Mike Yardley: Eats & Beats in Auckland
Mike Yardley: Eats & Beats in Auckland Sat, 17 Apr 2021, 11:11AM
Basking in the after-glow of Emirates Team New Zealand’s triumphant defence of the America’s Cup, the waterfront bars and eateries strung around Viaduct Harbour and Wynyard Quarter were doing a brisk trade in the golden autumn weather, whenever I headed out for a revitalising stroll. Auckland’s centre of gravity, it’s heart and soul, comes with a waterfront view, whether you’re overlooking Westhaven Marina or at Britomart. An essential dining destination to savour is Homeland, which is far more than just an eatery, but a self-described food embassy. It is an edible billboard for terrific food, encompassing a dining room, cooking school and innovation hub. Headed up by Peter Gordon and Alistair Carruthers, this radiant venue embraces New Zealand producers, teaches people to cook, is a staunch cheerleader for buying local and promoting local producer
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Besides the tour guides, guests are greeted by animatronic Jeff, who is head of security and health and safety. The team was “over the moon”, particularly because the experience was launched amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “It may seem a bit racy in the middle of a pandemic, but we were real confident Kiwis would love it and love the experience just as much as international visitors.” It is a move marketing experts have described as “gutsy”.
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Weta Workshop s head of tourism, Jake Downing. Dr Bodo Lang, a senior lecturer in marketing at the University of Auckland, said he was not surprised the attraction had drawn such large numbers, given people were “starved of experiences that are novel”.
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 2:32 pm
On February 2nd 1996, SkyCity Auckland officially opened
its doors to the public and to celebrate SkyCity will be
hosting a free ‘90’s themed Federal Street Party this
Friday 29 January 2021, with a stellar line up of Kiwi
artists from the era.
Kiwi music greats Annie
Crummer, Che Fu, Jordan Luck and Nice ‘n’ Urlich are
headlining the festival and Federal Street will be shut to
make way for a selection of mouth-watering Kiwi kai and a
Fortune Favours pop-up bar.
Michael Ahearne says
it’s a great privilege to be Chief Executive Officer of
SkyCity Entertainment Group while the company celebrates