There is much to do during the long Queen's birthday weekend. Photo / Brett Phibbs
There is much to do during the long Queen's birthday weekend. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Sport, music, expos, markets and more ... there is plenty on for the whole family.
Warbird displays, hot sporting action and celebrating the best of British top the options for holidaymakers this Queen's Birthday weekend.
And if you're hoping to enjoy the outdoors, you're in luck as there's not likely to be a repeat of the torrential showers and strong winds which buffeted the country earlier in the week. If you're looking for some long weekend inspiration, here are the Herald on Sunday's best picks.
Best of British
Young ones can attend a Teddy Bears' Picnic. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Shed 10 and The Cloud on Auckland's Queens Wharf will come alive with the best of British. Entry is free and activities include a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Irish and Scottish dance and music, a British market, croquet and a medieval re-enactment. Youngsters will also be entertained by a raft of hit British movies, and can attend a Teddy Bears' Picnic.
Spectator special
Today at 4pm: The Warriors face the Newcastle Knights. Photo / Getty Images
• The Warriors face the Newcastle Knights at Mt Smart Stadium today at 4pm. Tomorrow, the Northern Mystics take on the Melbourne Vixens at Trusts Stadium in an ANZ Championship netball clash.
• Eight matches of the Fifa Under-20 World Cup will be played out over the next two days, including a double-header today at Waikato Stadium featuring Qatar v Colombia, and Portugal v Senegal. Tomorrow, a double-header at Stadium Taranaki features Nigeria v Brazil, and Korea DPR v Hungary.
• A Queen's Birthday race day will also be hosted at the Ellerslie Racecourse tomorrow.
Open days
Tomorrow's your last chance to ride the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Photo / Jim Eagles
• Ardmore Airport in South Auckland is today holding its New Zealand Warbirds D Day open day. You will be able to see and hear the sounds of World War II aircraft , as well as the Warbirds Roaring 40s Harvard aerobatic team in action.
• Tomorrow is also your final chance to ride the Glenbrook Vintage Railway before the service ends its 2014/15 season.
The clean-up on Rotoroa Island runs from 10am to 3pm. Photo / Natalie Slade
• Volunteers are being sought for a coastal clean-up on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf tomorrow. Return ferry tickets cost $32.20 for adults. The clean-up runs from 10am to 3pm, with volunteers having a further two hours to explore the island before the trip back to Auckland.
Go to a gig
Cairo Knife Fight.
• Cairo Knife Fight will rock out at Wellington's Bar Bodega tonight. Blues lovers are set for a treat in Rotorua, with the city's six-day blues festival on until tomorrow.
• For those venturing to the South Island this weekend, The Feelers will tonight play in Christchurch, while Six60 will perform in Invercargill.
Show time
• The Auckland EveryWoman Expo continues at the ASB Showgrounds today and tomorrow. It will feature more than 150 exhibitors offering health, beauty, fashion, food, love, lifestyle, fitness, psychic readings and more.
• In New Plymouth, the Cake and Craft Show will continue today and tomorrow.
Market days
There are plenty of market days today around the upper North Island. Photo / Christine McKay
• There'll be plenty of bargains at a myriad of market days around the upper North Island today, including at Morrin Rd in St Johns, Mangere Bridge, Titirangi Village, La Cigale in Parnell, Hobsonville Point, Kerikeri, Puhoi Farmers Market, Clevedon Village, Matakana, South Kaipara, Rotorua and the Grey Lynn Car Boot sale. Tomorrow a craft market will be held at the Orewa Community Centre.
