Blue Rose Cafe \u2013 without a doubt. It\u2019s warm and familiar, with great comfort food and amazing sweet treats.<\/p>\n
Favourite restaurant for dinner with friends?<\/p>\n
Lokanta has been my go-to spot since I moved to Auckland. Tasty food, great service. It\u2019s classy but not pretentious, warm and inviting \u2013 delish!<\/p>\n
Favourite place to take a visitor to?<\/p>\n
For first-time visitors, I like to take them to the M\u0101ori Cultural Experience at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It\u2019s an honest and engaging introduction to our culture and language, and it avoids the typical \u201ctourist\u201d approach to M\u0101ori experiences.<\/p>\n
Favourite spot to finish a night out?<\/p>\n
Duck Island on Ponsonby Rd is my ideal way to end the night. A relaxed vibe and delicious ice cream \u2013 perfect.<\/p>\n
Favourite place to get coffee?<\/p>\n
Honey Bones in Grey Lynn never disappoints. It can be busy \u2013 but that\u2019s because it\u2019s so good.<\/p>\n
Favourite fish-and-chip shop?<\/p>\n
The Fish and Chip Shop in Westmere always delivers \u2013 fresh fish, crunchy chips. Parking can be a bit tricky, but it\u2019s so worth it.<\/p>\n
Favourite trail for a hike?<\/p>\n
The Te Atat\u016b Walkway is stunning. You get sea views of the harbour and Sky Tower, and at times you\u2019re walking through native bush full of birdlife. It\u2019s a gentle walk, but so beautiful you forget you\u2019re in the city.<\/p>\n
Favourite venue for a gig?<\/p>\n
Depending on your mood (and to get a real snapshot of Auckland), I\u2019d bounce between the Basement Theatre and The Civic.<\/p>\n
Favourite place to find a bargain?<\/p>\n
Manawa Bay Outlets is a new gem, but I also love the Hospice Shop in Te Atat\u016b Peninsula \u2013 especially convenient to pop into after a walk along the Te Atat\u016b Walkway.<\/p>\n
Performer Rutene Spooner has created a bilingual theatre show called P\u012bp\u012b Paopao<\/a>, for kids aged 3-7. The vibrant concert-style experience for little ones, using waiata, play, and birdsong, will be on on Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th, at the Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall. <\/p>\n The show is part of We The Young, a new youth arts festival running from September 16 to 28, featuring performances, workshops, interactive art experiences and free outdoor fun, at some of Auckland\u2019s most iconic venues including the Town Hall, Herald Theatre and The Civic. For tickets and additional information visit http:\/\/www.aucklandlive.co.nz\/event\/we-the-young<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Rose Cafe \u2013 without a doubt. It\u2019s warm and familiar, with great comfort food and amazing sweet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3376,51,22398,2199,156,22397,10938,293,78,4977,111,139,69,4627,22399,1517,31811,9095,1963,14642,10041,10809,1120,223,165,1961,208,686,12025],"class_list":["post-33779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-auckland","tag-aucklanders","tag-city","tag-entertainment","tag-favourite","tag-herald","tag-his","tag-in","tag-my","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-performer","tag-places","tag-reveals","tag-rutene","tag-secret","tag-series","tag-spooner","tag-spots","tag-sunday","tag-takes","tag-the","tag-their","tag-this","tag-tour","tag-week","tag-wellknown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}