Compiled by PHOEBE FALCONER
Weather
The cloud increases today with patchy rain this evening, with a brisk northwesterly. Tomorrow the rain will clear during the morning to showers. Clearer conditions are due by Sunday with wind swings to the southwest.
Sport
Weather and wind permitting, yacht racing in the Louis Vuitton
Cup series will continue over the weekend.
The soccer Kingz play Melbourne Knights at Ericsson Stadium at 7.30pm today, carried live on Sky Sport.
The first netball test between New Zealand and South Africa, at the North Shore Events Centre, begins on TV One at 8.30pm today. The second test in Christchurch will be screened live on TV One at 7.35pm tomorrow.
If you want an early start on Monday, what better way than to watch the rugby league test between New Zealand and Wales, live on Sky Sport at 2.55am.
Today
* Queen St will be closed between Wellesley St and Victoria St from 12.25pm to 12.50pm today for the Undie 500 race, a warm-up event for the BMW Auckland Marathon on Sunday. The race starts at 12.35pm and participants compete in their underwear. You have been warned.
* New routes and timetables for the Night Rider buses come into effect today. For details phone 366-6400 or visit the Rideline website.
* Spencer Silby is the star of There's a Tenor in my Soup at the Opera Factory, 18 Eden St, Newmarket, at 12.30pm today. Tickets are $10 and you can book on bookings@operafactory.com.
* Trash to Fashion is back. The awards night at 8pm recognises originality in costumes made from recycling everything from car parts to computer cables. A second show starts at 8pm tomorrow. The venue for both is the Basketball Stadium at the Corban Estate Arts Centre, 426 Great North Rd, Henderson. Tickets are $10 and $5, with a family pass for $25. Book at Ticketek on 307-5000.
* James Judd conducts the NZ Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Mozart, Shostakovich and Body at 6.30pm in the Great Hall of the Auckland Town Hall. A second concert of works by Beethoven and Sibelius begins at 8pm tomorrow, in the same venue, with a pre-concert talk at 7pm in the stalls. Book at Ticketek.
* Graham Brazier of Hello Sailor and Hammond Gamble from Street Talk play a gig tonight at Temple, 486 Queen St, Auckland. Tomorrow Temple hosts brothers Ricki and Ian Morris, in concert together for the first time since 1968. Phone 377-4866 to book.
* Go Wild, the Camping, Caravan and Outdoors Show, offers ideas on how to get the best out of your next holiday, with demonstrations, advice, specials and prizes. The show opens today at 10am at the Auckland Showgrounds in Greenlane West, and runs until Sunday.
* A free trial class of exercises for the older adult begins at 10am today in the Auckland YMCA Fitness Club, Greys Ave, before the launch of a regular class. Phone 303-2069 for more information.
* The Pacifica Cultural Market, from 4pm today and from 8.30am tomorrow at the Corban Estate Arts Centre in Henderson, offers arts and crafts, dance, music, food and entertainment.
* Organist Indra Hughes plays Bach's Goldberg Variations in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at 9pm, preceded by a half-hour talk by Indra on the music. Tickets are $25, $20 and $5. Phone 846-6499 for details.
Tomorrow
* The Hazmobile, for the disposal of hazardous domestic waste, will be parked in the carpark by the RSA in Elliott St, Papakura, from 10am to 2pm today.
* A combined Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes fireworks display will light up the sky around Alexandra Park from about 8.30pm. Gates open at 4.30pm. Prizes will go to the best Hallowe'en costumes, and there is a playground and entertainment. Tickets are $10, $5 and under-5s are free.
* Children's author Tanya Batt tells fairy stories to the little ones at 11am in Whitcoulls Botany Town Centre. Dress up in fairy costume to win a copy of her book A Child's Book of Faeries. At 12.45pm Witi Ihimaera will read from and autograph his children's picture book The Little Kowhai Tree.
* The KGB Ramble visits kitchens, gardens and bathrooms at 13 properties in Pukekohe today from 10am to 4pm. The event is a fundraiser for the local Anglican church, and tickets are $20. Phone (09) 237-1049 or (09) 238-3993 to book.
* The Truck Show at Mainfreight Logistics, Westney Rd, Mangere, features new and working trucks, free truck rides, and displays by police, St John Ambulance and the Fire Service. Gates open from 9am to 5pm today and Sunday, tickets are $2 and $1 and profits go to the Kidz First Hospital.
* The Eden-Albert Cultural Festival at New Windsor School in New Windsor Rd brings together primary school children from the area to celebrate their cultures through singing and dancing. The event runs from 8.30am to 4pm.
