The Best Things to Do Around Auckland in January

Take advantage of the quiet city and long summer days to enjoy events, exhibitions, theatre, markets and some great films.

The Best Things to Do Around Auckland in January

Auckland during the month of January can sometimes feel like a bit of a wasteland — the roads are empty, the CBD comes to a standstill and it seems like everyone you know is sipping beers by the water at their Coromandel beach house (totally not jealous at all).

If you're based in Tāmaki Makaurau this January, don't despair. Despite what it may feel like, Auckland's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty on offer to inject a little awesomeness into the month. Take advantage of the long summer days and quiet city to enjoy events, exhibitions, theatre, films and live music you may not get to see during the busier parts of the year.

Top image: Aaron Birch via Unsplash

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Food & Drink
Smales Farmers Market

Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.

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Arts & Entertainment
Enchanted Worlds: Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Art of Edo Japan

Virtually walk through this major exhibition on Japan's Edo period at Auckland Art Gallery.

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Food & Drink
Tequila Ice Cream Afternoons

This harbourside bar is now serving up boozy ice cream everyday.

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Arts & Entertainment
Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Maori Art Virtual Tour

Virtually walk through this major exhibition exploring contemporary Māori art.

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Food & Drink
Straight to Churly's

Start your adventure in Auckland with some craft beer and a nose-to-tail feast.

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Arts & Entertainment
Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist/He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa

The landmark exhibition will showcase over 70 works from one of the country's most famous female artists.

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Arts & Entertainment
Ugo Rondinone: Vocabulary of Solitude

Not one for your coulrophobic friends, this rainbow-hued clown-filled exhibition is best viewed on a sunny day.

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Arts & Entertainment
'The Lord of the Rings' 20-Year Anniversary Celebration

Celebrate two decades of big-screen hobbits, elves and wizards at the Hobbiton Movie Set.

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Food & Drink
Southside Stories: A Murder Mystery

Sip cocktails while you unlock chapters to solve a (fictional) murder mystery gripping the city.

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Food & Drink
Casa Bacardi Summer Sessions

Sip fresh mojitos, snack on delicious Caribbean-inspired bites and boogie to some of the city's best DJs .

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Food & Drink
Frosé Your Way

Embrace summer with two hours of bottomless frosé by the water's edge — complete with fruity flavours and fun toppings.

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Arts & Entertainment
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood web-slinger swings back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face a lineup of familiar villains.

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Arts & Entertainment
West Side Story

The 1950s-set spin on 'Romeo and Juliet' returns to the screen — and, making his first-ever musical, Steven Spielberg turns it into a spectacular cinematic achievement.

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Arts & Entertainment
George FM Summer Tour at the Whitianga Hotel

George FM is putting on a rave worth venturing out after New Year's for.

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Arts & Entertainment
Black Christmas

A timely remake of a 70s cult classic, this is a Christmas-themed slasher flick for the #MeToo era.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Lost Daughter

Actor-turned-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a bold directorial debut, bringing Elena Ferrante's novel to the screen with an exceptional performance by Olivia Colman.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Matrix Resurrections

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will make you go “whoa!” at ‘The Matrix’ franchise’s mostly dazzling, almost-always-entertaining tumble back down the sci-fi rabbit hole.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Something wicked this way comes — a wickedly stunning new Shakespeare adaptation starring a phenomenal Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.

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Arts & Entertainment
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

There’s something bland and tedious in this neighbourhood: an empty reboot haunted by easy nostalgia.

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Arts & Entertainment
House of Gucci

This supremely soapy recounting of the Gucci family's 70s, 80s and 90s-era dramas is worth seeing for Lady Gaga's fantastic performance alone.

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Arts & Entertainment
The King's Man

The 'Kingsman' franchise gets a World War I-set prequel that no one asked for.

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Travel & Leisure
Power Yoga + Poke Bowls

The perfect combination for a wholesome mid-week evening of wellness.

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Food & Drink
Summer Shandy Series

Wet your whistle with six types of shandies at The Bavarian this summer.

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Design & Style
Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary

Celebrate the daring fashion icon in this exciting new exhibition, straight from the V&A museum in London.

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Arts & Entertainment
Scream

Ghostface is back for another stab, this time attacking a new bunch of teens, in the horror franchise that definitely still loves scary movies.

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Arts & Entertainment
King Richard

Will Smith turns in an attention-grabbing performance as Venus and Serena Williams' father in this stirring drama about the two tennis stars' childhood.

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Arts & Entertainment
The 355

A dream international cast leads this female-fronted spy action flick, but even Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o and Penélope Cruz can't stop the globe-hopping result from being oh-so-basic.

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Food & Drink
Food Truck Collective in Onehunga

The city's beloved food truck nights are back for spring, bringing together live music, delicious street food and ice-cold drinks on tap.

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Food & Drink
Juke Joint Bottomless Fried Chicken

Grab your chicken-loving crew and settle in for two hours of unlimited fried chicken, coleslaw and tater tots.

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Arts & Entertainment
Spencer

Kristen Stewart turns in a career-best performance as the People's Princess in this bold and enthralling slice-of-life biopic.

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Arts & Entertainment
Gold

This Australian-made thriller gives Zac Efron his turn at surviving the blistering outback, playing a stranger who spots a glistening nugget in a dystopian future.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Auckland Anniversary Market and Whanau Festival

Shop, eat and play during a two-day market this coming Auckland Anniversary Weekend.

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Arts & Entertainment
Nightmare Alley

Starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, this mesmerisingly dark carnival noir is one of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's very best features.

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Arts & Entertainment
Belle

Taking 'Beauty and the Beast' into cyberspace, this vivid and inventive Japanese animation serves up a bold and dazzling take on the familiar fairytale.

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Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare in the Park 2022

Pack a picnic and settle in for an evening of comedy and culture this summer.

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Travel & Leisure
Ports of Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta 2022

This spectacular annual event is going ahead at red, so grab the family and head down to watch the action unfold.

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Arts & Entertainment
Mudbrick Sunset Screening Series

Watch the sun set over Rangitoto before snuggling up to watch Pretty Woman and sip on some of the winery's finest.

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Arts & Entertainment
Licorice Pizza

Freewheeling, meticulous and glorious all at once, Paul Thomas Anderson's ninth film serves up a 70s-set coming-of-age slice of life, as topped by a transcendent performance from Alana Haim.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

With a committed and compelling lead performance by Jessica Chastain, this otherwise far-too-standard biopic explores the life of 70s and 80s American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

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