Weekend NZ: Auckland Planner

Stop scrolling, start going. Weekend NZ plans your Auckland weekend in seconds — real places, real budgets, real weather. HOW IT WORKS Tell it who's coming and what you've got: budget, adults and kids, by car, transit or on foot, how far you want to go. Type it in plain words — "saturday, two adults, one kid, $100, no car" — and it understands on your device, no account needed. One tap builds a ready-to-go itinerary with drive and transit times taken from Apple Maps; where a leg cannot be routed it is labelled as an estimate. PLANS THAT FIT REAL LIFE • Hard budget filter — ticket prices are weighed against your budget before a plan is ever shown, and prices we couldn't verify are flagged, never invented • Weather-aware — forecasts from Open-Meteo; when rain is coming, indoor picks like museums and the aquarium swap themselves in • Open the full seven-day Auckland forecast for daily conditions, temperatures, rain chance and wind, alongside MetService's national warning headlines and their official links • Two or three comparable plans every time: a relaxed outdoors version, a budget version, a wet-weather backup READINGS FOR THE DAY YOU PICK • Rain looked at stop by stop, so an outdoor leg that turns wet gets named rather than glossed over • Peak UV forecast for the day, with the SunSmart and NIWA basis spelled out beside it — labelled as Open-Meteo's forecast, not a measured level • Tide predictions for that date, only on the five stops where the water changes the visit, each naming the LINZ port its table comes from and how far that port is • Road works and closures near your route, asked again from NZTA every time the day is on screen • Felt earthquake reports from GeoNet for the area — shaking already measured, because earthquakes cannot be forecasted MAKE IT YOURS • Edit the day — reorder stops, change how long you stay, swap a place or drop one, and the timings work themselves out again • The whole day on a map, and each leg handed to Apple Maps for step-by-step driving, transit or walking directions • Surprise mode — feeling lucky? Roll a blind-box weekend picked for your date • Check in after a trip and those places slide down the list in the next plan • A heads-up if the forecast turns wet before a weekend you saved A WHOLE LIBRARY Eighteen curated Auckland places, each carrying the official source we checked and the date we checked it, plus a live Apple Maps search when you want something specific. Filter to free only, indoor only, kid-friendly — a venue whose own page names a playground, a baby-changing place or pram access — off-leash dog areas, or places that state step-free access. A place that says nothing on its page stays unmarked rather than being guessed into a filter. EVERYDAY NZ Check bundled 2026–2027 national holiday dates and 2026 between-term school breaks, read MetService nationwide warning headlines with source links and fetch time, and search 15 official-service links. Calendar context appears beside your day. Directory links open agency websites; they are not live service data. School-specific dates and holiday venue hours still need checking. NOW IN NZ See current nationwide MetService headlines and GeoNet felt reports, each with a source and retrieval time. The NZTA journey link opens current state-highway information. Empty feeds are never treated as a local all-clear. SHARE IT & KEEP IT Add a plan to your calendar, send yourself a shareable card of the day or of your year in footprints, and revisit every saved trip offline. BUILT IN BOTH LANGUAGES Switch the entire interface between English and 中文 at any time, including the places you plan. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, tracking, ads or app server. Plans and check-ins stay on your device; export them from Settings. Weekend NZ is a planning aid, not a booking service. Confirm changing prices, hours and conditions with each venue.