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Waitematā & Gulf Ward

Waitematā & Gulf Ward News

City Centre Waterfront 2 Apr 2025

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.

Arts 1 Apr 2025

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.

Pest Free 31 Mar 2025

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.

Planting 31 Mar 2025

Grant funding nurtures native nursery

Find out how grants helped Motu Community Nursery.

Arts 20 Mar 2025

Sisters, aunties, daughters and mothers to celebrate Myers Park  

Bring your daughters, mothers, aunties and female friends!

Arts 13 Mar 2025

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.

Elections 6 Mar 2025

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.

People of Midtown
City Centre Waterfront 4 Mar 2025

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

27 Feb 2025 - 27 Nov 2025

Leys Institute Little Library Book Chat

Fourth Thursday of every month except April.

29 May 2025 - 06 Jun 2025

La bohème

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

31 May 2025

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...

17 Jun 2025 - 05 Jul 2025

Roger Hall's end of summer time

New Zealand’s most successful playwright, Sir Roger Hall, is back with an affectionate skewering...

22 Jun 2025

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.

26 Jun 2025

Classic Series: Beethoven 5

Start with a splash of champagne, as Giordano Bellincampi and the Auckland Philharmonia dash off...

15 Jul 2025 - 09 Aug 2025

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

With an original cinematic score by composer Robin Kelly, and Missoni and Pucci-inspired fashion...

19 Aug 2025 - 07 Sep 2025

MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein

Award-winning playwright Jess Sayer builds on the bones of history to re-imagine the events of th...