Auckland On Water Boat Show.
There's enough of summer in the air to make you think that a wee shopping trip at the Auckland On Water Boat Show is just what you need to set yourself up for the holidays. More than 200 exhibitors showing off their wares from launches to yachts, powerboats to paddleboards, jet skis to fishing equipment.
Today and tomorrow, 10am. ANZ Viaduct Events Centre and Viaduct Harbour.
Aotea Square is transformed into the Arboria Luminarium, a fantastical world of colour and light, a dazzling maze of winding paths and soaring domes inside a monumental inflatable structure by the Architects of Air.
Until Sunday October 11, various opening hours. Aotea Square.
If getting to a piazza in a Tuscan village is too tricky this weekend, head to Newmarket's Osborne and Kent Streets which have been turned over to the annual Festival Italiano. Naturally Italian culture includes heaps of food, plus music, shopping and design spread over 40 stalls. Be in to win a trip to Italy.
Tomorrow, 11am-4pm. Osborne St and Kent St Osborne St and Kent St, Newmarket. Free.
A trio of school galas gets you in the early Christmas shopping mood. Owairoa (Howick) Primary School Gala features an inflatable obstacle course, water walkers and a Lego room, while country schools in Ararimu (near Ramarama) and Drury have cute old ag days and calf club, with all the terrific home baking and stalls you'd expect.
All today. Owairoa School, 10am-2pm. Ararimu, 9am-2pm. Drury, 9am-1.30pm.
After nearly 50 years on show, Auckland Museum's longest running exhibition the 1866 street is going out with style. Dress up in Victorian style (costumes provided) and take snaps, meet some local characters and share memories of the street. The collections are being displayed as the street goes into storage for posterity.
Today and tomorrow, 9am-5pm. Auckland Museum.
New book, New Zealand’s Best Gourmet Pies, features 38 unique pies and their origins.