Showing posts with label Amici della Dante. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amici della Dante. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Special offers and discounts for Dante Members

Renew your membership and take advantage of discounts offered by our Friends of Dante Auckland!


In Italy, and other countries too, Dante members can enjoy discounts to a number of museums (including skipping the queue at the Vatican Museums!), but also bars, restaurants and more: just check the full list here.

In Auckland you can get discounts from a number of businesses friends of the Society (see the full list on our side bar), including a discount of 10% available for all the members of the Dante Alighieri Society for purchasing wines online from sapori.co.nzPlease use promo code: REGULAR

The pomo code is available for the whole year for all products, except Mixed Cases.
 




Monday, December 23, 2019

Touched by Fire Italian scarves: 20% discount for Dante members




Touched by Fire is a small company based in Christchurch (New Zealand) by Enrica and Simon Ogden. They say:

"Our ambition is to ignite a passion for exquisite forms, fabrics, textures and colours. Our designs come to life from the experience of a place, a mood or a moment. Some begin as an art work, some from the manipulation of patterns on found objects or images. Each has a unique story to tell while breathing away its own beauty and ephemerality.




All our scarves are conceptualised and designed by Simon Ogden in New Zealand. Once the designs are ready, they are sent to Italy. In Lake Como natural fibres are blended and woven into fabrics that hang softly and best react to natural dyes, bringing the nuances of colour and the details of the design to life. At this point, the printed material travels to Bologna. In Bologna a team of committed artisans cuts, washes and finishes each of our scarves by hand before they journey back to New Zealand

We are happy to offer 20% off on our new range to all the members of the Dante Alighieri as a thank for the love and support shown to us over the last three years. Our scarves can be purchased on line (wearetouchedbyfire.com) and the discount is applied when entering the promocode: CELEBRATE at checkout. Gift vouchers can be purchased online as well and start from $100. They never expires just like our scarves!"



Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Opening of Cinema Italiano Festival and discount for Dante members



Great evening at Cinema Italiano Festival opening gala, and what a perfect Italian evening in Auckand! ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡¹ 
Check out the Festival programme as there are many Italian movies to watch - Dante Alighieri Auckland members and students: remember that you have a special discount, just have your Dante Society card on hand when booking your seats.

 Plus, (and for all): if you fancy a pizza or Peroni or Prosecco before the movie show your ticket and get a 15% discount at the Bar of Gusto at the Grand for the duration of the Cinema Italiano film festival in Auckand (Offer available at the Gusto Bar time 5m-7pm, until 30 September), check on the here for details.

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Introducing our newest Business Friend of Dante: Original Sicily


We have a new Business Friend of Dante: Original Sicily, offering a 10% discount to all Dante members! You may have meet Dario at Festival Italiano and at La Cigale market, and we are please to announce that he now also has a shop in Victoria Park Market (not far from the Dante Auckland School!) Go and say ciao and don't forget your Dante membership card to get your discount! 
Dario filling cannoli at the Festival Italiano
Original Sicily is an importer, distributor and retailer of fine foods from Italy. If you love Sicilian food here you will find a wide range of products typical of the Sicilian culinary tradition: sweet spreads, chocolates, pastries, cannoli, jams, pestos and pasta sauces, pistachios and other nuts, and more.
Each product is the result of traditional recipes and has a very definite geographical and cultural origin, which makes them all special and unique.



The company was born with the idea of sharing the Italian food culture and passion with New Zealand, to provide New Zealanders with the opportunity to explore new and exciting flavours and to create, with little effort, tasty recipes by using high quality products. 


In the food service sector, Original Sicily is specialised in supplying food businesses with ingredients and finished products, and supplies restaurants, patisseries, bakeries, cafes, catering companies and gelaterie with any price range requirement.

Original Sicily
Shop: 210 Victoria Street West, Victoria Park Market, shop 34
Market: La Cigale, 69 Saint Georges Bay, Parnell 
Website and online shop: www.originalsicily.co.nz
Contact person: Dario Motta
Email: info@originalsicily.co.nz
Phone: 0275121809

Friday, March 2, 2018

Un caffè, per piacere!

We are delighted to introduce a new friend of the Dante!
GRATO CAFE, a cute little cafe in the heart of Grey Lynn on 104 Richmond Road.
  

You will be welcomed by Lisa’s lovely and warm smile!
Lisa is the owner of this little gem where you can always have a good coffee, delicious homemade food and fantastic smoothies.
Our favorites are the chili fried eggs and ricotta toast (with a zing of lemon), simple and delicious, and the green smoothie with almond milk and lots of good and healthy green stuff (no sugar)!

Here is a short chat with Lisa:
Ciao Lisa, where are you from originally? Born in Auckland, my parents were from Genova and Calabria and family in Bologna.
What is your Italian most distinctive trait? Passion for food and people! The Italian fire and I am loud.
What do you like the most about Italy? The food! That the most humble and simple of dishes can be so filled with flavour and love.
When I say pasta what is the first think that comes in your mind? Pasta Napolitana covered in parmesan cheese… my happy place.
What GRATO means in Italian? GRATO is Italian for Grateful or thankful. Because there is always something to be grateful for.
 
Pop in, say Ciao, order your coffee in Italian and enjoy a 10% of discount!
“Un caffè, per piacere!”
 
GRATO CAFE
104 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021
Open from 7am to 2pm