Via Stuff and Ricky Wilson

I know I should go to VTNZ or AA for a WOF since they have less incentive to fail me, but hindsight is 20/20.

Last year I was ripped off at a local mechanic shop, they told me I needed new bushings, but I didn't. I have not gone back there.

This year I went to a mechanic shop near my work, expecting my new car to be fine as I only brought it 5 months ago. They gave me a quote for over $1100 for repairs. They said my brake pads were low but they weren't as they had just been changed upon purchase. They said my rotors were damaged - they weren't. They also said my sway bar was damaged - spoiler, not damaged.

I took my car to VTNZ for a second opinion and passed my WOF without any issue (except my front tyres are getting worn, but do not need to be changed just yet - first place said nothing about this). I had them confirm there were no other issues as mentioned by the first place I went too.

I am sick of not being able to trust businesses.

that’s it thx bye

Hey everyone,

The Auckland Bagel here 🥯

As always, unfortunately I can’t include links for these events since the subreddit doesn’t allow Facebook links and sometimes general links don’t even work.

🍴 The Auckland Food Show
Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th July | From 10AM
📍 Auckland Showgrounds
Sip, sample and shop from 270+ food and beverage brands, all under one roof.

⚽ NZ International Football Festival Hub
Thursday 23rd July – Friday 7th August | Times vary
📍 Waitematā Station Plaza, Auckland CBD
Football fan zone with interactive challenges, player appearances and photo ops.

🎸 Mortal Sin NZ Tour
Thursday 23rd July | 7PM
📍 Whammy Bar
Australian thrash legends Mortal Sin play in NZ for the very first time.

🎵 Kumeu Record Fair
Friday 24th July | 4PM – 7PM
📍 Kumeu Community Centre
Records, CDs and cassettes spanning blues, jazz, punk, dance and metal.

🌟 Matariki in Māngere East
Friday 24th July | 5PM – 9PM
📍 Māngere East Community Centre
Free hangi dinner, kapa haka, tukutuku workshop, whānau activities and more.

🎤 Standup Comedy in a Cardboard Box
Friday 24th July | 7:30PM
Sunday 26th July | 4:30PM & 7PM
📍 Cardboard Comedy Club, Kingsland
Free stand-up comedy from pro and rising comedians, all inside a one-of-a-kind venue.

🎵 Mt Albert Record Fair
Saturday 25th July | 8:30AM – 4PM
📍 Mount Albert War Memorial Hall
Vinyl, CDs and cassettes spanning pop, rock, soul, jazz, blues, metal and more.

👜 $5 Fill-A-Bag Sale
Saturday 25th July | 9AM – 4PM
📍 Tipping Point, Henderson
Fill a bag with pre-loved items for $5 and support reuse in the community.

💊 The Forbidden Pharmacy
Saturday 25th July | 10AM – 5PM
📍 Shed 10, Auckland CBD
Free walk-through installation highlighting 200+ medicines inaccessible in New Zealand.

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Wears Clothing Swap: Winter Edition
Saturday 25th July | 10AM – 12PM
📍 Point Chevalier Community Centre
Free gender-affirming clothing swap with changing areas and a seamstress on hand.

🍽️ Lunch With Legends
Saturday 25th July | 1PM – 4PM
📍 New Zealand International Convention Centre
Lunch with Tottenham Hotspur and Auckland FC representatives and special guests.

🌟 Matariki Twilight Markets
Saturday 25th July | 4PM – 9PM
📍 Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi Park
Local craft makers, kai trucks, live entertainment, mahi toi and more.

🌟 Matariki Night Market
Saturday 25th July | 4PM – 9PM
📍 Avondale Art Park, Avondale
Matariki market with food vendors, market stalls, live DJ and activities for tamariki.

⚽ Tottenham Hotspur Open Training
Saturday 25th July | 6PM
📍 Eden Park
Watch Tottenham Hotspur train live at Eden Park ahead of their Auckland FC clash.

🛍️ Grey Lynn Car Boot Market
Sunday 26th July | 8:15AM – 12PM
📍 1 Francis St, Grey Lynn
Car boot market with the Grey Lynn Farmers Market nearby.

⚽ Tottenham Hotspur v Auckland FC
Sunday 26th July | 3PM
📍 Eden Park
Tottenham Hotspur take on Auckland FC in a landmark showdown at Eden Park.

