Kids Activities - Otara (2013)

Established by Eve Gordon and Mike Edward in 2009, The Dust Palace is New Zealand's pre-eminent circus theatre company. Our aim is to create tour-able circus theatre, taking stories from Aotearoa around the world; and to foster circus and physical performance and practitioners in Auckland and Aotearoa New Zealand. First gaining attention for provocative and political burlesque shows the Dust Palace has progressed toward creating more integrated narrative based works as our company and audience ... Read more profile has grown, which is at the core of what we do. Having toured extensively both nationally and internationally with our 13 full length theatre works, we have been focussed on growing an audience for circus theatre and on innovating circus as an art form. From our early cabaret-style works we have been introducing our audiences to a more sophisticated, genre-bending blend of circus and physical theatre; challenging and engaging diverse audiences as well as providing mind-blowing entertainment! We ...

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Dannemora and see why GKR Karate is Australia'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 Dannemora in Auckland, New Zealand, are taught by passionate instructors ... Read more who are committed to teaching and passing on the GKR Karate style and our way of life. When you join our club, you will be joining a community of like minded people who share the same common goal of personal improvement. This will be your journey, and you will be encouraged to train at your own pace. Your instructors and peers will be there to support and provide you with a safe, inspiring and empowering environment to develop your skills, and reach your maximum potential. Training ...

MANUKAU PARTY HIRE specialise in supplying Auckland with clean, quality hire equipment. We pride ourselves on our highly responsive delivery service and our comprehensive product range. LET'S CELEBRATE PARTY PLANNER - Inspiration for Every Occasion. We can assist you in giving your child a party they will love! We can do everything for you - we have a variety of themes to choose from and we will supply everything and set up and create the perfect party. We have packages to accommodate any ... Read more pocket. We also do Baby Showers, Kitchen Teas, Hens Parties, Engagement Parties and Anniversary Celebrations. LET'S CELEBRATE SOFT PLAY - Party Entertainment for Younger Children As most mothers of toddlers will agree, little ones love to climb up and jump off things. Our innovative, mobile soft play packages have the flexibility to entertain children from 6 months to 4 years old. Lets Celebrate's Soft Play provides a safe playground for smaller children to play in ensuring your little ...

Trysportsnz offers sports holiday programmes to children, where they get to participate in a range of sports. During our sports holiday programmes we will go through sports in a fun and exciting way. At Trysportsnz we are confident that our children will develop sporting and life skills that will stay with them forever, whilst completing any of our programmes. Each programme is carefully considered to offer a balanced approach to the development of our children’s sporting minds. 53% of children ... Read more aged 5-14 usually watch 2+ hours of TV each day (Ministry of Health, 2013). Let’s make a difference!! With Trysportsnz we can help reduce this statistic by increasing your child’s participation and knowledge in sport. This programme will be held at various schools throughout the East Auckland area. Our specialised staff tailor programmes to focus on engaging, developing and maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle for your child using a variety of sports. Sports NZ 2011 Young Peoples’s ...

Hello! We are a family run business based in Howick in East Auckland. We have a 3 year old boy called Jack, who I may add adores bouncy castles and who is our chef toy tester. We have so many amazing bouncy castles to choose from, as well as table and chair hire, and childrens party toys and ride on toys. We understand as parents ourselves how expensive parties can be! so that's why we believe we offer very competitive rates, check out our awesome party packages, to add the extra fun factor to your ... Read more next event. Our castle pricing starting from as little as $150, for full day hire rates. We are open 7 days a week, closed on Christmas Day, New Years Day (as this is our son’s birthday), and Easter Sunday. We do offer mid-week specials, please ask before booking as weekday hire as we need to have a driver available. We offer 15% OFF for any Early Childcare Centres Mid Week Hires. All our bouncy castles/equipment are cleaned before and after each hire with anti-bacterial solution, ...

