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sport
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entertainment, events, music, sport
Vector Arena parking tip
05.07.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsParking your car safely and cheaply a handy distance from the venue doesn’t sit neatly in the annals of Rock alongside sweat, Marshall Stacks and bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones taken out. But you know, as Dave Grohl ripped into the 5th song of the encore last night, I definitely rocked just […]
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events, sport
Dust off your boat shoes
Auckland. It’s great, but it’s not all noodle bars and car-fes. No, we live in the city of sails, team, and the Auckland International Boat Show is on this weekend.
It’s all happening in and around the Viaduct basin, with a fine array of boats and yachts in all shapes, sizes and budgets, as well as […] -
anecdotal, sport
The lanes, they are a’changing
03.02.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsAuckland is not a cycling town. Turn up to work on a bike, and people assume you ‘flat’ with your parents, and aren’t moving out anytime soon. Auckland’s city councils are trying to push cycling with a network of new cycle ways, but come on - this is Auckland, it’s all Beemers, drive through […]
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sport
Aucklandista guide to watching international Cricket this summer
01.31.08 | Permalink | 4 CommentsCricket’s a summer bat and ball game invented by England but perfected by the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Australia (boo!). Being English, there’s a whole bunch of complicated rules, but they won’t concern you when you’re deciding if you can still eat a hot dog dropped in a beer. Keen to get involved? There’s […]
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