🏀 Auckland Tuatara v Taranaki Airs
Sunday 26th July | 3PM – 5PM
📍 Eventfinda Stadium, Wairau Valley
NBL basketball with an electric atmosphere and a chance to meet players after.

🔭 Orbital
Sunday 26th July | 7PM
📍 Stardome Observatory & Planetarium
Dream-like planetarium film exploring Earth from the perspective of astronauts.

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We have an opportunity to move to a town house in a small complex which includes about 5 or 6 KO units. Keen to know what i should expect. As a side note, there was a murder in one of these units a year or two ago.

I owned an apartment at 80 Richmond Rd, bought off the plans, top floor, and came home one night to have water pouring through a light fixture into the apartment.

After getting on to the roof with the repair guy, we could see how often stop gap repairs were being done across the whole roof.

I was adamant, the bodycorp, who were just other owners, self-righteous as they were, knew all about it, but were withholding information from the owners.

They even through out another owner from a BC meeting when she was challenging them to be truthful with the repair costs, as they were actually double what the BC was telling us....turns out, she was right, it was a huge bill....but, the BC couldn't say the real numbers, they needed owners to be invested in the repair by paying up front before then being hit with a second set of repair costs, the true repair costs....it was a total stitch up.

And yes, more than one owner did sell, hiding the information from purchasers, who walked into an absolute nightmare.

I have no doubt St Lukes is no different.....a total stitch up, the bodycorp would have known of various spot repairs taking place and known there was a bigger issue heading their way.

It says I can book Margarita Screening tickets as opposed to adult or child tickets etc, no info on it what so ever, what is it??

I Applied for a part time job in a cafe and the next day they invited me for an interview. At the interview the owner said they can do a 20 hours “free training course” for me then decide if I fit with the role or nah. Again, they emphasized “the course”is totally free and I’m gonna benefit from it since I don’t have experience.

Uhh be aware if anyone is looking for jobs, avoid this place Wafflers & More, Auckland CBD

I’ve been in a slump lately and want to get out and do some hikes/walks on the weekends to lift my spirits. I suck at researching and need to find some walking tracks around Auckland, please give me some recommendations!

I can’t drive very far out (located in Ellerslie), and don’t have any gear besides standard walking shoes and raincoat so nothing too hectic but I like long-ish walks, around 1-4 hours round trip.

TIA!

This post complaining about a lack of parking at Maungawhau and the other CRL stations is a bit wild in general for the Auckland Central candidate. But it kind of sounds like she doesn’t know that there are other stations where you can drive to them and park? Like, this would make sense if you thought that Maungawhau was the least urban station and that the CRL was just a loop.

Does anyone know of an exchange in Auckland that would take these old-style white USD notes from me and exchange them for the newer ones with the blue security strip?

Long story short I went to mt eden at night and reflected a bunch

Upon walking up i think the first thing I noticed was the fact that you could see your breath I don't know why I found this so exciting but it was. Regardless I stopped at one of the small parking lots that had a small view over one side of the city. I think it was then that I realized how cold it was and how nice it was being up there alone. One of the best views I'd seen in a while especially mixed with the weather tonight.

As I moved up to the top of the Mt I ended up finding this boardwalk metal type thing and walked up to the lookout area. I sat there for a good solid 10 minutes just looking out over the city. I began to remember that I'd actually been up here with my ex back in March when the blood moon was shown. I primarily asked on the subreddit to find stuff that would help me move on and live with the fact that she left me. I decided to push it to the back of my head and just focus on walking around the top. I decided to put "motion picture soundtrack" by radiohead and just had it on loop as I walked around a bit more and everywhere I looked it was just nice to see the city. I've lived here all my life and only been up the top maybe twice previously, once as a little 6 yr old in the day and beginning of this year.

Before I walked away from the main platform however a man stopped on the edge of the walkway, he was only a silhouette but he stood there not moving, maybe he was being just like me and taking some time to reflect on things. I hesitated to go and ask him how he was doing but he was listening to music too and I didn't want to scare him.

When I had reached the tippy top I looked down over the far side of the city and saw the highway snaking all the way out to the airport. I love the highway, I'm not sure what it is about cars that captivates me but ever since I was young I loved the feeling that cars gave me, I first drove when I was 9 and ever since then that sense of speed and feeling the pedals and wheels together was the coolest thing for me and I think it will be like that forever. But just looking at all the cars moving smoothly on the roads kind of made me tear up a little bit. I love cars but I've never thought to go out and sit by the highway for a couple hours just watching. It definitely opened my eyes a bit to what I could do if I just went out and did it.

