Seriously the best car park in Auckland city. Not so long ago myself and a couple of my girlfriends…read moredecided to go to Waiheke Island for the day and we needed a place to park a car. After a bit of research, this Downtown Car park was the cheapest option. For the entire day, (it was a Saturday) it only cost $7.50! This was no early bird rate either, that was the weekend rate and everywhere else was much more, Wilson was charging $20 so the Downtown car park was way cheaper. It was pretty busy and no wonder, great price and location, literally a 5 minute walk to the Ferry Building. If ever I need parking in Auckland CBD, I would park here and walk or bus to where ever I needed to be, the rates are really good. For example evening rates are $2 per hour or a maximum of $7.50 so if you were having dinner and or drinks in town this would be a good option as opposed to other casual parking rates of around $3 for a half hour. You do the math.

I drive into the city all the time and parking is my nightmare. This downtown carpark however is…read moredefinitely the most affordable and convenient I have found. Always has available parking and right in the hub of the CBD. Also the weekend rates are unbeatable!

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. We all know that parking in Auckland City can be the…read moreworst experience ever. It's so busy and crowded that finding a good parking space is often like finding gold. But then you have to pay a ridiculous sum of money for like 30 minutes of parking. Fuck that! There's a stretch of road on the Grafton side of Grafton Bridge where parking is $1 per hour. Not only that but you can park for up to four hours. And every time that I have driven on this stretch of road I have been able to find a park no worries. Probably the only problem with parking in this location is that it's quite far from the lower side of the city. You need to weigh up the odds of walking for a while, or paying more cash. Walking is good for you anyway.

Best carpark for the middle of the city. Almost always spaces and $2/hr on weekends. For ages, I…read moreused to think street parking was cheaper. No longer is that the case. Beware of parking during popular events such as the lantern festival and shows at the civic. Getting out may take a while and you'd be best to go have a nice cream at Giapo while you wait for the crowd to clear.

As only $3/hour the Vic St Carpark is probably about as cheap as it gets in the central city. One…read moreword of warning though, their lifts are ridiculously slow so allow an extra 10mins for the journey down to ground level and if you're claustrophobic don't even think about it....

Surprisingly well-priced, considering the location - if you are an early bird or are nocturnal that…read moreis. The rates during the day seem to be extremely pricey. Early birds (before 10am) can park all day for $13, quite reasonable for waterfront in the CBD. After 6pm, parking has a maximum rate of $15 beyond 3 hours, with $12 up to that duration. However during the day, parking can get quite excessive, reaching $30 for beyond 3 hours - you are almost better off copping a parking ticket from the Council. There is a nifty system to help remember your car park level which is quite handy, with a range of native New Zealand birds, although don't do what I did and get the ground floor one stuck in your head which didn't end up being much help. Additional services are also available such as car grooming and valet parking - however I was just looking for a basic car park service, when those tight streets in the Britomart precinct are overflowing with cars on yellow lines and the like.

Do not park here this place is a total ripoff. I was parked there for the maximum time and the cost…read morewas 45 dollars. Park on the other side of the ferry terminal in the downtown parking building the maximum cost there is only 10 dollars.

OK so everyone knows parking in the CBD is an absolute blimmen nightmare. Charges have even just…read morebeen raised around town and now in some places you pay up to $18 for four hours street parking where you used to pay $4. So ridiculous in my opinion. Anyway now that those changes have been made I've been exploring other options for parking. Parking buildings are never the cheapest but when your options are low and your lecture starts in 5 minutes you may just have to zoot into a building. This is what I did last week at the Wilson building on St Pauls Street known as "Unipark". Now it must be called Unipark because it is pretty much reserves for AUT staff. What a bloody mission. I drove round and round all the way to the top to find some parks that weren't reserved for staff! Eventually those annoying reserved signs started disappearing but all the public car parks were full. I had to hit the rooftop level to find one. So just know - there are parks here but you will have to sift through a hundred million AUT staff spots to find one. More annoying is a lot of the reserved ones are often free and right by the ground floor. Oh so tempting!

Is this really a car park? If not for the pay and display machines you may be tricked into thinking…read moreit is the entrance to a old western theme park ride. This really doesn't qualify for covered car parking, if you cared for your vehicle you wouldn't park it here. Although there are two shacks made of wood and tin that look like they may collapse if someone slams their car door closed, this is all the covered car parking available and this is reserved parking. This car park is more probably suited to an off road vehicle because it is of mixed terrain, concrete, wood and gravel. The wire fencing gives you the impression this is an impound lot where cars have been placed involuntarily rather than by the owner themselves. I still can't get over the fact this car park, despite being owned by Tournament is so crappy. Surely they make enough money to at least resurface it? If you were desperate for parking then maybe consider parking here or try your luck trying to locate one of the other 4000 car parks that are available around the Newmarket area. Unbelievably this is not one of the Tournament car parks that has the cheap all day $5 weekend rate.

**DO NOT PARK HERE**…read more A very unsafe area, better off parking on the street in public area, especially if in a hire vehicle. When our car was broken into and all belongings stolen, car park staff were decidedly unhelpful. Security vehicle monitors on a regular basis but is apathetic and ineffective. Forces you to rely on the kindness of strangers.

Vector Arena is a fabulous central location to come watch the newest shows, concerts and events to…read morehit Auckland city. Fun for the entire family you can be sure that something will be viewing to satisfy everyone's taste. Parking in the area does become tricky when there is a big event on, however it is closely positioned to Birtomart, making training in or busing in very convenient. They also have kiosks selling merchandise, food, drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and ATM machines available to get cash out. To see what shows are next performing at Vector, hop onto their website and check out the upcoming events. There will certainly be something to tickle everyone's fancy.

I think Vector Arena is great, and it is the large venue that Auckland has desperately needed for a…read morevery long time. I have been to a couple of rock gigs here (Stone Temple Pilots, Roger Waters) and I must say that these were some of the best concerts I've been to. For STP we were standing, and for Roger Waters we were seated right at the back in the nosebleed seats, but it didn't matter at all; the sound was amazing and we could see the whole show well. I don't know what the acoustics are like in some of the other seats around the stadium, but perhaps the sound and visual experience depends more on the act that you are seeing and if they can deliver a great show. Vector is not only for concerts either; the arena hosts a whole range of different shows and sporting events. I saw the crusty demons here a few years back and that was very entertaining.