🗓️What's On in Auckland — July 2026

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

📍Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cornwall Park Winter Scavenger Hunt

📍Cornwall Park

Wriggle and Rhyme - Birkenhead

📍Birkenhead Library

Rhymetime - City Centre

📍Central City Library

Code Club - Avondale

📍Avondale Library

Wā Pēpe - Baby Time

📍New Lynn War Memorial Library

Wriggle and Rhyme - Whangaparāoa

📍Whangaparāoa Library

Terrific Tots

📍East Coast Bays Library

Storytime | Wā takinga paki - Ōrewa

📍Ōrewa Library

Wriggle and Rhyme - Pakuranga

📍Pakuranga Community Library

Tūrama

📍Queen Street

Aotea Square Ice Rink

📍Aotea Square

Matariki at SkyCity

📍SkyCity

Winter Light Cathedral

📍Aotea Square

Wriggle and Rhyme - Central City

📍Central City Library

Chess Club - Warkworth Library

📍Warkworth Library

Wriggle and Rhyme - Franklin and Waiuku

📍Franklin: The Centre

Te Reo Māori Bilingual Storytime

📍Whangaparāoa Library

Wā takinga paki | Storytime at Te Manawa

📍Te Manawa Community Hub

LEGO Club - Mt Albert

📍Mt Albert Library

LEGO and DUPLO Club

📍Helensville Library

Discover Sharklife at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium

📍SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's

Dimples Factory Sale

📍Avondale

Pop Up Playground Cardboard Edition

📍Western Springs Garden Community Hall

Digital Storybook Workshop

📍Parnell Library

HUGE Adventures at Butterfly Creek

📍Butterfly Creek

Monster Mischief Lab

📍Federal Street

Matariki at the Navy Museum

📍Torpedo Bay Navy Museum

Dinosaur Nights & Lights

📍Auckland Zoo

Matariki Challenge Howick Libraries

📍Highland Park Library

Matariki Night Markets at SkyCity

📍Sky City

Matariki ki MOTAT

📍Museum Of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

Tall Blacks v Philippines

📍Spark Arena

Ukelele Jam

📍Mt Albert Library

Kōrero Mai te reo: Māori weekly conversation group

📍Albany Village Library

Light up Northcote

📍Northcote

Cheryl's Annual 4th July Family Fun Day Party

📍Mount Eden

Bollywood Bazaar 2026

📍Lynfield Youth and Leisure Centre

Open Circle Market

📍Mt Wellington

The Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights 2026

📍Warkworth

Vector Lights for Matariki 2026

📍Auckland Harbour Bridge

Matariki Mauri Tau | Matariki Meditation

📍Te Whatu Stardome

The Grove

📍Botany Library

Matariki Make Memory Stones

📍New Zealand Maritime Museum

Rose Centre Matariki Market

📍Belmont

Storytime at Pakuranga Library

📍Pakuranga Community Library

Halal Night Market

📍Western Springs

Make a Matariki Star Candle

📍Flame in Vintage Milford Shopping Centre

Kids Pizza Class

📍Multiple

Matariki Herenga Waka

📍Maritime Museum

West Wave Pool and Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Henderson

Te Matariki Clendon Community Centre and Library School Holiday Programme

📍Clendon Park

Stanmore Bay Pool and Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Stanmore Bay

Ōtara Pool and Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Ōtara

Moana Nui-a-Kiwa Pool and Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Māngere

Manurewa Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Manurewa

Howick Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍Howick

East Coast Bays Leisure Centre School Holiday Programme

📍East Coast Bays

Matariki Herenga Waka - Matariki the Waka Connector

📍New Zealand Maritime Museum

Old MacDonald’s Farm

📍The PumpHouse Theatre

Trash to Treasure Frames with artist Ronja Schipper

📍EcoMatters New Lynn

Tall Blacks vs Guam

📍Eventfinda Stadium

Chess Club - Epsom

📍Epsom Community Library

Jump Jiggle Jive - Pakuranga

📍Pakuranga Community Library

Monty Mornings with LEGO® DUPLO® bricks

📍Westfield St Lukes

Port of Auckland Public Bus Tours

📍Port of Auckland

Rumpelstiltskin

📍Oratia

Play Beyblades

📍Onehunga

Parkour Give It a Go and Pasifika Pop Up Play

📍Panmure Community Hall

Matariki - Toi Art Carving Workshop

📍Howick Historical Village

Mid-Winter German Christmas Market

📍Grey Lynn

Whau Pasifka Festival: Dream. Weave. Navigate

📍Avondale

Te hui Ahurei o Matariki

📍Manurewa

Matariki at the Village - LIVE DAY

📍Howick Historical Village

The New Zealand Dance Company: Matariki for Tamariki

📍Auckland War Memorial Museum

Kaui Whetū Make Day

📍New Zealand Maritime Museum

Poi making

📍Parnell Library

Kids Only Market

📍Sandringham

Matariki Moonlight Lantern Walk

📍Māngere Bridge

Matariki Night Climb

📍Wiri

Matariki Whakarewa Manu - Kite Day

📍Pukekohe

I Love Takapuna Matariki Market

📍Takapuna

Raranga Harakeke: Flax Weaving Workshop

📍Whangaparaoa

Under the Matariki Stars

📍Auckland Central Library

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - The Future Is Vintage Tour 2026

📍Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre

The Addams Family

📍Bruce Mason Centre

Kitten and Cat Adoption Day

📍Animates Glenfield

Winter Wild Festival of Play

📍East Coast Bays Leisure Centre

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr.

