Weather it's Mentally, Physically or Financially surviving the School Holiday's in Auckland here is a guide you can use every school holidays with outings, idea's and links to where in Auckland you can entertain the kids for free to a range of costs to your choice as when you have a few kids the costs can rack up quite quickly with most of the school holidays still left to entertain them.
Weather it's winter, summer or a four seasoned day there are a range of things to choose from to hopefully to hear less of I'm board and have nothing to do to have are we there yet!
There are so many free and low cost ways to entertain the kids during the holidays thru Community Centres, Public Spaces, Council Run Projects, even check out you local mall or stores as they may also have school holiday activity's also.
Here's just a quick list, to what's available in Auckland with Links have been provided below to check out what is provided, check around each school holiday to see what's on, you may also want to book mark this post so you can recheck all the links each holiday, you may want to check year round as some have activity's from time to time.
Museum's
- Auckland Museum
School Holidays Activity - Free with museum entry -Free for Aucklanders with proof of address
Website - Maritime Museum
Corner Quay and Hobson Streets, Viaduct Harbour
The Maritime Museum is Free entry for Auckland Residents with proof of address.
Website
Gardens
- Winter Gardens
20 Park Road, Grafton 1 April – 31 October – Monday to Sunday 9am – 4.30pm Stroll thru hot houses, grounds, taking in the views of tropical and local foliage plants Free
Website - Griffiths Gardens
42 Wellesley Street West, Auckland CBD
Website - Auckland Botanic Gardens
102 Hill Road, Manurewa
Website
Parks
- Sir Barry Curtis Park
201-203 Chapel Road, Flat Bush
Website - Ambury Farm Park
43 Ambury Road, Mangere Bridge
Website - Potters Park
Corner Balmoral Rd & Dominion Rd Mt Eden, Balmoral
Potters park has a free water pad, for the kids to run in to the water tipping from big buckets and coming from fountains. - Play Grounds in Auckland
Website - Full list of Auckland parks
Parks are full and some you can see water falls, get up close to farm animals, see New Zealand forest and wildlife up close, these ones are free at time of writing this post.
Centres
- Arataki Visitor Centre
Arataki Visitor Centre, 300 Scenic Drive, Titirangi, Waitakere Ranges
09 892 4777 - Mangere Mountain
Mangere Mountain Education Centre, 100 Coronation Road, Mangere Bridge
Website - Howick Historical Village
Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park,Pakuranga, Auckland
There is a cost at time of writting was - $40 for 2 adults, 2 children or $16 per adult, under 5's free, 5 and over $8 each.
Website
Art Gallery's
- Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, corner Wellesley and Kitchener streets, Auckland CBD
Website - Mangere Art Gallery
Orly Avenue, Māngere
Website - Corban Estate Arts Centre
Intersection of Great North Rd, Lincoln Rd, Swanson Rd, and Mt Lebanon Lane, in Henderson
Website - Crystal Mountain
80 Candia Road, Swanson, Auckland
This is one of the more expensive ones being $35 per person, you can do single activities also.
This is a Art Gallery,Museum of rare crystals, Animal park, pony rides, with train and roller coaster, bungy trampoline.
Website
Bike Tracks
Water Falls
- With over 29 plus different waterfalls in Auckland, here is a website with them all.
Website
Three July activity's that stood out to be quite a lot of fun that may not be all the time, may just be for the July School holidays are -
- Animates Most kids want to own a pet, but do they know the full reality of what it takes to care for one. Animates is holding education free lessons for kids on how to be nurturing pet owners thru all there Auckland stores.
- Boat Ride - Port of Aucklands public boat Ride Pier 4, Ferry Building, Auckland CBD Tuesday the 11th & 18th of July 2017 - 12.30pm - 1.30pm Adults - $5 each, Children under 16 - Free - Bookings are essential phone - 09 307 8005 Touring the Waitemata Harbour by boat to see the working of the port, getting up close to Big Ships, Cranes. Family friendly boat tour for all ages.
- Sandringham Community Centre - July School Holidays Activities
Sandringham Community Centre, 18-20 Kitchener Road, Sandringham
For a gold coin entry free from Monday to Friday 11am - 2pm each week in the July School Holiday
Monday - Movie Day
Tuesday - Cooking
Wednesday - Arts Day
Thursday - Quiz Day
Friday - Movie Day
Facebook page
Sites to keep up with what's on in Auckland -
Auckland council what's on in Auckland - Website
- Website
- Website
Kids love being entertained during the school holidays but it doesn't mean you have to spend large it can be taking them to a park - do a treasure hunt for insects in the park to what they can uncover, a trip to buy raw milk in far West Auckland,You may want to walk around Ambury farm to check out the animals and wild bird life, or venture up Mangere Mountain on the only living Volcano in Auckland.
Grab a cardboard box and slide down the craters in One Tree Hill, or go for a hike to see one of the many waterfalls in Auckland.
Staying home and whipping up some baked treats, to being artists, to hunt making from blankets.
You could also show them steemit and get some DIY tips and tricks from here, you also might want to download the @gamescredits Beta app with many different games including educational games.
So many things to be done in Auckland don't forget to check out your local papers also Here, you can change the area of paper you want to read, but will have to enter in an email address before being able to read any of the papers.
Normally at the back in What's going on in your area or something to that effect.
So many things that can be done at low cost, and for free, I added some different prices as everyone has a different budget and idea on whats expensive.
Hope you enjoyed the list if so bookmark and share.
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Thanks for stopping by, have a Fabulous Day/Evening!
This will tick a few boxes for my kids, thanks a bunch!
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Awesome, I'll add some more hopefully before the 7 days are up, as I was in a rush to put it up.
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