Whatever the occasion Imaginaire can provide you with a professional service of fantastic, fun and fuss-free children's entertainment to suit. Established over 7 years ago and with over 9 years of entertaining experience, Imaginaire specialises in Face Painting, Balloon Sculpting, Theme Party Entertainment (Fairy, Princess, Superhero and Ninja!), Children's Drama and Professional Acting Workshops. We are passionate about creating a colourful, fun and magical atmosphere, where each and every child ... Read more has a very special time. We know how much effort, thought and planning you put into making your occasion special and Imaginaire will match that! We will bring that same enthusiasm and energy and want to work with you to personalise and custom create entertainment to suit your occasion. For Birthdays, Parties, Corporate Functions, Promotions, Festivals, Mall Entertainment, Fundraisers, Wedding Entertainment (for the little ones!), Expos, Baby Showers, Concerts, Sports Events, Grand Openings ...

Auckland Hockey - a regional hockey association dedicated to bringing the sport of hockey to Aucklanders. Auckland Hockey is committed to the growth and development of Hockey in Auckland. Hockey is a fast-flowing and exciting sport that thousands of Kiwis enjoy every year from grassroots to elite level. No matter your age, gender or skill level, you have the chance to be a part of the sport whether it be as player, coach, umpire or club helper! At Auckland Hockey we provide the opportunity ... Read more for new, existing and experienced hockey players to compete in a number of competitions during both winter and summer.

Edukids BaverstockEduKids Baverstock education and care Centre is located in the centre of East Auckland, operating right next door to Baverstock Oaks School. We pride ourselves on positive working relationships with families. Families are involved in various events throughout the year including the Centre programme, annual celebrations of cultures and community events. EduKids Baverstock promotes, enhances and supports children’s learning and development. We have four dedicated rooms caring ... Read more for children of different ages and developmental stages: Acorns (Infants and early Toddlers), Budding Branches (Toddlers), Tall Oaks (early Preschoolers), Baverstock Kindy (late Preschoolers). Each room has their specially designed indoor and outdoor play areas, and the teaching team in each room implements teaching methods and strategies that best suit children of different interests and needs, and incorporate daily activities and experiences that are fun and engaging for all children which is ...

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Pakuranga and see why GKR Karate is Australia'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 Pakuranga in Botany Down, Auckland, New Zealand, are taught by ... Read more passionate instructors who are committed to teaching and passing on the GKR Karate style and our way of life. When you join our club, you will be joining a community of like minded people who share the same common goal of personal improvement. This will be your journey, and you will be encouraged to train at your own pace. Your instructors and peers will be there to support and provide you with a safe, inspiring and empowering environment to develop your skills, and reach your maximum potential. Training ...

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Eastern Beach and see why GKR Karate is Australia'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 Eastern Beach in Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand, are ... Read more taught by passionate instructors who are committed to teaching and passing on the GKR Karate style and our way of life. When you join our club, you will be joining a community of like minded people who share the same common goal of personal improvement. This will be your journey, and you will be encouraged to train at your own pace. Your instructors and peers will be there to support and provide you with a safe, inspiring and empowering environment to develop your skills and reach your maximum ...

Principal Maree Montford ARAD[Solo Seal] RADRTS Senior Teacher Carl Myers RADRTS Former Senior Principal Dancer with Royal Ballet, and Director of International Dance Academy Chrischurch The school offers Ballet tuition from Primary to Advanced 2 levels. Royal Academy of Dance examination training Carl teaches all classes from beginners, Grade 5 to Advanced 2.

Betty's Dance with Believe Dance Studio: Dance Classes of: - Spanish Dance: Sevillanas, Flamenco Rumba... (Betty Vera) - Latin Dance: Merengue, Salsa, Bachata... (Betty Vera) - Ballet (Jodie Troughton) - Jazz (Jodie Troughton) - Lyrical Dance (Jodie Troughton) - Mash-up Dance (Jodie Troughton) - Musical Theatre (Jodie Troughton) - Mums + Tots (Jodie Troughton) For Children and Adults Term 4: 11th October to 21th December (Spanish and Latin Dance start 24th October) Timetable ... Read more and Payment conditions in web page Believe Dance Studio.

