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School Holiday Programmes in East Auckland
Pakuranga, Botany, Howick, Cockle Bay, Half Moon Bay, Flat Bush, Maraetai
For 26 Sept – 11 Oct 2026, we’ve confirmed 6 dated sessions in East Auckland (3 free), alongside 7 local providers and 9 citywide chains that run here. That makes East Auckland the 5th-busiest of Auckland’s five areas for dated holiday sessions.
Dated sessions in East Auckland
Sessions with dates we could verify, running 26 Sept – 10 Oct. 3 of the 6 are free; the rest are paid. Times and prices are on the provider’s own page.
| Programme | Dates | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| School Holidays - Highland Park | 26 Sept – 10 Oct | Free |
| East Auckland Library Holiday Programme | 26 Sept – 10 Oct | Free |
| Spring School Holiday Fun | 26 Sept | Paid |
| Howick Leisure Centre: Spring Holiday Programme | 28 Sept – 9 Oct | Paid |
| Wilderness Explorers School Holidays - Pakuranga | 2 Oct | Free |
| UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture: Spring Holiday Workshops | 5 Oct – 9 Oct | Paid |
East Auckland providers
Performing-arts holiday workshops in East Auckland — drama, dance and music, ending in a mini showcase.
Council programme — games, sports days and outings to Stardome, bowling and movies; 7:30am–6pm.
Full and half-day options with crafts, science, sports and community outings.
Runs from Howick Primary — sports, cooking, arts and crafts serving wider East Auckland.
Coding, robotics, 3D printing and Minecraft/Roblox days — 9am–3pm with early drop-off.
OSCAR holiday adventures for the Ormiston and Mission Heights schools, based at Ormiston Primary hall.
Not-for-profit club running gymnastics, parkour and trampoline holiday days.
What East Auckland covers — and what it doesn’t
Across our 7 East Auckland listings the programme types are arts & creative, all-rounder, steam & science and sports & active. 4 of the 7 are OSCAR-approved, so eligible families can claim the Work and Income subsidy toward the cost.
Missing locally: nature & animals and pools & swimming. If that’s what you’re after, the nearest listings are nature & animals in North Shore and pools & swimming in North Shore — worth the drive for a one-off camp, less so for a full week of drop-offs.
How East Auckland compares
Dated sessions we found across Auckland for this break. Nobody publishes this split — we count it ourselves from provider pages, council listings and library programmes, so it moves as bookings open.
| Central Auckland | 22 | |
| North Shore | 15 | |
| South Auckland | 13 | |
| West Auckland | 10 | |
| East Auckland | 6 |
9 citywide chains (The Y (YMCA) Holiday Programmes, sKids Holiday Programmes and Kelly Sports Holiday Programmes and others) also run in East Auckland, often inside a local primary school — see the full list with ages and OSCAR status.
Between sessions in East Auckland
Half-day camps leave an afternoon to fill, and most families don’t want to pay twice in one day. These are the East Auckland spots we’d head to — free ones first.
Spot spring ducklings by the water and play in the warming sunshine.
Meet newborn lambs on the farm and picnic by the fresh spring shore.
Picnic on the grass and skim stones across the calm spring bay.
Picnic on the grass and beachcomb the shore on fresh spring days.
Spot fresh ferns and listen for native birds on a green spring walk.
Picnic by the bay and beachcomb the flats as spring warms up.
Other Auckland areas
Filling the days between programmes? What’s on this weekend and places to take kids in East Auckland both sort by area.
Listings are a free community resource linking to each provider’s official site. We’re not affiliated with the programmes and don’t handle bookings — confirm dates, safety and pricing with the provider. School holiday dates follow the Ministry of Education term dates.