Motat is featuring the dynamic duo of science (no, we didn't know either) Alan and Emily Worman with their interactive Science in a Van show. The Super Science Show features the world of bubbles, movement and what sets things in motion. Fascinating and fun (on next weekend too).
Details: Saturday, Sunday May 2-3 and 8-9Museum of Transport & Technology.
3. Big talk
Ted x Auckland is back again with local visionaries and storytellers showcasing their big ideas. Speakers include Dr. Siouxsie Wiles, Shaun Hendy, Max Cryer, Sir Bob Harvey, Billie Jordan and Tama Iti.
Details: Saturday, 9.30am-6pm. Victory Convention Centre. Tickets: $110.
4. 50 shades of blue
You know it's time to don the blue facepaint for today's Blues v Force Super rugby. There's nothing like being there for the real, live excitement.
Details: Saturday, gates opening 2.45pm, game 5.30pm. Eden Park.
5. Eat eat eat
The Coffee and Chocolate Show is back with sweet treats, music and plenty of those good brown things. Across town, there's the sweetly low-fi Swiss market (surely more of that fine brown stuff, it is the home of chocolate after all), plus cheeses, gingerbreads, sausages, possibly even a St Bernard or two.
Details: Coffee and chocolate, Saturday, Sunday, 9am-5pm. The Cloud, Queens Wharf.
Swiss Market Day. Saturday, 8am-3pm. Danish House, Penrose.