📍Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre

Cheesy Mouse's Monster Mash Up

📍TAPAC, The Auckland Performing Arts Centre

Auckland Tuatara v Otago Nuggets

📍Eventfinda Stadium

Junk Play Myers Park

📍Myers Park

Adventurous Winter Nature Play

📍Pt England Reserver

Young Engineers STORM the CASTLE

📍SUnnyhills Primary School

The Bubble Spectacular

📍Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre

Kapa Haka by Te Kapunga, Te Haikura a Kiwa

📍Takutai Square

Young Engineers THEME PARK ENGINEERS

📍Sunnyhills Primary School

School Holiday Art Club Clay Creatures

📍Hillsborough

Dog Man: the Musical

📍Bruce Mason Centre

Junky Monkeys Panmure

📍Panmure Community Hall

Matariki for Tamariki

📍Britomart

Matariki: Toi art carving Workshop

📍Howick Historical Village

Brain Play Takanini Library Free Robotics and Matariki 3D Design

📍Takanini Library and Community Hub

Art Toy Exhibition

📍Lake House Arts Centre

Kapa haka performance by Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae

Waterworld Indoor Auckland

📍Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre

Baby Baroque Free Kids' Concert! Somervell Church, Remuera, Auckland

📍Somervell Presbyterian Church.

Friday Night Board Games

📍Central City Library

FAM: Food. Art. Market

📍Karangahape Road

Ellerslie Brick Show

📍Ellerslie

Toy Library Open Day Party

📍Howick and Pakuranga Toy Library

Matariki Evening Market

📍Corban Estate Arts Centre

Clay Star Making

📍Parnell Library

Baby Baroque Free Kids' Concert!

📍Devonport Library

Diecast Fair

📍Western Springs

Auckland Tuatara v Manawatu Jets

📍Eventfinda Stadium

K-Pop Icons

📍The Civic

LIVE Day: Weather Science

📍Museum Of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

One NZ Warriors v Dragons

📍Go Media Stadium

All Blacks vs Ireland

📍 Eden Park

Auckland Steel Women's Ice Hockey

📍Paradice Botany & Avondale

Harlem Globetrotters

📍Spark Arena

Onehunga Chess Club

📍Onehunga library

Rhymetime - New Lynn

📍New Lynn War Memorial Library

Lego Club - Glen Eden

📍Glen Eden Library

Rhymetime - Ōrewa

📍Ōrewa Library

Pēpē at Waimāhia Clendon Library

📍Waimāhia Clendon Library

Social Gaming

📍Mt Albert Library

Read to a dog

📍Whangaparāoa Library

Coding Club

📍East Coast Bays Library

Babies and Bubbles

📍East Coast Bays Library

Wriggle and Rhyme - Pt Chevalier

📍Pt Chevalier Library

Wriggle and Rhyme - Waitākere

📍Waitākere Central Library

Wriggle and Rhyme

📍Glen Eden

Rhymetime - Birkenhead

📍Birkenhead Library

Minecraft Club

📍Whangaparāoa Library

Storytime

📍New Lynn

Tamariki Time

📍Pt Chevalier Library

New Zealand International Football Festival Hub

📍Waitematā Station Plaza

The Auckland Food Show 2026

📍Auckland Showgrounds

Winter Season - Royal New Zealand Ballet

📍Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre

Royal New Zealand Ballet Winter Season

📍Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre

Storytime - City Centre

📍Central City Library

Tamariki Time - Mt Albert

📍Mt Albert Library

TOY LAB - WORKSHOP

📍Lake House Arts Centre

Sunday story time

📍New Lynn War Memorial Library

Sunday Board Game

📍Epsom Community Library

Doggie Day Out

📍Queens Wharf

Kaipātiki Sounds 2026

📍Glenfield College

Tottenham vs AFC

📍Eden Park

Auckland Tuatara v Taranaki Airs

📍Eventfinda Stadium

Dinosaurs of Antarctica

📍Te Whatu Stardome

Playdate for the Senses

📍Botany Library

Peninsula Weavers

📍Whangaparāoa Library

Takapuna Winter Lights

📍Takapuna

Quiz night

📍East Coast Bays Library

Crafternoon session

📍Glen Eden Library

Wriggle and Rhyme

📍Ōrewa

Matariki Kapa Haka performance

📍Franklin: The Centre