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Parks / Outdoors 20 Apr 2023

How your local parks and beaches are kept fresh, fun and accessible

Discover some of the work your local board does to keep our public spaces in great shape.

Environment 20 Apr 2023

School children help with important marine pest survey

Okiwi School and Envirokiwi have been monitoring for an invasive crab species for the past three years.

Parks / Outdoors 20 Apr 2023

Green, red and yellow colours for Silverdale playground

Green, red and yellow is the colour palette that inspired the upgraded playground at Silverdale War Memorial Park, which reopened recently.

Community 20 Apr 2023

Onehunga Bay Reserve’s revamp makes a three-point play

Onehunga Bay Reserve's outdoor fitness area is now open for free workout sessions with more to come.

Community 20 Apr 2023

Boards find better ways to work together

Auckland's southern local boards are coming together to co-operate in areas where their interests are shared.

Community 19 Apr 2023

Help design a new park in Ōrewa

Residents are being asked to help design a park that will be developed next year in Harvest Avenue, Ōrewa.

Community 18 Apr 2023

Grant helps grow kids love for nature

Interest in nature has grown at Edmonton Primary School with an environmental initiative thanks to the Love Your Neighbourhood grant provided by EcoMatters.

Community 17 Apr 2023

Street Fest returns to Papakura

Papakura Street Fest returns on Saturday, May 6 with around 5000 visitors expected to make the most of more than 40 stalls.

Events

07 Jul 2023 - 15 Jul 2023

Ali Baba and the Magic Cave

Ali Baba spies a group of thieves who, after saying magic words, cause a strange rumbling sound to come not from the sky but from beneath the earth.

08 Jul 2023

APO | The Trusts Community Foundation Opera in Concert | Die Tote Stadt

The New Zealand premiere of Die Tote Stadt will be, quite simply, one of this country’s artistic highlights of 2023.

08 Jul 2023

Family Kite Making - Manu Aute

The ReCreators are on a mission to teach people how to turn waste into value, saving money and the planet at the same time with creative design thinking.