8 March, 2024

Devonport This Weekend – 8, 9, 10 March

Sport

Takapuna Grammar School first XI cricket. 

TGS’s premier boys cricket side faces off against Rosmini at home this Saturday, looking for their first win this season.  

When: Saturday 10.30am. 

Where: Takapuna Grammar back field, Winscombe St.  

 

General Events 

Harbour Crossing swim. 

Have you got what it takes to swim across the Waitematā Harbour? Registration is still open for the Ocean Swim Series event over a 2.6km course from Bayswater Marina to the Viaduct. Register here. 

When: Sunday, 7am (compulsory safety briefing 6.50am). 

Where: Bayswater Marina. 

 

Tiny Dancers Dance Party

Devonport School of Dance invites your young ones, aged 18 months to six years old, to a morning of dancing as classes for different styles and ages will be running from 9.45am to 11am. Face painting, candy floss, goodie bags and the possibility of winning a term of free dance lessons are also on the cards. Event is free, RSVP here.  

When: Saturday, 9.30-11am. 

Where: 15 Wynyard St. 

 

Torpedo Bay Navy Museum

See the Operation Science exhibition, featuring displays of Belmont Intermediate School students’ experiments. While you’re there, check out the museum’s extensive collection of photos, artefacts, medals and displays.

When: Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm.

Where: 64 King Edward Pde.

 

Devonport Museum

The museum has many fascinating displays showing local natural, geological and human history. Check out its memorabilia relating to schools, transport, early settlers and families, along with its collection of historIcal photographs and display about brickmaking in Devonport. 

When: 2-4pm, Saturday and Sunday.
Where: 33 Vauxhall Rd.

 

Music & Entertainment 

The Vic Theatre

The Convert (R13) Previews 

Guy Pearce stars in this historical drama from director Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors). He plays lay preacher Thomas Munro, who finds himself caught in the middle of a generational blood feud between Māori tribes in 1830s New Zealand . For session times and tickets please visit here. 

When: Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 

Where: 48 Victoria Rd. 

 

Academy Awards at The Vic

To celebrate the 96th Academy Awards taking place this week, The Vic is screening some of the films nominated in the major categories, including Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Boy and the Heron and more. Visit here for more information. 

Where: 48 Victoria Rd. 

   

The Kestrel

Singer-songwriter Jarni Blair’s laid-back feel-good songs will be sure to brighten up your Sunday afternoon. 

When: Sunday, 2-5pm. 

Where: 1 Queens Pde.  

 

Gallery Exhibitions 

The Depot Artspace

Biomorphic Beings by Kiara Schaumkell, Rose Lasham, Sasha Ellis, and Saskia van Dijk uses a combination of sculpture and painting to explore the concept of bodily regeneration. 

When: Saturday, 10am-4pm. 

Where: 28 Clarence St. 

 

Leap

Transport yourself to a time where hair was bigger and telephones were stuck to the wall at Clinton Christian’s 80s-themed exhibition, Leap. It features colourful and nostalgic works referencing popular culture and technology of the time. 

Where: Flagstaff Gallery, 6 Victoria Rd. 

When: Saturday, 10am-4pm. Sunday 11am-4pm.   

 

Open Homes

Barfoot & Thompson 

78 Ngataringa Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 11-11.30am.

107 Vauxhall Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 11-11.30am.

17C Fraser Road, Saturday and Sunday, 11-11.45am.

3/44 Stanley Point Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.30pm.

2/42 Kawerau Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.30pm.

4B Moana Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.45pm.

16 Hastings Pde, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

3 Tuaone Courte, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

2/9 Hart Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

15 Duders Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 2-2.30pm.

3A  Allenby Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 3-3.45pm.

 

Bayleys 

1/30 Bayswater Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.30pm.

41 Old Lake Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.30pm.

32 Russel St, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm. 

27 Kiwi Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

3A Ariho Tce, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm. 

38 Jubilee Ave Saturday and Sunday, 2.15-3pm.

402/45 Stanley Point Rd, Saturday, 12-12.45pm.

6 Macky Ave, Sunday, 11-11.30am.

3/54 Vauxhall Rd, Sunday, 12-12.30pm. 

42 Cheltenham Rd, Sunday, 12.15-12.45pm.

 

Harcourts Cooper & Co

5/40 Roslyn Tce, Saturday and Sunday, 11-11.30am.

2/34 Seabreeze Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 12-12.30pm.

27 Creamer Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30.

5 Mozeley Ave, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

3/99 Vauxhall Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm.

3 Lake Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 2-2.30.

83 Ngataringa Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 2-2.30pm.

1/15 Northboro Rd, Saturday, 12-12.30pm. 

30A Hart Rd, Saturday, 2-2.30pm.

49 Ngataringa Rd, Saturday, 2-2.30pm.

23 Ascot Ave, Sunday, 12-12.30pm

32 Summer St, Sunday, 12-12.30pm. 

6/66 Victoria Rd, Sunday, 2-2.30.

3/3 Opua St, Sunday, 3-3.30.

 

Ray White 

6/5a Takarunga Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 11-11.30am. 

1/57 Beresford St, Saturday and Sunday, 1-1.30pm. 

 

Tell us about your weekend event: email details to whatson@devonportflagstaff.co.nz no later than Thursday morning.