When I started walking back down I decided to just ignore the path and wade through some grass tracks and I had a couple thoughts of what It really meant to have someone that you could call your "partner" if that person has already had previous bonds and there own inside jokes that they will still laugh at in the present there is always going to be a part of you in that person no matter if they forget you. Almost like instinct but it sounded a bit smarter in my head. I began to realize how nice it was to just be up there alone without having to worry about anyone else at all, before I'd left I had lied to my dad that I was bringing 2 friends to just hangout in the city when in reality I'd taken 2 busses out to the Mt. I became kinda glad that I didn't ask those 2 friends to actually tag along because I decided I should just start singing along to some music which I rarely do but it felt really fun to just do in the dark. I love the dark I'm not sure what it is but I love being out in the dark in some area, never at home I feel like I get more reminded of who I really am In my room.

That's a bit off topic but upon fully walking down the hill I saw the bus I was supposed to catch drive right past... bit of a woops but I thought I would just walk into the city but realized that's nearly an extra 30 minutes and I still have school tomorrow... I waited around and caught a bus into the city and watched the highway zoom past and got my solid 3 seconds of looking at the highway. I ended up walking all the way from the center of the city to the main bus stops and just listened to people going about city life and realized that half of these people probably don't actually remember half of the people from their school days and it made me feel not all that bad about school drama anymore. It does make me a bit worried about how I would make friends outside of school in general as I'm having to resort to reddit to try find hobbies 😬, it's surely fineee.

Did get a bit of a scolding from my dad that I should've been back half an hour earlier whatnot no biggie.

Final thing to say Is that I definietely want to do more stuff like this in the future.

Hello everyone!

Here's this week's lineup. From record fairs and flea markets to Matariki celebrations, live music, motorsport, community gatherings and local markets, there's plenty happening across the West.

Please comment if you have any events to recommend our neighbours. :)

Here are the Top Picks and Markets for this weekend.

TOP PICKS

🎵 Kumeu Record Fair
Fri 4pm–7pm
Kumeu Community Centre
Dig through crates packed with vinyl, CDs, cassettes and musical treasures.

🛍️ $5 Fill-a-Bag Sale
Sat 9am
Tipping Point, Henderson
Fill a bag with pre-loved bargains while supporting a sustainable community initiative.

🛍️ Gently Loved Markets: Hobsonville Flea Market
Sat 10am
Sunderland Lounge, Hobsonville
Browse preloved treasures, vintage finds and hidden gems indoors.

🌙 Matariki Night Market – Open Circle
Sat 4pm–9pm
Avondale Art Park
Food, live music, art and community celebrations under the stars.

🛼 GLOW with PRIDE
Sat 1pm–4pm
Te Atatū Peninsula
An inclusive community skate event celebrating connection and pride.

🎳 PINS 40th Birthday Party
Sat 6pm
PINS Lincoln Road, Henderson
Live music, drink specials and a celebration of four decades of bowling.

🏍️ X-Grip NZ Woodhill Two Man Series
Sun 9am
Woodhill Forest, Helensville
The opening round of a major off-road dirt biking series.

🇧🇷 Viva Fair! Brazilian Market
Sun 11am–3pm
23 Granville Drive, Massey
Brazilian food, music, shopping and family-friendly fun.

🎤 Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Live
Sun 4pm–7pm
The Trusts Arena
A rare Auckland performance from the legendary Qawwali singer.

🚗 Streetrush NZ Car Community Meet
Sun 5pm–6:30pm
NorthWest Shopping Centre
JDM, Euro and performance car enthusiasts gather for a community meet.

