Family and Weekend Activities
This section contains websites with ideas for family activities and weekend activities in New Zealand. Many of these are also suitable for school holiday activities because many hold additional sessions or classes, or are open longer hours etc during the school holidays.
See also the School Holidays Activities section which contains websites which are specifically oriented to the holidays and the family and weekend activities blog section.
There are 49 listings in this category. Displaying 1 to 20.
Subcategories for Family and Weekend Activities: Agricultural Shows, Art Galleries and Museums, Educational and Game Websites, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos, Indoor Playgrounds, Railways, Scrapbooks, Swimming and Waterslides, Theme Parks
Auckland City Art Gallery
The Auckland Art Gallery has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, School Holiday Activities, School Holiday Programmes
Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo has New Zealand's largest collection of animals with over 770 animals and 135 different species. They have a variety of activies including school holiday programmes for kids.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Children's Parties, Family and Weekend Activities, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos, Party Venues, School Holiday Activities, School Holiday Programmes
Butterfly Creek
Butterfly Creek is Australasia's premier Tropical Butterfly House with over 700 free flying exotic butterflies, tropical fish, birds and lizards, and also has a train ride and animal farm.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos
Canterbury Museum
The Canterbury Museum is in the heart of Christchurch City, within strolling distance of the Botanic Gardens, The Christchurch Arts Centre, Christchurch Art Gallery and Cathedral Square.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Canterbury, Family and Weekend Activities, School Holiday Activities, School Holiday Programmes
Centre of Contemporary Art
The Centre of Contemporary Art is located in Glouchester Ave in Christchurch and features exhibitions of school students' artwork on the Top Floor.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Canterbury, Family and Weekend Activities
Chipmunks Playland and Cafe
Chipmunks is an indoor adventure play land across New Zealand, as is a great place to take your kids in the weekend, on a rainy day or as a party venue for their birthday party.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Bay Of Plenty, Canterbury, Children's Parties, Family and Weekend Activities, Indoor Playgrounds, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Party Venues, Southland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington
Christchurch Art Gallery
The Christchurch Art Gallery is the largest art institution in the South Island and contains over 5,500 items.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Canterbury, Family and Weekend Activities
DinoSawUs Virtual Prehistoric Dinosaur Game
DinoSawUs is a virtual prehistoric game world for kids full of dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus where children adopt a dinosaur, play games and go on adventures.
Categories/Locations: Educational and Game Websites, Family and Weekend Activities
Dunedin Art Gallery
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery houses a fine collection of European art, including paintings by Monet, Gainsborough, Turner, Rosa, Claude Lorraine, Burne-Jones and Tissot
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Family and Weekend Activities, Otago
Glenbrook Vintage Railway and Farm
The Glenbrook Vintage Railway runs steam trains near Waiuku and it makes a great weekend family activity especially for the smaller members of the family.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, Railways
Hamilton Zoo
Hamilton Zoo is home to over 600 native New Zealand and exotic animals, set in 25ha of tranquil surroundings.
Categories/Locations: Family and Weekend Activities, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos, Waikato
Island Park Speedway in Waldronville
The Island Park Speedway is in Waldronville, Dunedin.
Categories/Locations: Family and Weekend Activities, Otago
Kapiti Miniature Railway
The Kapiti Miniature Railway is a mixed-gauge (5 inch and 7 1/4 inch) club track, situated in the Marine Gardens at Raumati Beach, on the Kapiti Coast, about 50 kilometers north of Wellington.
Categories/Locations: Family and Weekend Activities, Railways, Wellington
Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic and Encounter Underwater World
Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World on Tamaki Drive in Auckland features fish, stingrays, sharks and a penguin colony.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Children's Parties, Family and Weekend Activities, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos, Party Venues
Laserforce in Wellington
Located on Courtenay Place in central Wellington, Laserforce is a live action laser game where players battle it out in a 400 square metre multi-level playing arena.
Categories/Locations: Children's Parties, Family and Weekend Activities, Indoor Playgrounds, Party Venues, Sports and Recreation, Sports and Recreation Centres, Wellington
Lollipops Playland and Cafe
Lollipop's Playland & Cafe are playlands in New Zealand designed to be safe, secure & fun centres where kids can have hours of fun climbing, sliding, bouncing & spinning while parents relax over a cup of coffee & treat from the on-site cafe.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Bay Of Plenty, Canterbury, Children's Parties, Family and Weekend Activities, Hawkes Bay, Indoor Playgrounds, Manawatu-Wanganui, Otago, Party Venues, Waikato, Wellington
Model X
Model X is a Trust in West Auckland to support the many hobby interests of individuals and groups throughout New Zealand.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, Theme Parks
MOTAT - The Museum of Transport and Technology
MOTAT is The Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, an interactive museum with a focus on creating a fun, visually stimulating environment for its visitors.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, School Holiday Activities, School Holiday Programmes
Motueka District Museum
The Motueka District museum has artefacts from Motueka's past. As well as static displays the museum has changing exhibitions which reflect on local history.
Categories/Locations: Art Galleries and Museums, Family and Weekend Activities, Nelson
Mt Albert Grammar School Farm
Mount Albert Grammar School has a school farm; it is owned by the ASB bank who generously allow the School to use of the land for educational purposes and farm tours.
Categories/Locations: Auckland Region, Family and Weekend Activities, Farms, Animal Parks and Zoos
