THE INTERNAL - NEWSLETTER 20/04

WELCOME IN MIDDLE EARTH

Maike arrived last Sunday and hasn’t been that lucky with the weather yet - just rain and strong winds for the last days. Well, that’s winter in Auckland, but we hope for some sunny days.

After finishing school, Maike first did a commercial apprenticeship and after that decided to study International Business in Bad Nauheim, close to Frankfurt. Here in Auckland she will do a three month internship in the area of Human Resources and Team Development. Enjoy your stay!

WINTER IN AUCKLAND

Some thought - provoking impulses for cold, rainy and windy winter days:

• Dreaming of balmy days and warm tropical waters? The balmy days might be an airplane ride away, but the warm waters are all around us. Top of the list is the Waiwera Thermal Resort and Spa (State Highway 1, 25 minutes North of Auckland, phone 427 8800) – the perfect place to while-away a cold winter’s day with its 26 indoor and outdoor naturally-heated mineral water pools & sauna & steam room & Jacuzzi)

      Other favourite hot spots: Miranda Hot Springs (Front Miranda Road,       off State Highway 2, 45 minutes south of Auckland, phone 07 867 3055) and the Palm Springs Thermal Pools (155 Parkhurst Rd,          Parakai, phone 420 8321)

• Indoor action – for a whole lot of fun without getting wet, get some friends together and organise an adrenalin-filled outing at Extreme Indoor Karts (82 Kerwan Ave, East Tamaki, phone 273 5552). Here you can race 6hp-engined karts round sweeping bank curves, through an underpass and down steep hills.

      Or, put on a futuristic space suit and head for LaserForce (21 Link       drive, Warau Park, phone 444 1011) where you can spend hours       zapping your opponents as you race through the maze-like space       station.

      Why not go hard-out at Urban Combat (Unit 3, 57 Lomond Crescent,       Pakuranga, phone638 711) – where you can play indoor paintball.

      What about testing your head for heights at Extreme Edge Indoor Rock Climbing (40c Morrin Rd, Panmure, phone 574 5677) – the        largest climbing centre in Australasia with over 200 different routes or The Rocknasium (610 Dominion Rd, Balmoral, phone 630 5522).

      Practice your putting at Putt Hutt Indoor Mini Golf (40C Morrin Rd,       Panmure, phone 574 6555).

      Or try a few moves at Paradice Ice Rink (136 Landsford Cres,       Avandale, phone 828 3800).

• What do you think about a hot, creamy hot chocolate on a cold winter day? Visit the Chocolate Boutique (Shop 1, 323 Parnell Rd, www.chocolateboutique.co.nz ) and enjoy the best hot chocolate in Auckland & coffees, Chai tee, desserts….

WHATS ON IN AND AROUND AUCKLAND

AOTEA SQUARE MARKETS

Every Friday and Saturday from 10am – 6pm

This is when Aotea Square is taken over by the colourful and bustling Aotea Square Markets The Markets offer a range of stalls from Pasifika arts and crafts to pot plants, flowers, underground designer clothes, jewellery, vinyl and CDs. In addition there is a range of fine food stalls Every Saturday from midday to 2.00pm the Aotea Square Markets are "keeping real" with an ever-changing line-up of bands and DJs adding to the atmosphere

TAKAPUNA MARKETS

Every Sunday from 6am till noon

That is when Takapuna’s Central Carpark (corner Anzac Street & Lake Road) transforms into an eclectic market that offers fresh produce, flowers, crafts, furniture, foods, antiques and more.

OTARA MARKET

Saturdays from 6am till noon, Newsbury Street, Otara

For an excellent Pacific experience, definitely visit the Otara Market, which is a pretty large Polynesian market offering exotic foods and smells, wonderful tapa cloth, flax mats and baskets and bone carvings.

NEW LYNN ORGANIC MARKET

Every Saturday, 8am – 12pm, Todd Ave, New Lynn

DEVENPORT HANDCRAFT MARKET

2nd Sunday every month, 10am - 4pm, Community House, Clarence Street

MATARIKI – Maori New Year Celebrations

June18 – July 17

Look out for the pyrotechnics display and food and wine festival in July!

Nationwide event details: www.tepapa.govt.nz

Auckland War Memorial Museum, Sun 20 June

The Living Treasures Day – talks, educational trails, live performances, kid’s activities & more…

Auckland City Libraries

Get creative with workshops and events showcasing Maori culture, performance and traditional arts and crafts, including kapa haka, taonga puoro music, ta moko tattooing and weaving.

