Megazone Laser Tag

Megazone runs laser tag the straightforward way: suit up, take a blaster, and spend twelve minutes chasing and dodging through a dark, multi-level maze of bases and targets. There are more than fifty game modes, so a second round rarely plays like the first, and a single game starts at $15 a head.

Three Auckland arenas carry the name. Grey Lynn — trading as Megazone Ponsonby — is laser tag first and last, with a bar on site for the adults waiting it out. Wairau Valley sits on the North Shore at Target Court. Silverdale, up on the Hibiscus Coast, is the roomiest of the three: alongside the arena it runs a 737 flight simulator, VR, a Floor is Lava game and an arcade, which makes it the easiest one to stretch into a half-day.

All three do birthday packages, and Silverdale runs $20-a-head evening sessions from Thursday to Sunday, 5–9pm, which suits older kids and teens after a later game. Check hours before you drive — Grey Lynn and Silverdale both close Monday and Tuesday outside the school holidays.