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Auckland's Future In Progress
Auckland’s waterfront lands multiple awards
Waterfront projects have won five awards this year, across multiple disciplines, and have been shortlisted for a further six.
Auckland’s city centre reaches for the stars
As Matariki rises above the horizon in the north-eastern skies of Tāmaki Makaurau, the whāriki / welcome mat at Te Komititanga will be laid out and Matariki ki te Manawa - Matariki at the heart – will begin.
Majority support for proposed approaches to Auckland Unitary Plan changes
A majority of submitters have supported Auckland Council’s proposed approaches for changing the Auckland Unitary Plan.
120,000+ return to city centre on Fridays and Saturdays in May
Fridays and Saturdays in May saw the highest consistent numbers of people coming to the city centre - Karangahape Road to the waterfront - since before Auckland’s August 2021 lockdown.
More tables along widened footpaths support hospitality this summer
An outdoor dining grant scheme has to date supported more than 30 businesses to add new or enhance their outdoor dining spaces with new outdoor equipment - street furniture, shade umbrellas, outdoor heaters and planters.
Construction of Queen Street upgrade begins in January 2022
Construction will begin on 10 January 2022 on the last three stages of the Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project – from Shortland Street to Mayoral Drive.
Hone Tuwhare’s poem ‘The river is an island’ now etched into the fabric of the city he loved
Scan a QR code on the side of two steel pourama (light columns) standing tall on the corner of Sale Street and Wellesley Street and hear a poem by celebrated New Zealand manu kōrero/poet Hone Tuwhare.
Auckland Council wins Waka Kotahi award for creating a safer Emily Place
Auckland Council’s entry Creating Safer Streets - Emily Place has won a Waka Kotahi Agent for Change award, announced this week.
Eke Panuku to lead coordination of city centre development programme
Eke Panuku has been appointed as the lead agency to coordinate the next phase of city centre development following endorsement from the Planning Committee today.
Takapuna’s revitalized town centre complete and open for business
Takapuna is welcoming visitors and Christmas shoppers to its freshly revitalised town centre following the completion of the Hurstmere Road transformation project.
First flowers for Quay Street pōhutukawa since their dramatic journey home last winter
The first flourish of blazing red flowers is being noticed in Quay Street’s pōhutukawa, ushering in the first week of Auckland’s Alert Level 3, step 2.
VIDEO: optimism for Auckland’s city centre
Auckland Council and Eke Panuku are proud to release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come in its planned 20-year transformation. The video shows how the delivery of the City Centre Masterplan is proving to be much more than the s...
Waters flowing beneath the city set to be illuminated in a contemporary placemaking design led by young Māori
While many of the natural waterways which once flowed through Auckland’s city centre have been lost from sight – channelled, piped and progressively covered over – a new Māori design kaupapa will see those urban waters remembered.
VIDEO: Herenga Waka, Herenga Tāngata: gathering place of waka, gathering place of people
Downtown Auckland is now an expression of Tāmaki Makaurau
Watch: Experience your new waterfront
Auckland’s waterfront has been transformed with new public spaces, more space for pedestrians and better public transport connections.
