What's on this weekend

Lights on display at the Stellar lights festival, being held at Smales Farm.

Don't know what to do with yourself this weekend? We've handpicked the top five things to do around Auckland.

No need for shivering at home in the mid-winter blast, you can find some seasonal sparkle in our top five list this weekend.

1. Light work

Glen Innes' Maybury Reserve is transformed into a magical landscape with thousands of twinkling fairy lights for the annual Te Ara Rama Matariki Light Trail. Wander along a flax-lined pathway while listening to performers (nightly 7-8pm). Or head over to the usually staid Smales Farm on the North Shore, for a weekend of light installations celebrating the arrival of the Matariki constellation, finishing with warming food and drink.

Details: Te Ara Rama, Saturday until July 18, 6-9pm. Maybury Park, Glen Innes.
Stellar: Bright Ideas, today and tomorrow, 6-11pm. Smales Farm, Takapuna.

2. Show off

The annual 2degrees Kapa Haka Super 12s are the centrepiece of Matariki as 12 performers battle it out for 12 minutes for the $12,000 prize. The combination of high energy traditional kapa haka with contemporary entertainment is eye popping. Make a day of it with the all-day market of Maori kai and crafts.

Details: Today, 9am-6pm. The Cloud, Queens Wharf.

3. Musical gifts

The APO Open Orchestra concert will feature school children from the orchestra's Sistema Aotearoa programme where students from South Auckland perform onstage, alongside the talents of New Zealand Music Awards winner Mark Vanilau and others. Kids get to walk through the orchestra and check out the instruments.

Details: Today, 1.30-4pm. Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau.

4. Craft capers

A cold winter weekend seems the perfect time to stay at home and work up some hip crafts - a career selling on etsy or ebay could be in your future. To learn how, head along to the Senz Scrapbooking and Crafting Expo to shop for supplies, attend classes and workshops, watch demonstrations or enter competitions in scrapbooking, cardmaking, beading, knitting, needlecraft, quilting, jewellery making and more.

Details: Today and tomorrow, 9.30am-5.30pm. Ellerslie Event Centre.

5. Body beautiful

This is not the show to scoff unhealthy stuff or shuffle around in baggy clothes. Embrace the active lifestyle at the NZ Fitness Expo with scarily dedicated fitness enthusiasts. Featuring the latest in equipment, apparel and footwear, food/nutrition, health services, and everything you need to know from hardcore body building and triathlon to yoga and pilates, career training and more. Fake tans optional.

Details: Today and tomorrow. ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane. Tickets: $18 for adults, $10 for 11-15 year olds, under 11s free.