The New Zealand Ocean Swim Series consists of seven events, showcasing some of our most unique and stunning beaches and waterfronts. With the aim of promoting fitness and health through ocean swimming, the events offer a range achievable distances on the day – presenting opportunities for almost all ages and abilities to take part (exception of the Harbour Crossing which consists of the one 2.9km iconic swim across Auckland’s Harbour). Event distances on offer include: ‘I’m Going Long’ distance... Read more

If you can dream it, we can make it! Located in sunny Whangaparaoa on the Hibiscus Coast just north of Auckland, Coast Cakes have all your cake needs covered. With talents in every aspect of the custom cake business, our hard-working team can create a cake for any and every event, just tell us your requirements and we will deliver you a fantastic cake that looks and tastes great. From birthdays, to anniversaries, weddings, events and special occasions. When it comes to flavours and fillings... Read more

Award-winning babyballet is New Zealand's favourite dance school for boys and girls from 6 months to 6 years. Pre-school dance and music-to-movement ballet classes. With a real focus on learning through play, the unique babyballet syllabus offers four key stages of ballet and tap classes where every child can build their confidence and social skills, learning manners, discipline and respect while developing their basic ballet technique, coordination, musicality, balance, posture and rhythm. All... Read more

EXPECT DIFFERENT - EVERY EXPERIENCE IS UNIQUE Escapism escape room experiences are simply different. Our escape rooms are skillfully themed and filled with lots props and details, you won't find anything like it in Auckland. We are innovative, and constantly fine-tuning and improving the rooms, so our experiences don't always follow the 'usual' escape room format, we offer something refreshing and sometimes unexpectedly difficult. Everything at Escapism is conceived and built in-house, ensuring... Read more

Birthday Parties / School Workshops / Events ZooVentures does the best parties for animal lovers! We are a mobile service based in Whangaparaoa and travel as far as central Auckland. We have bearded and Eastern water dragons, blue tongue lizards, leopard geckos, gorgeous tortoises, frogs, newts, chinchilla squirrels plus an awesome line-up of very cute bunnies, guinea pigs, mice and even performing pups! Take part in fun educational activities with all the pets and exotic creatures from ZooVentures,... Read more

Northern Arena established in 2010 is a ground breaking and unique learn to swim and fitness centre in Silverdale, Auckland. Northern Arena is a world class private family fitness centre with a combination of swimming pools, gym, group fitness classes, functional training and expert staff located on the North Shore of Auckland, just 20 minutes drive from the Auckland Harbour Bridge. We pride ourselves on delivering a standard of excellence in Swim teaching and fitness guidance unmatched by any... Read more

Ruby Jude mix media Artist runs her own studio and art gallery creating art and offering lessons to both children and adults. Children's class's $90per term Wednesday's 4 till 5pm. Encouraged to create from their heart given freedom and encouragement to express themselves through a variety of media each term students take a framed piece of their art home. Some of the children have been attending art class for over a year they love it so much !!! Read more

Calling all family detectives! If you love doing challenging things as a family, solving puzzles and mysteries or you just love to try new experiences, then Escape HQ is just what you're after! Escape HQ is Auckland's most premium and immersive real live interactive escape room experience. Teams of up to six people are locked in a room for 60 minutes and must find clues, crack puzzles and solve the crime before time runs out! It's non-stop, adrenalin pumping, brain activity at its best! Current... Read more

We are the Orewa Beach paddle board specialists, stocking a huge range of paddle boards from all major brands. We offer rentals and demos so you can try before buying and as much FREE advice as you need to get you going. We are family run and have grown our business on repeat customers and recommendations made to others. We pride our work, and love our community. We also have a great range of surfboards / Longboards / Softboards and Kayaks available, and of course stock roof racks so you can get... Read more

Kia Ora, Welcome to Secret Garden ELC, Albany Secret Garden ELC is a high-quality childcare centre, where our highly qualified teachers provide an age-appropriate educational program for all our children We are conveniently located at 428 Albany Highway, very close to Albany Primary School and Massey University, making it easy for you to drop off and pick up your child on the way to and from dropping your other children at school, or work. At Secret Garden ELC we believe that care and education... Read more

Looking for safe, loving childcare in Albany? You'll find what you're looking for at our childcare centre, thanks to the dedicated leadership of our Centre Director, Nikki Sealesford and her team. In our small, intimate centre, nestled in the calming surroundings of Lucas Creek and East Coast Bays beaches, your family will feel at home in our friendly, relaxed environment - where we take special care in providing the love and security your child needs to thrive. Our full time and part time enrolment... Read more

We have classes for all experience levels and a range of commitment level. Non-Competitive CHEER & Tumbling, Performance CHEER (intro to competitive cheer) and Fully-Competitive (pathway to be a national representative). All classes are coached by Internationally Recognized Coaches! Not Your Average Cheer Gym! We are a community inspired by personal and technical growth, in and out of the gym. The sport of Cheerleading teaches more than motor skills, coordination, teamwork and self-confidence,... Read more

