What's on?

An event for every occasion and activities for every season. Akaroa and Banks Peninsula has an exciting calendar of events all year round.

Want to host your own event? Find out how Akaroa District Promotions can help organise and promote it here.

Ethels Cinema Akaroa Weekly Timetable

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

Ethels Cinema Akaroa Weekly Timetable

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

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Pohatu Wildside Discovery Tour

1 Jun 2023 through to 31 Aug 2023

Pohatu Wildside Discovery Tour

1 Jun 2023 through to 31 Aug 2023

From the 1st of June to the end of August 23, join our half day tour for only $105 per adults instead of $135. Enter "WinterDeal23" when booking online. Scenic drive, photo stops, short walks through ancient forest.


Penguins, sheep, wetas and more wildlife will be encountered on this journey to the Wildlife of Banks peninsula.


Includes afternoon tea with homemade goodies.

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Banks Track Specials | Akaroa Nature and History Tour

1 Jun 2023 through to 31 Dec 2023

Banks Track Specials | Akaroa Nature and History Tour

1 Jun 2023 through to 31 Dec 2023

Banks Track Specials | Akaroa Nature and History Tour

$20 off (normal price $120)

Book this 3-hour tour, departing Akaroa at 12:15pm directly with Marie Haley at https://theseventhgeneration.org/akaroa-nature-and-history-tour/ or Call 033047654

Use the Promo Code: Banks Track

This wide-ranging tour visits five of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most important historic sites that together “have a narrative more important than Waitangi” (Harry Evison). It includes homemade afternoon tea at the Akaroa Heritage Park, and visits areas of the Wildside and Hinewai Reserve not visited by Banks Track.

Leaving at 12:15pm and arriving back to the Banks Track bus stop at 3:15pm the tour time fits nicely between arriving to Akaroa and transport to the first night of the walk.

This is a “must-do experience in Akaroa” considered by long term local landowners as “the best tour they’ve ever done”, other travellers reviews are all 5-stars: “world class” and “remarkable”. READ OUR REVIEWS

This tour is ideal for track walkers as it interweaves indigenous concepts of turangawaewae, kaitiakitanga and the seventh generation principle into the tour, leaving you with a deep understanding and connection to the landscape that you are about to walk. It takes you to places just on the edges of the Banks Track, places you pass by and wonder about.

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Black Cat $230 Family Pass - Save Up To $90

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

Black Cat $230 Family Pass - Save Up To $90

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

$230 FAMILY PASS – SAVE UP TO $90

$230 for an Akaroa Nature Cruise for 2 adults and up to 3 children! Save $88 with this fantastic family deal.

*Please note that no special offer can be used in conjunction with any other offer

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Black Cat $169 DOUBLE DEAL

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

Black Cat $169 DOUBLE DEAL

1 Jun 2023 through to 30 Jun 2023

$169 DOUBLE DEAL

An Akaroa Nature Cruise for 2 adults.

Use the promocode “DOUBLEDEAL”.

Standard price is $99 per adult.

*Please note that no special offer can be used in conjunction with any other offer

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Jackie goes Prima Diva

20 Jun 2023 through to 20 Jun 2023

Jackie goes Prima Diva

20 Jun 2023 through to 20 Jun 2023

Arts on tour New Zealand presents

Jackie goes Prima Diva

Jackie Clarke sings iconic songs with tender soul and gleeful virtuosity accompanied by her trusty side -kick Maestro piano.

Tickets $25 available from the Akaroa Museum and the Good Story Book Shop

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Akaroa French Festival 2023

6 Oct 2023 through to 8 Oct 2023

Akaroa French Festival 2023

6 Oct 2023 through to 8 Oct 2023

The Akaroa French Festival is a biennial event celebrating the unique culture and heritage of New Zealand’s only French settlement in the harbourside town of Akaroa.

The next Akaroa French Festival will be held from the 6th to the 8th October, 2023.

The festival commences on the Friday evening with the official opening. This is followed by Le Marché de Nuit– the Night Market, where fabulous food and wine vendors, live music and dancing entertain party-goers.

Saturday morning begins with ‘Landings’, reenacting the tales of the many brave souls who came to call Akaroa home: from the first Maori to the whalers and then of course, to the French and German settlers on board the Comte de Paris. Next, our famous Parade with brass band will lead the crowd to the Akaroa Recreational Grounds for the commencement of Market Day.

The festival hub will be in the Akaroa Recreational Ground, where guests can enjoy some live music, taste local food and wine as well as lots of French cuisine, or take in the local fashion show and a French cooking demonstration. For the more energetic, French-themed competitions will be held including: cock crowing, a waiter’s race and multiple French games enjoyed by all the family.

Saturday evening is definitely party time! Our show-stopping, Le Cabaret, will be found in the Big Top marquee featuring comedy, Le Can Can and risqué burlesque. Revellers dance the night away to great music from New Zealand’s very best entertainers.

Sunday is a real taste of France with La Brocante, an opportunity to search for treasure or strike a bargain with local vendors and professionals selling antiques, collectibles and vintage wares. We also have Le Cirque Du Croissant happening in the big tent which is a fun show for kids of all ages.

Akaroa French Festival shines a light on all that Banks Peninsula has to offer. We invite you to book your accommodation early and come to share in this magical weekend.

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