NEW / ONE-OFF / ANNUAL MARKETS

🌙 Night Owl Markets Sunnyvale
Sat 5pm–9pm
Te Pae o Kura, Kelston

✨ Avondale Matariki Markets – Open Circle
Sat 4pm–9pm
Avondale Art Park

MONTHLY MARKETS

🛍️ Blockhouse Bay Community Market
Sat 8am–12:30pm
Blockhouse Bay Community Centre

🛍️ Titirangi Village Market
Sun 9am–2pm
Titirangi War Memorial Carpark & RSA

🇧🇷 Viva Fair! Brazilian Market
Sun 11am–3pm
23 Granville Drive, Massey

WEEKLY MARKETS

🌊 Catalina Bay Farmers Market
Sat & Sun 8:30am–2pm
1/3 Boundary Road, Hobsonville

🌱 Shed Collective Plant-Based Farmers Market
Sat 8:30am–12pm
99 Parrs Cross Road, Oratia

🛍️ Avondale Sunday Market
Sun 5am–12pm
23 Elm Street, Avondale

Full events list here: https://westaucklanddigest.com/p/2026-07-21-city-rail-link-new-station-photos

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When you ask people where they want to live in Auckland, the answers you get are usually the Shore or Central, if not them then it's the new built suburbs like North west (Hobsonville, westgate etc) or the South East (Flat bush, Botany etc)

But you know I can't help but think how underrated New Lynn and Onehunga are. Both have plenty of shops and restaurants within close proximity, walkable areas, and great transport connection since they both have train station right in the middle of their shopping district.

Thats my two cents the end.

Hello Aucklanders!

I am after an office space somewhere in Auckland that has cubicles, isn’t huge and ideally is available during a weekend to shoot. This will be for a student film project I’m producing which we are aiming to shoot in a month.

I’m wondering if other filmmakers in this forum have had experience in trying to find an office space similar themselves and what process they went about it to try to reach out/find office locations. Unfortunately, location scouting offices I’ve found is a bit harder to do than finding other public locations you can just normally visit. Any advice is great advice! Thanks.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good physio in the central area? City, Ponsonby, Kingsland, Parnell, anywhere around there. Someone who has fairly consistent availability preferably (my last physio in Ponsonby is now only working 1 day in Ponsonby and 4 days in Pukekohe). Thanks in advance

I know I sound like a pick me or whatever but can someone please just reach out so we can talk in DMs cause I know reddit will put my post down if I write it on here I desperately need help I’m sorry mental health related.

to preface this i’ve been taking ubers a bit recently and have noticed sometimes the person doesn’t match the profile (i made this post before around this topic idk if it was akl subreddit or nz) - it was very split, some people saying people just need a living and if you get there safe then it’s fine while others were worried about safety of this.

I will say this now i will not be going in another uber again if the person doesn’t match the profile - this wasn’t a traumatic experience but it made me aware on how it could be dangerous especially as im a young girl (fresh 18 😔)

So i got into the uber and saw that this guy didnt match the profile (uber said the guy was sweedish or smtg but he was maybe persian/indian (sorry for assumptions!) anyways i didn’t think much cause as my old post mentioned i always got there safe but this time i got a bit cautious cause he kept looking in his mirror to see me.…

Idk if he was nervous or if this is his first time using someone else’s account but he seemed worried because he was constantly apologising for phone calls he was taking (he took like 3 and it was a 20 min ride) he was never NOT on a phone call basically - he was speaking his language and the only word i recognised was grafton campus cause that was the location i was getting dropped off

The thing that really ticked me off is he wanted to pick someone else up (maybe a friend?) and my i have a theory but I’m not sure if he was usuing maybe 2 diff accounts (on like bolt at the same time) and wanted to get another ride in for extra $$$ without the like carpool discount (and no he didn’t say hed offer me a discount if he did maybe have a carpool offer) - i say this cause he had 2 phones and maybe he got a offer?

I said no way! And he was fine with that but i will say this made me realise he technically could have just picked his mate up or someone else if he wanted to and it probably wouldn’t trace back to him as obviously his details aren’t in uber. Obviously i reported him but ill now be more vigilant because this did make me uncomfortable - yes i am be overreacting but its just so sus……

I'm planning a birthday trip.

I'm thinking coffee, bookshop, lunch, bookshop, coffee, bookshop.

Preferably the coffee/lunch options are just a short walk from each bookshop. There does need to be parking nearby.

Bonus if I can buy a gift card from the bookshops.

I am out west auckland but happy to travel a bit between each, if there's a gem of a bookshop.

i’m going to see the odyssey in imax in queen st and don’t know where to sit. the day we are going there aren’t many seats left. there’s about 2 rows from the screen in the middle but more seats further back but to the side. is it better to be central but close or far away but on an angle?? it’s 3 hours so i don’t really wanna be looking up the whole time