Waitemata Synchro Club has a proud record of excellent achievements by its athletes and coach. Our club caters for swimmers of all levels from beginners to elite. (From 5 years old who cant swim yet to adults). We are a competitive and non competitive club with focus on team work, personal development and fitness. Read more

GLOrewa! Orewa's world-exclusive, pop-up glow-in-the-dark experience, opens for the very first time this February! With its one-and-only site in the beautiful seaside town of Orewa, GLOrewa brings together seven years of fabulously successful Glow Shows into one wild and whimsical adventure. GLOrewa! is a magical maze of glow-in-the-dark storyscapes, which create an utterly original world for children to explore. It invites children to wander through its mysterious interactive stories and discover... Read more

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Whangaparaoa Golf Club offers players a course layout with some testing fairways and challenging greens, providing a balance and ease for golfers of all levels including beginners. Several practice areas including nets, putting green and practice hole and fairway. Read more

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Albany and see why GKR Karate is New Zealand's largest martial arts club! GKR Karate promotes Karate for everyone, including children from 5 yrs old through to men, women, and families of all ages. Apart from the obvious development of self-defense skills, Karate training builds confidence, positive attitude, determination, focus, and of course fitness. Our karate classes at Albany, Auckland, are taught by passionate instructors who are committed... Read more

** My apologies, I am currently not in the country :( -Youthful & patient teacher -6 years teaching experience -$18/half-hour, $24/three-quarter hour & $30/hour (travel fee not included) -Entry-intermediate level pupils of any age -Theory tuition available -ABRSM exam preparation available -Lessons at your own home (exceptions may be made) -Diploma of Contemporary Music Read more

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Orewa and see why GKR Karate is New Zealand's largest martial arts club! GKR Karate promotes Karate for everyone, including children from 5 yrs old through to men, women and families of all ages. Apart from the obvious development of self-defence skills, Karate training builds confidence, positive attitude, determination, focus, and of course fitness. Our karate classes at Orewa, Auckland, are taught by passionate instructors who are committed... Read more

Our sessions are designed for your little ones to be able to explore, experiment, create and play at their own pace. It's about having fun and encouraging their senses, curiosity and knowledge in a relaxed and social space. Ideal for 6 months to 5 years but older siblings are welcome to come along and join in the fun as well. Each week is a new theme with multi sensory, exciting activities. Don't forget to bring a towel and change of clothes for afterwards. It's all non toxic and child friendly... Read more

The North Shore Marathon, Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, 5k and kids Marathon will take place on Auckland’s beautiful North Shore and is widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s most Scenic Marathon and Half Marathon events. The course, one of New Zealands most scenic Marathon and Half Marathon’s will be based on a 21.1km circuit that will see participants taking in beautiful Milford, Takapuna, Narrow Neck and Cheltenham Beaches before tackling the amazing DOC 1km Tunnels Loop (you don’t actually... Read more

All Star Infinity Cheer is the Hibiscus Coast and Rodney Districts premier Cheerleading club. We offer top facilities in Silverdale and school teams around the Hibiscus Coast and further north. Our teams are split by age and ability and we have a team suitable for everyone! We offer free trial classes in our recreation teams, anyone can join at any time of the year. Competitions are the best part of cheerleading, all of our teams are give the opportunity to compete in Auckland. Our elite team try... Read more

Our child-initiated and semi-structured programme recognises the learning and developmental needs, strengths and interests of the individual children. We believe children are unique, with God-given potential to grow as confident and competent learners, healthy in body, mind and spirit. All children are treated with respect and no appropriate learning opportunity will be withheld from them no matter what their background or language is. We believe children’s holistic development and learning is... Read more

North Harbour Water Polo Club is one of the largest clubs in New Zealand and their home pools are based at the NZ High Performance Centre - AUT Millennium and National Aquatic Centre in Mairangi Bay, Auckland. As well as NZ representatives the club are very keen on increasing participation amongst the younger generation ensuring children of all ages get opportunities to become involved in an aquatic sport. Our club have players aged from 8 years through to Social Water Polo for adults. Our age groups... Read more

We have provided fabulous educational experiences for children in a safe and nurturing home environment Rodney-wide for several years. We are now very pleased to be able to offer this same opportunity to children and families in Auckland. Your child’s day in a home-based environment can be less structured and more spontaneous. It may include trips to the park, beach, playgroup and so on. To ensure safety is not compromised, our service has a documented set of policies and practices for dealing... Read more

Your one stop shop for your next costume party! Fancy Dress costumes, wigs, masks, footwear and accessories for hire We courier nationwide Elite Costume Hire has an absolute stunning collection of hand crafted costumes for hire that will have your imagination running wild. As well as licensed authentic Superhero costumes. We will help you select the right costume and accessories to make you stand out from the crowd at your next Dress Up Party, Themed Birthday Party, Themed Conference, Theatre... Read more