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Waitematā & Gulf Ward News

Midtown street party unveils hidden art gems
April’s midtown street party on Thursday 17 April is packed full of art, music, food, live painting and stories. It will also celebrate street culture now, and from decades past.

Opera in the Strand returns to Strand Arcade
It’s New Zealand Music Month in May and people will flood into midtown’s streets, lanes and public spaces, further cementing our place in the world as a UNESCO City of Music.

Giving our biodiversity a helping hand
Thousands of pests have been removed thanks to an organisation which receives funding from Albert-Eden and Waitematā local boards.

Grant funding nurtures native nursery
Find out how grants helped Motu Community Nursery.

Sisters, aunties, daughters and mothers to celebrate Myers Park
Bring your daughters, mothers, aunties and female friends!

Federal Street - unique lights illuminate artwork to create outdoor gallery experience
A once reflective, quiet urban backyard, used mainly by the residents of upper Federal Street, has become a living art experience.

Want women to have an equal voice? Stand in Auckland's local elections
When it comes to speaking up, her-story shows that a woman’s voice can be powerful enough to make waves that change the world.

Strand Arcade opens an elegant new food and beverage chapter
Heritage architects describe Strand Arcade as one of the grandest surviving shopping arcades in New Zealand.
Waitematā & Gulf Ward Events

Leys Institute Little Library Book Chat
Fourth Thursday of every month except April.

La bohème
Join Mimi, Rodolfo, Marcello, Musetta and the rest as they’re joined by the NZ Opera Chorus and s...

Remarkable Survivors: Saving New Zealand’s history one photo
Photograph curator Keith Giles takes a look at why some studio collections no longer exist and ho...

Roger Hall's end of summer time
New Zealand’s most successful playwright, Sir Roger Hall, is back with an affectionate skewering...

Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor & C.P.E.Bach Magnificat
The concert is conducted by Bach Musica NZ's Music & Artistic Director, Rita Paczian.

Classic Series: Beethoven 5
Start with a splash of champagne, as Giordano Bellincampi and the Auckland Philharmonia dash off...

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
With an original cinematic score by composer Robin Kelly, and Missoni and Pucci-inspired fashion...

MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein
Award-winning playwright Jess Sayer builds on the bones of history to re-imagine the events of th...