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Environment 3 Sep 2024

Help decide our shoreline's future

Give feedback on the draft Shoreline Adaptation Plan for Aotea Great Barrier and Hauraki Gulf Islands.

Environment 3 Sep 2024

Understanding exotic caulerpa around Aotea

Recent exotic caulerpa surveillance around Aotea gives insight into the extent of the pest seaweed.

Zero Waste 19 Jul 2024

Upskilling community groups and another step towards zero waste

Find out about new projects being funded by the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board.

Matariki 19 Jul 2024

More Matariki highlights for Aotea

Discover the highlights from Matariki at Kawa Marae this year.

Zero Waste 18 Jul 2024

Repair Café established with help from grant and volunteers

A weekly repair café in central Auckland that gives broken items a new lease of life is being piloted with the help of a $32,800 grant from Auckland Council’s Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund.

Business Q&A
City Centre Waterfront 10 Jul 2024

The Symphony Centre - a cultural, economic and social catalyst for midtown

Positioned at the heart of midtown’s changing urbanscape will be a magnificent structure nestled between a station and a square - The Symphony Centre development.

Environment 8 Jul 2024

Waiheke board backs marine protection bill

Protection of the Hauraki Gulf has taken a positive step forward in line with the Waiheke Local Board’s commitment to support the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill as part of its Local Board Agreement.

Civil Defence / Emergency Management 4 Jul 2024

Waiheke emergency volunteers get a hand from the board

Waiheke volunteer groups have received a financial boost from the local board to help prepare the island for future emergencies.

Events

06 Jun 2026

Pinhole camera workshop

Come along and learn how to make a pinhole camera.

08 Jun 2026 - 22 Jun 2026

Woodcut Prints

The course will cover several approaches to woodcut printing, including layering blocks and combi...

11 Jun 2026

Chopin & Tchaikovsky

The stunning Russian-Armenian pianist Eva Gevorgyan makes her NZ debut with the delicate, melanch...

14 Jun 2026

Songs of Destiny

José Aparicio, our guest conductor, is a native of Spain with an inspiring presence as a conducto...

18 Jun 2026

Notes on Tāmaki: WAIWHAI

A performance weaving sound and feeling, summoning spontaneous music that wades between the stran...

18 Jun 2026 - 05 Jul 2026

Sons of Vao

Forged in fire, bound by blood.

20 Jun 2026

Tāmaki after dark

For over a hundred years, the heart of our city hasn’t just beaten - it’s pulsed to a rhythm. Joi...

24 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026

Haerenga

Haerenga by noa hāmana (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Toa) explores Māori migration and its continua...