Guidebook for Auckland

Jennifer
Guidebook for Auckland

Drinks & Nightlife

The views are stunning!! There are food options, the fine dinning restaurant, the bar or the low key bean bags on the lawn. The wine is very nice, with wine tasting a good option.
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Cable Bay Vineyards
12 Nick Johnstone Dr
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The views are stunning!! There are food options, the fine dinning restaurant, the bar or the low key bean bags on the lawn. The wine is very nice, with wine tasting a good option.
Being beach side it is beautiful, relaxing Kiwi style, with a colonial style tasting room and shared platters available and picnic blankets for the grass lawn. The perfect place to while away an after.
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Ladang Anggur Man O' War
725 Man O War Bay Rd
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Being beach side it is beautiful, relaxing Kiwi style, with a colonial style tasting room and shared platters available and picnic blankets for the grass lawn. The perfect place to while away an after.
With stunning wines (some say the best on Waiheke Island) grows their own vegetables which are used in their award winning Italian restaurant. Aucklanders choose Poderi Crisci to celebrate special occasions. The Sunday Long Lunch is renowned for which bookings must be made, set aside four hours and enjoy! It is recommended that you book. Poderi Crisci also has a cellar door and seating in its gardens for another option.
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Poderi Crisci Restaurant and Vineyard
205 Awaawaroa Rd
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With stunning wines (some say the best on Waiheke Island) grows their own vegetables which are used in their award winning Italian restaurant. Aucklanders choose Poderi Crisci to celebrate special occasions. The Sunday Long Lunch is renowned for which bookings must be made, set aside four hours and enjoy! It is recommended that you book. Poderi Crisci also has a cellar door and seating in its gardens for another option.
Among the wines. It has a cellar door and also a great restaurant called The Shed, which is in laid back Kiwi style. On the bus route and in easy walking distance to Stoney Ridge and Tantalus Estate.
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Te Motu Vineyard
76 Onetangi Rd
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Among the wines. It has a cellar door and also a great restaurant called The Shed, which is in laid back Kiwi style. On the bus route and in easy walking distance to Stoney Ridge and Tantalus Estate.
Loved for its more laidback vibe for wine tasting and casual food, which also has Auckland University’s wine of science project. This is the oldest vineyard on Waiheke Island.
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Goldie Estate
18 Causeway Rd
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Loved for its more laidback vibe for wine tasting and casual food, which also has Auckland University’s wine of science project. This is the oldest vineyard on Waiheke Island.

Food Scene

Yum!!! And cheap. Enough said.
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Franco's La Panetteria
30 Belgium St
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Yum!!! And cheap. Enough said.
Great coffees, pastries an beds. Very laid back, nice garden and stunning sea views .
Ringawera Parāoa
104 Te Whau Drive
Great coffees, pastries an beds. Very laid back, nice garden and stunning sea views .
Local oysters. Champagne. Great views. Enough said. Did I mention it was stylsh.
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The Oyster Inn
124 Ocean View Rd
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Local oysters. Champagne. Great views. Enough said. Did I mention it was stylsh.
The views are stunning, the food is gorgeous and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.
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Cable Bay Vineyards
12 Nick Johnstone Dr
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The views are stunning, the food is gorgeous and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.

