Toys For Active and Imaginative Play | Kids Review
Our Junior Toy Analyst Jaxon worked hard testing out toys featuring some of his favourite things. Check out what Jaxon and his mum thought of these great new toys for active and imaginative play.
Travel Around The World With Disney+ Destinations
Make Disney+ your destination of choice for the school holidays with fun staycation activities based on your family's favourite Disney stories. Every day is a holiday with Disney+ Destinations!
Creative Fun, Ghost Hunts, Car Stunts & Epic Designs | Toy Reviews
Our Junior Toy Analysts (known as the "SRS SQUAD") put their kid play to work trialing out a few fun toys!
NERF Zombie Strike Blaster | Kids Review
Get ready to master the zombie apocalypse with the NERF Zombie Strike Survival kit. See our review.
Find Hours of Imaginative Play With These Toys! | Kids Review
Looking for a few new toys to encourage imaginative play? Our 4-year old toy tester Aria reviews the Barbie Fashionista and Trolls World Tour Tiny Dancers Pack.
Blink – Will You Be The Champion In Your Family? | Kids Review
Looking for something new to add to your family game night? Blink might be the coolest new card game you’re not playing. See our review.
Build Skills and Explore Creativity with this LEGO Creator 3in1 set! | Kids Review
Our Junior Toy Analyst LOVES the LEGO® Creator 3in1 Townhouse Toy Store (31105) set that provided hours of fun. See the review.
What 6 Animated TV Bedrooms Would Look Like In Real Life
A team of interior designers bring some of our favourite animated TV character's bedrooms to life. See the results.
Prepare and Collect: Strategies For a Fun City Break with Kids
The idea of a cultural holiday or a city break can seem daunting when you have kids, but with some advance preparation and strategies to keep them engaged, it can be a valuable way to spend time together.
A Kid’s Dream Backyard
Six kids from around the world drew their dream backyards, and designers brought the designs to life! See the results.
Smart Hacks To Keep Your Child Learning Over The Holidays
School’s out, but that doesn’t mean that learning stops once the holidays are here. Try these hacks to get your child to learn valuable skills and help them to become responsible and resourceful as they grow.
7 Budget-friendly Ways to Have Summer Fun
Looking for budget actiivities you can do with the kids? Here are 7 fun summer activities you can plan including a nature walk, pool games and movie night.
Superb Summer Fun on a Budget
Make the most of the summer with our guide to fun and frugal things to do with the kids and make those amazing summer memories without breaking the bank.
31 Hacks for Summer Parenting
Here are 31 shortcuts, tips, tricks, ideas and bits of advice that will take away a little stress and add a lot more carefree to your summer days …
Rotorua Canopy Tours
Soar through the trees and experience New Zealand’s ancient forest in this unforgettable family adventure. The Original Canopy Tour is the perfect mix of fun and education that will have the kids and even grandma raving!
Enjoy a Quail Island adventure
Spend a fascinating half-day exploring Quail Island by taking our Quail Island ferry. Originally used as a quarantine station and as a small leprosy colony by the early European settlers, today the focus is on restoring native vegetation and being home to many native birds.
Our Fun Family Westfield Experience
Get out of the house with the kids to do something fun, but stay warm and dry and overall less traumatised by the drama of weather bombs.
The Kiwi Version Of Scrabble Is Here And It’s Awesome | Kids Review
Our toy tester Emma and her family have been trying out Kiwi Scrabble and they're loving it! Great for family game nights. Check out her review.
Must Have Toys For Little Imaginations | Kids Review
Two of our Junior Toy Analysts have been testing out toys for little imaginations and their reviews are in! From Barbie to Bakugan Battle Arena, these toys are perfect for imaginative play.
Movie Review: Detective Pikachu
This is a different Pikachu - a Detective Pikachu. He talks, sort of, and he investigates. This movie is more of a gritty cyber-punk action film, but is still pretty family friendly.
Bucket List for Kiwi Kids
What do you think every child should have the opportunity to experience, see or do before their childhood is over - a 'bucket list' for Kiwi kids?
Waitangi Day in New Zealand Aotearoa
The 6th of February every year is celebrated as Waitangi Day in New Zealand. It was on this date in 1840 that the first signatures, both British and Māori, were put on the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi). Find out more about this special day .
ROBO ALIVE T-REX is a Hit Pick for the Kids
ZURU unveiled two new additions to its ROBO ALIVE portfolio – the Attacking T-REX and Super-Fast, Super-Scary Spider! We're a dinosaur loving family with two boys under 5 and I'm certain the Robo Alive T-REX is going to be firm favourite toy, especially for Christmas!
Auckland Zoo Friends of the Zoo Annual Pass
From as little as $19 per month, your friends and family can enjoy unlimited daytime entry to Auckland Zoo, 364 days a year!
Fun on the Slopes at Snowplanet
Check the Snowplanet website for full details. Touted as the coolest place in town we went to check out Snowplanet! Could we handle the cool? Could we slip and slide down the slopes with more sliding that slipping? Let's see!
Nanogirl Live! Out of This World
Nanogirl is inspiring kids to engage in science and engineering through explosive and entertaining live shows. Read the review.
LEGO City Arctic at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Auckland
Up for an Arctic Expedition these school holidays? Become an Arctic Explorer with LEGO City Arctic at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium in Auckland these holidays and start your expedition challenge.
School Holidays at Sea Life Kelly Tarlton’s
Taking a trip out of the winter weather and adventuring under the sea is definitely worth making! An awesome opportunity to dive in and escape into a world we wouldn't otherwise get to see up close! In the school holidays, Sea Life Kelly Tarlton’s partnered with Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet to invite guests on an o-fish-ial quest to discover fascinating features about the fin-tastic places our underwater friends call home.
Jurassic World – Fallen Kingdom at the Cinema
So we rejoin the world of Jurassic three years after the events of the previous film, the Jurassic World theme park on Isla Nublar has been abandoned, but the island is about to blow and the Senate isn't interested in saving the dinosaur species.
Matariki – The Māori New Year
Learn all about Matariki - The Māori New Year - including how to find Matariki in the night sky, plus traditions and celebrations.