For details visit: www.aucklandcitylibraries.com

SUNDAY BEST BAND

Every Sunday at Racinos, 35 High Street

with Kevin Field, Julien Dyne + DJ LoKey – for a good start in the new week…

WINTER SWIM

4 July, 10am – 12.30pm, Selvyn Reserve, Mission Bay, Tamaki Drive

Take mid-winter madness to a new level by braving Mission Bay’s icy waters this July for charity. The annual winter swim on Sunday 4 July is a fundraising event organised by Auckland City, in association with Rotary Auckland East, with proceeds going to the Auckland City Mission's winter appeal. The event promises fun and laughter for everyone whilst raising money for those in need. So don’t put your sense of humour on ice - show your support by entering the events in the most outrageous and colourful costume you can find (prize for the best fancy dress costume).

For details check out: http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/events/winterswim/programme.asp

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

July 9 - 25

Founded in 1970 as a component of the Auckland Festival, the Auckland International Film Festival in time became a fund-raising event subsidising live arts. Rescued from this role by the intervention of the Federation of Film Societies in 1984, the 30th Festival in 1998 achieved an audience of 86,500. The year 2000 marked the Festival’s return to the fabulously refurbished Civic Theatre, the South Pacific’s most insanely beautiful picture palace.

Lots and lots of really interesting movies, like:

In My Father’s Den (NZ/UK)

Fahrenheit 9/11 (USA)

Hero (China)

Kamchatka (Argentina/Spain)

Free Radicals (Austria/Germany/Switzerland) ….

Check out: www.nzff.telecom.co.nz

GOMEZ – splitting the difference

July 10, The Studio, Auckland

Good noise? Perhaps great noise, amazing noise, psychedelic noise, soulful noise, chaotic noise, beautiful noise....

The tour will support the release of Gomez’s fourth album "Split The Difference", an album packed with straightforward – or at least relatively straightforward – rock songs. Adding to their already expansive live repertoire; which includes the brilliant and occasionally obtuse experimentation that came with past albums Liquid Skin, Bring It On, Abandoned Shopping Trolley, and In Our Gun, these shows will most certainly be an experience not to be missed.

THE BAR AT BUENA VISTA

July 13, 8pm, ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre

The supergroups of Cuba will be touring New Zealand in July with the best Cuba has to offer in music and dance in The Bar at Buena Vista.

Featuring original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, Afro-Cuban All Stars and Vieja Trova Santiagera, this will be a once only New Zealand Tour.

The Bar at Buena Vista - pays homage to the Buena Vista neighbourhood and the stars of the Buena Vista Social Club via the music of legends such as the late Compay Segundo and Ruben Gonzalez. It is a dedication to the original spirit of the music of Cuba, the lifeblood of a people whose heritage is as rich as it is old. A cast of Cuba's most notable and legendary musical greats, drawn from renowned groups like the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club and Irakere, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Vieja Trova Santiagera and Anakoana inject the music with life and wisdom in a performance of a lifetime in Cuba.

SOLA ROSA

July 16, doors open 8pm, Coast

The music is difficult to describe, somebody tried with: “... jazzed up down beat with a twist of hip-hop and a sprinkling of calypso funk. What a delicious cocktail!...“

AUCKLAND UNIVERITY WINTERFEST

July 19 – 23

Winterfest is the Second Semester orientation festival. Created to welcome students' back and introduce the increasing numbers of new students to University life. The events are designed with a winter theme in mind and include free hot chocolates, heat lamps and a range of fun and activities and evening entertainment.

Among other things: some concerts at Shadows, Level 3, Student Union Building:

Monday 19, WBC, The Midnights & Cornerstone Roots, 8pm, $5

Friday 23, with 48 May, Op Shop & Eight, 8pm,

FRANZ FERDINAND

July 26, Regent St. James, Auckland

The Glasgow-bred art-rock band & finest post-punkers are coming to Auckland! Get yourself a ticket and enjoy!!!!

KATCHAFIRE & GUESTS

July 30, Safari Lounge

Don’t miss this great chance to experience the infectious reggae of one of New Zealand’s best band as Katchafire play hits from their double platinum album “Revival”.

GOLDENHORSE with the Auckland Philharmonia

Sat 31 July, 8pm, Aotea Centre

With sales of their debut album “Riverhead” going double platinum, Goldenhorse is the shooting star on the NZ Music scene. The five piece band’s soundscapes wind through swing, funk, calypso, waltz, ska and all-out rock. Add to the mix some stop/start rhythms and awesome three-part harmonies, and all of a sudden it isn’t so easy to compare Goldenhorse to anyone else.

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!

A “crisp winter day” at Pakiri beach …