auckland is a huge city in New Zealand, and although it's not the Capital City there's loads of things going on and lots of things to see.
This lens will be regularly updated with events coming soon to Auckland, particularly at Vector Arena and Eden Park although other events will also be included, so make sure you come back often!
Contents of this Auckland Events Lens
- Coming Soon to Vector Arena
- About Vector Arena
- Coming Soon to Eden Park
- About Eden park
- What is a Haka?
- Other Auckland Events - Various Venues
- Events at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel Auckland
- Check out some views of Auckland
- Stay on top of the latest news
- Auckland Del.icio.us bookmarks
- Useful Links to Auckland Events
- Fly to Auckland
Coming Soon to Vector Arena
JULY12th and 13th Supercross and Gravity Games
18th Timbaland Shock Value 2008 Tour
AUGUST
20th Andrea Bocelli
30th Panic at the Disco
SEPTEMBER
7th Judas Priest
9th Disturbed
20th New World International Netball Series
OCTOBER
30th Stevie Wonder
NOVEMBER
Def Leppard
Timbaland Downloads
Panic at The Disco Stuff
About Vector Arena
Vector Arena is located just 5 minutes away from Aucklands downtown shopping district. It can hold up to 12000 people and is suitable for concerts, sporting events and conferences.It opened in March 2007 and has already seen huge acts including the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Pink, The Cure, Gwen Stefani, The Foo Fighters, Westlife, Elton John and even the Dalai Lama popped along to impart his wisdom.
If you're planning on making the journey to see your favourite act, there's lots of accommodation options to choose from in Auckland, but none are much closer than Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel.
Located just 5 minutes walk away from Vector Arena, Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel can provide you with budget accommodation and even a few cheap drinks before and after the gig at it's inhouse bar.
It's worth keeping an eye on their website too because they sometimes have Vector Arena concert tickets to giveaway or some great group discounts if your mates are coming along too.
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Def Leppard Music on Amazon
Coming Soon to Eden Park
AUGUST2nd All Blacks V Australia
10th Auckland V Taranaki
23rd Auckland V Manawatu
NZ Rugby stuff on Amazon
About Eden park
It currently seats 48000 people but plans are underway to expand this to 60000 seats in preparation for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Eden Park is only 3km away from Aucklands main Business District and although parking can be difficult there are generally extra busses and trains put on when there's a big match.
Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel has All Blacks packages that include the Ticket, return transport from the youth hostel to Eden Park, two nights accommodation, a hangover breakfast, face painting, a commemorative t-shirt, a beanie and even a couple of beers! Email them to find out more
(Rugby World Cup 2011 is September 1, 2011)
What is a Haka?
What Wikipedia has to say about the Haka
The All Blacks perform a Haka at the beginning of every match. Here's what Wikipedia says about the "Haka"
A haka is a traditional dance form of the M?ori of New Zealand. It is a posture dance with shouted accompaniment, performed by a group.The group of people performing a haka is referred to as a kapa haka (kapa meaning row or rank). The M?ori word haka has cognates in other Polynesian languages, for example: Tongan haka, 'hand action while singing'; Samoan saa, Tokelau haka, Rarotongan aka, Hawaiian haa, Marquesan haka, all meaning 'dance'; Mangarevan aka, 'to dance in traditional fashion; dance accompanied by chant, usually of a warlike nature'. In some languages, the meaning is divergent, for example in Tikopia saka means to 'perform rites in traditional ritual system'. The form reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian is *saka, deriving ultimately from Proto-Oceanic *.
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All Blacks Haka
Other Auckland Events - Various Venues
ASB auditorium, Aotea Square
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Events at Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel Auckland
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All Blacks V Wallabies After-partySaturday 2nd August
"Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel and Bar is hosting the official ALL BLACKS v Wallabies after-party on the 2nd August!
So if we're not taking you to watch the match then come and watch it on our big screen in The Fat Camel Bar and afterwards we'll be celebrating another Kiwi WIN (don't worry Aussies we'll let you drown your sorrows and we won't be too cruel!)
To find out more email Nomads Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel and Bar, Auckland.
DISCLAIMER: The Fat Camel Hostel and Bar may not actually be the location of the "official" after-party. Match outcome may differ from what has been implied in the above blog post!"
Zoh Zoh
Sunday 3rd August
"What? Even more stuff happening at The Fat Camel in Auckland?
Yes it's true, there really is so much going on at The Fat Camel Backpackers Hostel and Bar that it's hard to keep up with it all.
If you need to recover from the All Blacks afterparty on Saturday the 2nd August, why not spend the afternoon in the Fat Camel Bar listening to Zoh Zoh a traditional African drumming and dance band.
They're absolutely fantastic so make sure you get here by 2pm so that you don't miss out!
The Auckland Backpackers Bar will be open from midday on the Sunday and Zoh Zoh will be there to entertain you from 2pm until 5pm!"
To read more of the Fat Camels Blog posts, click here!
Check out some views of Auckland
You don't have to come to Auckland just to see the All Blacks at Eden Park or to watch your favourite band play at Vector Arena, it's also a beautiful city with lots more to do and see.
Check out these great photos from Flickr.
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Stay on top of the latest news
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- Gale force winds skittle cycle race
- The winds were not expected to abate before the scheduled race start tomorrow at Karaka, 40km south of Auckland, so the race has been rescheduled for August ...
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Auckland Del.icio.us bookmarks
Useful Links to Auckland Events
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