A great place to host events for different numbers of people. Whether your group is large or small…read moreGreylynn community centre will hook you up! The first time I went to the community centre was for a youth talent show. The room was perfect as it accommodated the number of attendees. The kitchen was always clean and located inside the hall we where using. This made it easier at snack time as it was just a matter of taking items from the kitchen to the table we had set up buffet style outside the kitchen. The rooms are also built in a way that makes it flexible to arrange the room the way that suits you and your event. Although there is parking on site, it is limited. Luckily there are plenty of off street parking spaces.

This is a very well utilised community centre with clean spacious facilities if any local…read moreorganisation or group wanted to hire a space for a regular night of the week or temporary meetings, functions, etc. The staff have always been very friendly and helpful when I have been involved with hiring the facilities for regular set periods of time. The payments have generally been smooth and communication professional. It always seems quite busy, whatever the season, with various groups occupying the many rooms available, so if you want to set up a meditation or yoga course you might want to double check that karate or zumba are not also taking place that same night right next door! They also hold a farmers market at the centre on Sunday mornings that is worth supporting.

Avondale Community Centre is situated right next door to the local library, impossible to miss as…read moreit has a beautiful mural painted on the outside. I personally go there to start my weekend with some yoga with Claudia. She stretches me into shape with care and humour. The class starts at 8:30 am and goes for one hour. There is always a good handful of people there, but never so many that you will feel overwhelmed. Claudia also offers the same one hour class on Thursday evenings 5 - 6 pm. The first class is free then after that it is $5.00 per session. If you are interested in finding out more about what's going on at the Centre, drop in and have a chat to the manager Susan.

Five stars? The Peace Place really deserves much more. It is also a difficult subject to to…read morecategorize, but it deserves a mention to get their name out there. It is a place of sanctuary in the centre of the city, to pray, meditate, research or find like minded people. I attended there through the Auckland Spiritual Discussions Group, they use the space to meet on the 27th of each month, in the evenings, having different speakers give talks and/or lead practices. The peace place is utilized by several different groups of different religious views,but all supportive of the same values. Pax Christi, an international peace movement being one of them. The venue has a large range of interesting books, a library that you can borrow from, on many esoteric subjects and/or about the peace movements, advocates past and present, religious orders, etc. I have not been able to add the opening hours as it really does depend on several factors, however I can tell you that Monday's at 5:30pm they offer a space for meditation and occasionally lunchtimes too; and on Sat's they celebrate the Eurachrist, you don't have to be catholic to attend. Have a look at their website and/or contact them directly if you want to know more.

This community centre is near my house so we have frequented it a lot. It is a wonderful resource…read morefor our community! They offer a huge range of adult education classes, such as ante natal classes, first aid courses, language and music tuition, and a variety of hobby activities. Well worth checking out - it's important to support our local community. The rooms are also available to hire for your own events, and the price is really inexpensive. There is also a childcare service, which even picks up kids from kindy and school. Great service!

The best thing about the Devonport Plunket clinic is their playground, its awesome! Lots of local…read moremums come here with their little'ies so they can play in the park outside or there's heaps of toys and couches inside too. I've only had a couple of appointments here and although they're helpful and friendly I still think Plunket in general could be a bit more proactive in their local community. Since I had a baby just over a year ago now I've seen them a total of three times. In saying this I'm sure that if there was anything in particular I needed help with they would be more than willing, just that as a matter of course they don't tend to check up on new mothers and babies too often.

After my son was born I got a few house visits from a registered Plunket nurse until he was about…read morethree months old, then finally got the opportunity to take him myself into my local community Plunket centre. This Clinic is located right next to the Northcote Auckland City Library at the far end of Northcote shops. I would say the actual building must be quite a few years old as looks quite dated from the outside and the inside also however is still comfortable, clean and friendly. The reception lounge has a wall of pamphlets and information for all parents, concerning immunisations, feeding solids, where to attend play groups, etc. There even a few second hand children's and baby's toys and accessories for sale. The Nurses at the clinic are fantastic, very professional but also caring and friendly. I enjoy popping in from time to time to have my baby measured and weighed for my record book. As I mentioned the Library is right next door as I mentioned and they have wriggle and rhyme and other good sessions for kids.

Very nice store. I found a lot of goodies for my family. Very easy to find a place(we are new to…read more Auckland) and in general it is a very good store.

The staff here can be pretty rude and the musty smell is on the strong side but harden up and get…read morein there. It's another one with a vintage rack but you'll need to look through everything to find the goodies. The best thing about this shop is that down the driveway at the back is a whole dedicated space for books which you could spend hours in. I found my treasured copy of The TV and Radio Times Cookbook here which is a classic New Zealand kitchen tome and not only that - there was not one but two other copies of it! Upstairs in the main shop you'll find all the usual junk, toys, shoes, homewares and of course clothing. Along with some characters which no proper op shop would be without.

They have quite a few regular calendar events and plenty of opportunity to book the hall - it has a…read morecapacity for 250 - for your special event. They have ballet dance lessons here after school and on the weekends. Hobsonville art class meets here on a Tuesday morning. Shake your booty to the Zumba beat, three times a week if you want to get fit and move to dance tunes at the same time. If you haven't tried Pilates then they have regular classes on Saturday morning and on a weeknight, great for core strengthening. Line Dancing classes are on the list of things to do in this community hall. Hobsonville Indoor Bowling club meets here once a week too. Now these are all reasons not to be a couch potato so disconnect the internet connection and head out to your local hall to get doing.