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Welcome to Quest Newmarket in March!

March seems to have arrived at Quest Newmarket faster than usual this year. The holiday feeling was prolonged by the hot, humid weather that persisted throughout February encouraging al fresco eating and relaxed dressing. March brings with it some of the more glamorous sporting occasions – Auckland Cup Week, the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series and the Black Caps vs Australia ODI matches. So with the cruise ships still arriving in the early part of the month, expect Auckland accommodation to be as difficult to book this month as it was in February. Please book with us as early as you can. We like to look after our regulars first!

It's A New Season For Fashion In Newmarket!

The fashions stakes are high here in Newmarket over March. Auckland Cup Week with its “Fashion in the Field” takes high fashion to top of mind. However you don’t need to be a Fashion in the Field contestant to notice the shops have their new season ranges well and truly on display. I must say there are some very stylish garments in the windows – good colours as well. So make the most of your time here and take something home that can only be bought in Newmarket!

Visit The Domain

Just 5 minutes walk up Carlton Gore Road is the area of park land Aucklanders know as The Domain. If you want to take some time in the fresh air The Domain is a good place to do so. Walkers use the sealed roadway to walk around it for exercise. If it’s a hot afternoon then the bush walk is very inviting. For a stroll, take a turn around the sculptures or if you wish, enjoy the Jazz at the Band Rotunda sitting on the lawn. The sculptures are the works of well known NZ sculptors like John Edgar and Greer Twiss. For a plan and background to the artists, click here. 

 Auckland Cup Week

Although it is publicised as Auckland Cup Week its really a festival of sport and all of it takes place close to Quest Newmarket. The thoroughbreds race at the Ellerslie Race Course on the 6th, 10th and 13th. The 10th is an afternoon/evening meeting. Harness racing takes place at Alexandra Park on Friday evening 5th and 12th. Black caps vs Australia One Day Internationals at Eden Park on the 6th and 12th. Louis Vuitton Pacific Sailing Series begins on the Waitemata Harbour on the 9th. The course is set very close to shore so it’s good viewing from the beach around the bays from Mission Bay to St Heliers and parts of the road around Devonport. It’s a real buzz week! 

 Whats On In Auckland For The Rest of March?

Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald With The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Backstreet Boys

Pasifika Festival Auckland International Boat Show

DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival

LADY GAGA

Lyle Lovett

Jools Holland &His Rythmn & Blues Band Jazz At The Rotunda

New Releases At Rialto Cinemas Newmarket

MAO’S LAST DANCER Opens 4th Rating: PG - Coarse language. Mao's last dancer is based on the extraordinary true story and memoirs by Cunxin Li, who, from the Shandong Province in China, was plucked at the age of 10 from his poverty stricken small village school to train to be a dancer in Beijing. Enduring the strict discipline of the Academy of Dance and suffering the heartache of separation from his family, Li ultimately seizes the gift of his incredible opportunity with determination to succeed. He was later offered to study with one of the top ballet companies in the world, the Houston Ballet in America. Starring: Amanda Schull, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Chi Cao Director: Bruce Beresford

THE BOYS ARE BACK Opens 18th Rating: M - Offensive Language & Sexual References. Based on the memoir by Simon Carr, this story of fatherhood set in South Australia. When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting. Despite this, he struggles to keep his family together, while his sons are just as confused as him. Starring: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, Nicholas Macanulty, Julia Blake

BOY Opens 25th Rating: M - Drug Use & Offensive Language. The year is 1984, and in the rural East Coast of New Zealand "Thriller" is changing kids' lives. Inspired by the Oscar nominated Two Cars, One Night, BOY is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson. BOY is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. He lives with his brother Rocky, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan. Boy's other hero, his father, Alamein, is the subject of Boy's fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him). In reality he's "in the can for robbery". When Alamein returns home after 7 years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for. Starring: Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Ei Kura Albert, Maakariini Butler, Manaia Callaghan, James Rolleston Director: Taika Watiti

The Winners of the Free Weekend

I have met 2 recent winners over the past week or so and they are delighted with their free weekend. One bought his family to Auckland for the weekend to take his son to Top Gear and another with her husband will redeem her voucher at Quest Napier to attend the Bos Scaggs concert. Just the sort of weekends we had in mind when we began these free weekends. The winner from those who have stayed with us over February and placed their card in the glass container on the Reception desk is Donna Green of CSL Biotherapies. From those who signed up for the newsletter on our web site, Christine Hadlow of Rotorua has been drawn. Congratulations to you both! Don’t forget you can use your voucher for the free weekend in a 1 bedroom apartment here at Newmarket or at our sister properties in Napier, Taupo or Mt Maunganui.

Welcome to Quest Newmarket in March (pdf, 176 KB)