Parks & Nature

The best beach is Palm Beach. Its a crescent of white sand and usually gentle waves (unless there is a Northerly). At the right end of the beach there are some picnic tables and a public BBQ available for use. At the middle of the beach (directly at the base of Tiri View Road) there is a great children’s playground, changing rooms, another public BBQ and picnic tables. At the left end of the beach there is a rocky outcrop (which can be walked around when the tide is low or climbed over) that leads to Little Palm Beach which is idyllic and often the water feels warmer than the beach at Palm Beach, being shallower. Little Palm Beach is clothes-optional. But don't let that phase you!
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Palm Beach
Palm Road
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The best beach is Palm Beach. Its a crescent of white sand and usually gentle waves (unless there is a Northerly). At the right end of the beach there are some picnic tables and a public BBQ available for use. At the middle of the beach (directly at the base of Tiri View Road) there is a great children’s playground, changing rooms, another public BBQ and picnic tables. At the left end of the beach there is a rocky outcrop (which can be walked around when the tide is low or climbed over) that leads to Little Palm Beach which is idyllic and often the water feels warmer than the beach at Palm Beach, being shallower. Little Palm Beach is clothes-optional. But don't let that phase you!
There are 8 public walks, in the Auckland Council Walk Series. The Palm Beach walk is enclosed in this guide. See http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/parksfacilities/walkingtracks/pages/waihekewalkseries.aspx
Palm Road
Palm Road
There are 8 public walks, in the Auckland Council Walk Series. The Palm Beach walk is enclosed in this guide. See http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/parksfacilities/walkingtracks/pages/waihekewalkseries.aspx

Entertainment & Activities

A massage is the perfect way to chill, recharge and reconnect while also being a treat! Anu Spa will come to you at our apartment in Palm Beach. They can set up in where you prefer on the deck / lounge etc. Anu Spa offers a range of massages, including lymphatic drainage, Reiki, relaxation, hot oil head massage, pregnancy massage, sports, trigger point therapy, myofascial release and cranial myofascial release.
Anu Spa
A massage is the perfect way to chill, recharge and reconnect while also being a treat! Anu Spa will come to you at our apartment in Palm Beach. They can set up in where you prefer on the deck / lounge etc. Anu Spa offers a range of massages, including lymphatic drainage, Reiki, relaxation, hot oil head massage, pregnancy massage, sports, trigger point therapy, myofascial release and cranial myofascial release.
Attend a Hatha Yoga class at the Palm Beach Hall, which is run by Robyn Barrie. Robyn runs a one hour class on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 10am, or on a Tuesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, or on a Thursday for a one and a half hour class from 5.30pm to 7pm. For something somewhat different and “new” the Palm Beach Hall also has a 5 rhythms class on a Friday night from 7.30 to 9pm, which is movement practice (no dance experience required).
74 Palm Rd
Attend a Hatha Yoga class at the Palm Beach Hall, which is run by Robyn Barrie. Robyn runs a one hour class on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 10am, or on a Tuesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, or on a Thursday for a one and a half hour class from 5.30pm to 7pm. For something somewhat different and “new” the Palm Beach Hall also has a 5 rhythms class on a Friday night from 7.30 to 9pm, which is movement practice (no dance experience required).
A quirky 50 seat lounge-style cinema that is owned and operated by the Waiheke community. There is also a small 16 seat cinema that shows the less “popular” films. See http://www.waihekecinema.net/
127-129 Oceanview Rd
A quirky 50 seat lounge-style cinema that is owned and operated by the Waiheke community. There is also a small 16 seat cinema that shows the less “popular” films. See http://www.waihekecinema.net/
They also offer fantastic guided kayak tours, together with lessons for stand up boards and windsurfing lessons. Kayak Waiheke also arrange bumper ball battles and have hamster balls (similar to a Zorb).
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Kayak Waiheke
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They also offer fantastic guided kayak tours, together with lessons for stand up boards and windsurfing lessons. Kayak Waiheke also arrange bumper ball battles and have hamster balls (similar to a Zorb).

Essentials

The largest supermarket on Waiheke Island. Near the Saturday markets, and Francos (hmm).
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Waiheke Countdown
19 Belgium St
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The largest supermarket on Waiheke Island. Near the Saturday markets, and Francos (hmm).

Arts & Culture

Catch a play, watch a dance performance, live music and opera, or comedy at the Artworks Gallery at 2 Korara Road in Oneroa (this is just behind the public library). To see what is on and when see www.artworkstheatre.org.nz.
2 Korora Rd
Catch a play, watch a dance performance, live music and opera, or comedy at the Artworks Gallery at 2 Korara Road in Oneroa (this is just behind the public library). To see what is on and when see www.artworkstheatre.org.nz.