Boutique Childrens Party Hire Furniture and Accessories We make it easy. ​ Partini has been lovingly created to provide a refuge for busy Mum’s trying to plan their child’s birthday party or any children’s event. Visit our website and browse through our unique range of children’s chairs and party tables. We have fun colourful stools, neutral white bucket chairs or beautiful natural wicker chairs for that garden or beach inspired party. Indoor / Outdoor mats and rugs, beautiful ... Read more oilcloths to compliment your chosen theme or colour scheme. Let us help you find the inspiration or that centrepiece to finish your party décor off perfectly, making it the best party ever! You can collect from Pakuranga, or we have delivery options available within auckland. We aim to deliver a few days before the party to ensure no last minute running around or panic on that special day. We'd like to keep things simple and as easy as possible for you, so that all you will need to worry ...

We offer a delicious range of Finger Food for birthday parties and more. We can cater for even the fussiest eaters with options for Vegetarians and other special dietary requirements on request. Call us to find out more about our delicious Finger food platters all the kids will love.

CrossFit East Auckland’s Gen RX’d CrossFit Kids programme is a fitness programme especially designed for kids and teens combining movements from gymnastics and athletics into a fun, action packed fitness programme that helps kids develop endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance & accuracy.

Kip McGrath Education Centres is New Zealand's only nation-wide, fully professional provider of maths and English tutoring services. All Kip McGrath tutors are qualified teachers, most of whom work in schools during the day. Kip McGrath Centres offer free education assessments for students from Year 1 to Year 13 so that parents can gain peace of mind, knowing where their child is achieving within the school framework.At senior levels, additional subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology may ... Read more also be catered for. To contact your nearest centre, call 0800 TUTORING or check out our website for further information on how we can tutor your child for success!

Experienced magician to present magic for all ages and functions from children's parties to corporate events. Both stand up magic and close up magic are available and all shows are tailored in length and content to meet the requirements of the client.Willing to travel outside Auckland if requested. Tony has been World President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians (12,000 members) and President of the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians and the NZ Variety Artists Club as well as the New Zealand ... Read more Society of Magicians.He was also employed by Cobb and Co Pakuranga for 12.6 years on a Sunday , Wednesday and Thursday night each week to perform close up magic for 1.5 hours a night particularly for family groups with children. Tony has also been awarded the Grand Master of Magic Award by his fellow magicians for his contribution to Magic in New Zealand and overseas. He also offers a Christmas Theme Magic show featuring the production of live white doves and a rabbit for end of year family ...

The New Zealand Stunt School (NZSS) provides stunt training to new and existing stunt performers of all ages, as well as actors/actresses to sharpen up their physical performance skills. The NZSS also provides stunt rigging for commercial shows and live theatre, private tuition, regular training workshops, youth camps, horse riding workshops and stunt equipment hire. The school not only delivers world class training in many of the various stunt essentials and specialities, but we also provide ... Read more mentorship to help guide dedicated and talented new students along their journey to becoming stunt performers in the industry. It's not a quick journey, and by no means guaranteed that every student who attends a workshop will get work in the industry and become a full time stunt performer. Our focus has always been to make sure that when an opportunity arrises for you to show what you are capable of at an audition, then at least you will be able to put your best foot forward and know you have ...

The Uxbridge Centre for Arts and Culture is situated in the heart of Howick, East Auckland.

Te Tuhi's name was gifted by local tangata whenua Ngāi Tai and is in reference to their ancestor Manawatere a great explorer who signalled his arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand by making his tuhi, or mark, on a pohutukawa tree using karamea, a red ochre. Te Tuhi, strives to live up to this legacy of exploration by being one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces known for its core function of commissioning ambitious new artworks by a diverse selection of artists. The organisation is also ... Read more renowned for supporting curatorial research resulting in exhibitions that are locally engaged, regionally responsive and internationally ambitious with a strong awareness of social, political and environmental issues. Te Tuhi’s annual programmes include four seasons of major group and solo exhibitions and a series of live events and offsite projects. These are supported by a range of education and public programs that actively engage school students, local artists and makers, community ...

Sabres Inline Hockey Club plays in the Northern Region of the NZIHA and provides players from across Auckland to play competitive inline hockey. The club is more then happy to welcome players, new and old, into the sport to help them develop their skills in the game but also as help build lasting friendships.

