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What to do in Auckland in November 2026

215 events from Sunday, November 1 to Monday, November 30, 2026. Free: 25. Busiest venues: Q Theatre, Basement Theatre, The Civic.

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 15

Threads of Time: Travel, Trade & Textiles

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jul 2

Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Ammon Ngakuru: Three Scenes 2025

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 16

Giacometti without End

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 7

Overtime

Objectspace · Ponsonby
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 23

Eternity – Tianlongshan Grottoes Bodhisattva, Winged Victory of Samothrace

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 22

Kereama Taepa: Pouhono

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 21

In Trust for Tomorrow: The Greg J Moyle Foundation Bequest

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 15

et al.: the fundamental practice

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Jeena Shin and Jamie Te Heuheu: Moving through time

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Jeena Shin & Jamie Te Heuheu: Moving through time

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Ruth Ige: The Evocation of Worlds

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free
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Visual arts
until Nov 1

The Crackling of the Sun

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Titanic: The Human Story

Smith & Caughey’s Building · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
$30–$67 Tickets
Visual arts
Open run

Te Ripo o Te Moana: Taonga Through Time

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · Parnell
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 19

Mahi Whakaahua i te Tuawhenua o Aotearoa – Ron Vine: Photographing Rural New Zealand

MOTAT – Museum of Transport and Technology · Western Springs
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 15

In the image of the city

Objectspace · Ponsonby
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 15

Kaurilands School: Changing Faces

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
Open run

All Aboard – How Tāmaki Moves

MOTAT – Museum of Transport and Technology · Western Springs
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 12

AS LOYAL KIWIS WE CANNOT DESIRE

Gus Fisher Gallery · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 12

touchsprings

Gus Fisher Gallery · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 1

Picasso: Designed by Paul Smith

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 19

Group Admits Mistake

Artspace Aotearoa · Karangahape Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 26

March of the Triceratops

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · Parnell
- Visual arts
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Cinema
until Nov 18

British and Irish Film Festival 2026

Rialto Cinemas Newmarket · Newmarket
- Cinema
Visual arts
until Dec 23

J.A. Kennedy: redportleftobligation / greenstarboardrightvolition or no / yes, yes / no

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

Joy on Mute

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

Lily Worrall: Grains

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

October exhibitions

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Free
Other
12 PM

BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival

Aotea Square · Auckland CBD
Tickets
Theatre
1 PM

Jesus Christ Superstar

The Civic · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
$63.72–$142.22 Tickets
Theatre
4 PM

Songs for Nobodies

Q Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Clinton Watkins: Deep Listening Performance

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Music
- Visual arts
Free
Comedy
6:30 PM

Khaled Khalafalla: The Let Me Take You There Tour

Q Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Mudhoney

Whammy Bar (with Double Whammy) · Karangahape Road
- Music
- Garage
- Grunge
- Hardcore
Tickets

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

SKWERT: The Reunion

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
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Theatre
7:30 PM

Jesus Christ Superstar

The Civic · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
$63.72–$142.22 Tickets
Theatre
8 PM

I Know You, Fish (or Te Conozco Bacalao)

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
Tickets

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

SKWERT: The Reunion

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Jesus Christ Superstar

The Civic · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
$63.72–$142.22 Tickets
Theatre
8 PM

I Know You, Fish (or Te Conozco Bacalao)

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
8:30 PM

Driving Me Crazy

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Comedy
Tickets

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Music
6:30 PM

SKWERT: The Reunion

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Jesus Christ Superstar

The Civic · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
$63.72–$142.22 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Pictures At An Exhibition

Auckland Town Hall · Auckland CBD
- Music
- Classical
$30.59–$144.77 Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tsar Saltan

The PumpHouse Theatre · Takapuna
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
8 PM

I Know You, Fish (or Te Conozco Bacalao)

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
8:30 PM

Full Puss

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Comedy
- Cabaret
Tickets

Friday, November 6, 2026

Cinema
6 PM

500 Days in the Wild: Q&A screening with Dianne Whelan

Rialto Cinemas Newmarket · Newmarket
- Cinema
Other
6 PM

Keep The Change Unplugged 2026 Presented By Sharesies

Bruce Mason Centre · Takapuna
$27 Tickets
Cinema
6 PM

Q&A Screening with Dianne Whelan: 500 Days in the Wild

Rialto Cinemas Newmarket · Newmarket
- Cinema
Music
6:30 PM

SKWERT: The Reunion

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Jesus Christ Superstar

The Civic · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
$63.72–$142.22 Tickets
Theatre
7:30 PM

Tsar Saltan

The PumpHouse Theatre · Takapuna
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Auckland Atonement 2

Unwanted Subject · Sprawl · Hunter · Horsefly

Big Fan · Morningside
- Music
- Hardcore
- Punk
$15–$20 Tickets
Theatre
8 PM

I Know You, Fish (or Te Conozco Bacalao)

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
8:30 PM

Driving Me Crazy

Basement Theatre · Auckland CBD
- Comedy
Tickets
Nights out
10 PM

Malaa (House Set)

Neck of the Woods · Karangahape Road
- Nights out
- House
Music
Time not announced

Ash Grunwald

The Tuning Fork · Auckland CBD
- Music
Tickets

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Visual arts
2 PM

In Conversation: Fa’amele Etuale and Lema Shamamba

Corban Estate Arts Centre · Henderson
- Visual arts

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