Guidebook for Auckland

Wayne & Kirsty
Wayne & Kirsty
Guidebook for Auckland

Food Scene

Great sourdough bread, sandwiches, pies, pastries and coffee
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Wild Wheat Bakery
69 Lake Rd
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Great sourdough bread, sandwiches, pies, pastries and coffee
Sit up top on the terrace on a sunny day. Great food.
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Basalt
127 Picton St
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Sit up top on the terrace on a sunny day. Great food.
MIYUKI Japanese restaurant
21 Picton St
Our favourite Indian
Bolliwood
350 Hibiscus Coast Hwy
Our favourite Indian
Good Chinese & European takeaways. Popular with locals.
East Village Takeaway Howick
60 Picton St
Good Chinese & European takeaways. Popular with locals.
Good gourmet burgers
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Burger Wisconsin
437 Beach Rd
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Good gourmet burgers
BurgerFuel Botany Downs
451 Ti Rakau Dr
Great burgers
McDonald's Botany Town Centre
25B Town Centre Dr
Portofino Howick
9 Cook Street
Urban in East
121 Picton Street
Popular local cafe, especially for sitting street side
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The Apothecary Licensed Eatery
27 Picton St
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Popular local cafe, especially for sitting street side
Bakers Delight Howick
67 Picton St
An historical 1847 cottage. Great homemade style food.
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The Tearooms at Shamrock Cottage
73 Selwyn Rd
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An historical 1847 cottage. Great homemade style food.
Serves some amazing vegetarian delicacies, some you wouldn't realise aren't meat. We love the dumplings. Then take a quiet wander through the grounds of the Temple.
Water Drop Vegetarian Cafe
16 Stancombe Rd
Serves some amazing vegetarian delicacies, some you wouldn't realise aren't meat. We love the dumplings. Then take a quiet wander through the grounds of the Temple.
Benjarong Thai Restaurant
87-C Picton St
A popular local cafe.
Hancock's Cafe
87 Picton St
A popular local cafe.
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Subway
74 Taharoto Rd
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Nice casual dining, good atmosphere.
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Grangers
1 Ara-Tai Rd
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Nice casual dining, good atmosphere.

Entertainment & Activities

Lovely boutique cinema. Check out their website for session times https://www.montereyhowick.co.nz/
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Monterey Cinemas
2 Fencible Dr
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Lovely boutique cinema. Check out their website for session times https://www.montereyhowick.co.nz/
Indoor bowling and plenty of game entertainment
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Xtreme Entertainment
500A Ti Rakau Dr
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Indoor bowling and plenty of game entertainment
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Sateenkaaren Pää
2 Clist Cres
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Formosa Golf Club
110 Jack Lachlan Dr
Good public indoor pools including kids pool.
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Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre
Sir Lloyd Drive
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Good public indoor pools including kids pool.

Essentials

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Countdown Howick
35 Cook St
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Howick Laundromat
43 Cook St
Howick Drycleaners
35 Picton St
Unichem Main Street Pharmacy Howick
47 Picton St
Howick NZ Post & Kiwibank
60 Picton St
Fruit World
219 Moore St
Howick Village Butchery
65 Picton St
Jetts Howick
87A Picton St
Whiskers Mens Hairdressers
15 Cook St

Getting Around

Buses run South (Botany Town Centre, Manukau City) from outside the Good Home Restaurant. Buses run North (Auckland City, Panmure Train Station, Half Moon Bay ferry terminal) from the top end of Picton Street.
Picton Street
Picton Street
Buses run South (Botany Town Centre, Manukau City) from outside the Good Home Restaurant. Buses run North (Auckland City, Panmure Train Station, Half Moon Bay ferry terminal) from the top end of Picton Street.
Ferry terminal with regular daily services to Auckland City and Waiheke Island (including vehicular ferry). Also excellent selection of restaurants and casual dining overlooking the marina.
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Half Moon Bay Marina
50 Argo Dr
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Ferry terminal with regular daily services to Auckland City and Waiheke Island (including vehicular ferry). Also excellent selection of restaurants and casual dining overlooking the marina.
Regular daily ferry service to Auckland City.
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Pine Harbour Marina Beachlands
190 Jack Lachlan Dr
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Regular daily ferry service to Auckland City.
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Train Station - Panmure
528 Ellerslie Panmure Hwy
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Parks & Nature

Our local beach. Safe for swimming and great walking around the beach at low tide.
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Howick Beach
Granger Road
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Our local beach. Safe for swimming and great walking around the beach at low tide.
Great children's playground, nice picnic area and safe for swimming.
Cockle Bay Reserve
10 Shelly Beach Parade
Great children's playground, nice picnic area and safe for swimming.
Beautiful views overlooking Howick Beach and across to Beachlands and Waiheke Island.
Marine Parade
Marine Parade
Beautiful views overlooking Howick Beach and across to Beachlands and Waiheke Island.
Macleans Reserve provides good bush walks leading to Eastern Beach
Macleans Road
Macleans Road
Macleans Reserve provides good bush walks leading to Eastern Beach
Our favourite walk, takes about 2.5 hours return. Beautiful views.
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Duderin aluepuisto
933R North Rd
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Our favourite walk, takes about 2.5 hours return. Beautiful views.
Stunning white sandy beach.
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Maraetai Beach
188 Maraetai Dr
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Stunning white sandy beach.
Good bush walks, although some parts of the track are closed due to rain and slippage.
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Mangemangeroa Reserve
222 Whitford Rd
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Good bush walks, although some parts of the track are closed due to rain and slippage.
Beautiful views of the Hauraki Gulf.
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Omana Regional Park
2 Omana Beach Rd
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Beautiful views of the Hauraki Gulf.
Impressive water fall in the Clevedon area.
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Hunua Falls
Falls Road
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Impressive water fall in the Clevedon area.
Beautiful views to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. A must stop.
Musick Point Radio Station
20 Musick Point Rd
Beautiful views to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. A must stop.
Great walk especially at high tide, wanders along the edge of the Tamaki Estuary. Good for biking.
Rotary Walk
Great walk especially at high tide, wanders along the edge of the Tamaki Estuary. Good for biking.
Great children's playground and walking tracks with NZ native plantings.
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Barry Curtis Park
58 Stancombe Rd
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Great children's playground and walking tracks with NZ native plantings.
A beautiful little garden, with a short walk way of mature native NZ trees.
Garden of Memories
A beautiful little garden, with a short walk way of mature native NZ trees.

Sightseeing

Great views of Howick and surrounding areas. Stockade Hill was the location of the stockade built to protect Howick.
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Stockade Hill
9 paikallista suosittelee
Great views of Howick and surrounding areas. Stockade Hill was the location of the stockade built to protect Howick.
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Howick Historical Village
Bells Road
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Howick Information Service
91 Picton St

Shopping

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Stop A Botany Town Centre station
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Whitford Merchants
7 Whitford Wharf Rd
Crandall Peters Paper Plus
71 Picton St
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The Clevedon Village Farmers Market
107 Monument Rd
43 paikallista suosittelee
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Howick Village market
91 Picton St
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Sylvia Parkin ostoskeskus
286 Mount Wellington Hwy
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