* The Browns Bay Christmas Craft Fair opens at 9.30am in the East Coast Bays Leisure Centre, Bute Rd, Browns Bay.
* Katikati showcases its riches in the annual Fruits of Katikati Festival this weekend.
* Four Auckland Philharmonia trombone players give free lunchtime concerts at noon today in the Auckland City Art Gallery Theatre, and at noon on Sunday in the Titirangi Community House in Titirangi. For more information phone 0800PHILHARMONIA (0800 744 542).
* Everything you ever wanted from a garage sale is available at the Mission Bay Women's Bowling Club, 30 Melanesia Rd, Kohimarama, from 8am.
Sunday
* The BMW Auckland Marathon starts at 6.30am in Devonport and crosses the harbour bridge for an eventual finish in Victoria Park. There are a number of associated road closures: King Edward Parade, Devonport, between Victoria Rd and Mays St will be closed from 4am until 7am; Church St and Vauxhall Rd, Cheltenham, will be closed from 6am until 7am; Lake Road, Takapuna (eastern side) between Winscombe St and Hauraki Corner, will be closed from 6.30am until 7.30am; Bracken Ave, Takapuna, between Lake Rd and Burns Ave, will be closed from 6.30am until 7.45am; Burns Ave from Bracken Ave to Tennyson Ave will be closed from 6.30am until 7.45am; Onewa Rd, Northcote, between Queen St & Sylvan Ave will be closed from 6.45am to 8.30am in both directions; Stafford Rd, Northcote, will be closed from Queen St to the motorway from 6.30am to 8.35am.
The following streets will be closed to non-essential traffic from 6am until 11.30am: harbour bridge lanes 1 & 2 northbound; Curran St (between Sarsfield St & Westhaven Drive); Fanshawe St (between Beaumont & Halsey Sts); Daldy St (between Jellicoe & Madden Sts); Quay St (northern lane); Tamaki Drive (northern lane) between The Strand, Parnell, and Goldie St, St Heliers).
Race Schedule:
6:30am: Start King Edward Parade, Devonport.
8:30am: Cut-off time for continuing event Stafford Park (13km).
8:50am: Removal of participants still on Auckland Harbour Bridge.
12 noon: Prize-giving, Victoria Park.
* Team New Zealand open the doors of their base to the public from 11am to 4pm, although some areas will be closed for security reasons. Admission is free. Visitors will have opportunities to talk to the America's Cup defenders and signed posters will be given away. The address is 99-101 Halsey St, Freemans Bay.
* A concert to benefit Save the Children and Friends of the Anglican Trust for Women and Children begins at 2pm in the Dorothy Winstone Centre at Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Tickets are $15, phone 528-3211 or 524-9112 to book.
* The Brainwave Trust, formed in response to new research on infant brain development, is holding a public presentation on the importance of the first three years of a child's life. The event starts at 2pm in the Exhibition Hall of the Waipuna Hotel, 58 Waipuna Rd, Mt Wellington. Afternoon tea will be served, a creche is available and admission and parking are free, although donations are welcome. Book on 0800BRAINWAVE (0800 272 469).
* Learn how to design a cottage garden incorporating roses at the Regional Botanic Gardens, Hill Rd, Manurewa, at 11am. The cost is $8, no bookings necessary and there will be a small plant sale.
* St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra plays music by Rossini, Cimarosa, Vivaldi and Mendelssohn at 2.30pm in St Matthew-in-the-city, Hobson St. Door sales are available and tickets are $20, $15, $10 and $5. Phone 308-0147 for details.
* Ole! The Spanish Fiesta dancers perform at 2pm in the Centrestage Theatre in Orewa. Book at the theatre or on (09) 426-7282.
* Left hand Down, a band of percussionists, performs in the Auckland Museum at 3pm. Normal museum admission applies.
* A twilight walk around Waikumete Cemetery visits the graves of notable women such as Miriam Soljak, a fighter for women's rights early last century. The walk starts at 5pm from the main crematorium. Phone 818-4228.
* A cottage craft fair in the Cambridge Town Hall begins at 10am. Admission is free, and profits will go to the Leamington Kindergarten. Phone 021-128-2462 for more information.
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Compiled by PHOEBE FALCONER
Weather
The cloud increases today with patchy rain this evening, with a brisk northwesterly. Tomorrow the rain will clear during the morning to showers. Clearer conditions are due by Sunday with wind swings to the southwest.
Sport
Weather and wind permitting, yacht racing in the Louis Vuitton
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