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Waitematā & Gulf Ward News

City Centre Waterfront 30 Apr 2024

Dance to the beats of Africa

Freyberg Square will move to the drumbeats of Africa on Friday 3 May when Ellen Melville Centre hosts an Afrikan Market between 4pm and 8pm, ushering in Africa Month and New Zealand Music Month side by side.

Community 22 Apr 2024

Calling all community groups in Waitematā

Grants of up to $3,000 are up for grabs to help the community deliver positive outcomes for the local area.

Planting 19 Apr 2024

No more grassing on Okupu Bay

More than 150 natives are thriving in Okupu thanks to a new approach to weed control.

City Centre Waterfront 17 Apr 2024

City centre transformation gathers pace, with 15 projects delivered in past 5 years

When a plan leaps off the page and becomes reality, there’s reason to celebrate.

Community 2 Apr 2024

Play Festival back with an extensive line up

Play Festival returns to Tuna Mau / Western Park on the first Saturday of April.

City Centre Waterfront 2 Apr 2024

Auckland Live brings ‘Summer in the Square’ to Aotea Square

Warm summer days are about to get even better with the Auckland Live Summer in the Square line-up that is jam-packed with free live entertainment from Thursday 1 February to Sunday 25 February.

City Centre Waterfront 27 Mar 2024

New city centre upgrades begin, in co-ordinated sequence of transformational change

Auckland’s city centre continues to transform into a greener, safer, more vibrant and better-connected place.

Environment 26 Mar 2024

Aotea signs International Dark Sky Proclamation

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board has made a “Dark Sky Proclamation” to mark International Dark Sky Week.

Waitematā & Gulf Ward Events

31 May 2025

Free live concert: Ka Mua Ka Muri Te Iho Auaha

Come and join us for the live performance of the Ka Mua Ka Muri Te Iho Auaha music series.

31 May 2025

Remarkable Survivors

Photograph curator Keith Giles takes a look at why some studio collections no longer exist and ho...

31 May 2025 - 01 Jun 2025

Weekend clay workshop

Explore both wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques.

28 May 2025 - 12 Jun 2025

Sustain - Antarctica - Richard Young

Richard’s photographs invite you to take time to observe the Antarctic landscape.

28 May 2025 - 12 Jun 2025

Sustain - Anywhere Out of the World - Ardit Hoxha

During his residency in Tokyo, Japan in late 2024, Ardit was drawn to the explore the city's buil...

28 May 2025 - 12 Jun 2025

Sustain - The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values - Clara Watt

This is a documentary series about an evolving story.

28 May 2025 - 12 Jun 2025

Sustain - VITAL

Vitale’s latest project, VITAL, is a collaboration with Conservation International that invites v...

24 May 2025 - 14 Jun 2025

Pacific Dance Festival Open Rehearsals

Join us as emerging and established Pacific dance artists take the floor in an open rehearsal.