I completed a Master of Music with distinction in violin performance from the University of Auckland in 1996. After freelancing with the APO and a season playing for Phantom of the Opera, continued onto completing a Post Graduate Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, U.K. I have many years of experience as a freelance performer with various orchestras, touring shows, musicals and chamber ensembles, and continue to be a regular player with Bach Musica and APO. Apart from ... Read more performing, I also teach violin privately and at various schools (both public and private) in Auckland. My students follow either Trinity or ABRSM syllabuses and range from age 5 – adult. Many have continued onto Performance degrees and now play with me in professional orchestras.

Club play, court booking, senior & junior badminton trainings.

Auckland's leading Aerobic Gymnastics studio, located in the heart of Howick. Triple A is the largest Aerobic Gymnastics Studio in NZ, offering Recreation, Performance and Elite programmes to girls and boy of all ages. Amanda Bush - 8 times New Zealand National Champion and World ranked International athlete is the Director of Triple A Aerobics. Amanda has produced many NZ National Champions as well as world ranked athletes, including Laura Furse who is standing 5th in the world to date. Aerobic ... Read more Gymnastics is a high energy, fast paced, exciting sport. The routines combine continuous aerobic dance patterns, with dynamic skills, gymnastic and acrobatic elements all performed to fun, energetic and upbeat music. If you want to be involved in a fantastic sport, and become a part of the Triple A Aerobics community whether it be at a recreation or elite level, Contact us now or visit.... our website. Have fun, get fit and achieve your goals

Pakuranga Learning Centre is a preschool daycare offering early childhood education and care for babies and preschoolers from 3 months to 5 years. We provide all day or part day services for these children. Play areas for the under 2 year olds and for the over 2’s are safe, spacious and well resourced. Children are able to engage in activities and experiences that extend their creativity, challenge them physically, promote friendships and enable them to develop thinking and reasoning skills. At ... Read more Pakuranga Learning Centre, your child will participate in developmentally appropriate activities throughout the day. Our environment and learning experiences presented to the children are reflected in the research and knowledge of emergent curriculum. Our programme is based on the New Zealand Early Years Learning framework of Te Whâriki. We believe in the potential of each child to participate in, and work towards his or her own development and growth within a warm, caring and rich ...

Rock N Roll Club who teach and have dances for anyone who wants to learn. Based on the 1950's and 1960's style. We cater for all ages and check our website for updates

At Anchorage Park Kindergarten we believe in recognising and valuing the journey of learning for children and their whānau in our community through a collaborative, inclusive and reflective approach. Partnerships are nurtured and respected for children and adults to experience a sense of belonging and well-being.

We are an Onehunga based puppet theatre that also happens to run unique and dynamic drama classes for children 5-9 and 10-14. Our approach to the performing arts is based in community and in exploring theatre with all of our senses. We endeavor to impart to children basic “acting” skills as well as encourage them to develop as artists who are open to inspiration and have the tools to tell their own stories. We want the children to learn to express themselves through drama by creating a safe and ... Read more nurturing environment for them to explore who they are in this fast changing world. The classes are fun, imaginative and the students help to develop performances. Both tutors have over 20 years of theatre and teaching practice between us, we are performers and creators and want to encourage the next generation in being confident, creative and strong contributors to the arts and society. We have studied to masters level and continue to practice in the field we have chosen to teach in.

Botany Taekwon-Do is training for all ages we operate from two locations 4 days a week. Come along for a two week free trial

Come and try a FREE introductory class at GKR Karate Onehunga and see why GKR Karate is Australia'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 Onehunga in Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand, are taught by passionate ... Read more instructors who are committed to teaching and passing on the GKR Karate style and our way of life. When you join our club, you will be joining a community of like minded people who share the same common goal of personal improvement. This will be your journey, and you will be encouraged to train at your own pace. Your instructors and peers will be there to support and provide you with a safe, inspiring and empowering environment to develop your skills and reach your maximum potential. Training ...

Welcome to our sKids Centre where the safety and care of your child is our number one priority. If you're looking for a safe, structured and fun environment for your children in Howick / Mellons Bay then you've come to the right place. For more information about our programmes please contact us. "We Care if you can't be there"