Northcote Shopping Centre

If you enjoy the food and vibrancy of the Orient, then the Northcote Shopping Centre is a place you will love. Each morning there are groups doing Tai Chi in Norman King Square, while the afternoons see regular games of Chinese chess around the elm tree in Pearn Place. Each Chinese New Year is celebrated withdance and exciting events - don't miss the Lion Dance.

The centre is home to some well-utilised community facilities such as the Northcote Library, the Settlement Support Office and the NorthART Community Arts Centre which hosts a variety of exhibitions throughout the year. These community facilities can be found in Norman King Square.

Try buying authentic Chinese delicacies from the Asian Supermarket, or sample some of the real Chinese baking at the Classic Bake House.

If you enjoy Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Malaysian or Hong Kong style food, then the centre's food court (Food City) has 12 different restaurants to choose from, plus a variety of other restuarants scattered throughout the centre.

Northart Community Arts Centre

Norman King Square, Northcote Shopping Centre, Tel (09) 480-9633

The Northart Community Arts Centre provides a public programme of exhibitions and other visual arts activities that are both innovative and accessible. What can be viewed reflects not only the artistic talent, but also the cultural diversity found within our community.

The exhibition galleries are spacious and contemporary, hosting varied individual and group shows including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture as well as fibre and textile art, ceramics, wood and glass. While the gallery focuses on North Shore city artists, be they internationally, nationally or locally acclaimed, many shows include celebrated artists living elswhere in New Zealand and overseas.

The gallery is open daily: 10am - 4pm, closed public holidays and from mid December to mid January.