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Arts 9 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.

Zero Waste 9 Apr 2025

More than 24 tonnes of construction waste diverted from landfill

A construction waste solutions programme funded by Waitematā Local Board has diverted 24,600kg from landfill so far.

Community 8 Apr 2025

Five ways to connect with your community

Here are some ways to get amongst it and make a difference in your community with the people around you.

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.

Events

21 May 2026

Notes on Tāmaki: Jazz Combo

An avid vocalist and instrumentalist- Elinor (Ella) finds passion in performing, and exploring th...

21 May 2026 - 23 May 2026

The Village of Twelve Nights

Experience a live, original musical theatre performance created and performed by a cast of disabl...

21 May 2026 - 03 Jun 2026

White Blood

Through everyday objects, White Blood examines how imperial power operates beyond territorial con...

21 May 2026 - 18 Jun 2026

Gaps of Silence

These works listen to what lingers in the hush between worship and erasure, where the divine wait...

21 May 2026 - 18 Jun 2026

Letters Home

This exhibition explores the quiet, intimate act of writing letters to the people we love.

22 May 2026 - 26 Jun 2026

The Little Leys Classic Film Club

The Leys Institute Little Library’s Film Club screens famous, influential and entertaining master...

23 May 2026

Auckland Voices: Tracing the history of the New Zealand accent

A talk investigating where the New Zealand accent came from and why it sounds the way it does today.

23 May 2026 - 24 May 2026

Marbled clay on the wheel

Create mesmerizing marbled ceramic vases and cups by combining contrasting coloured clay and shap...