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Community 15 Mar 2024

10 things to look forward to at Splash Landing

See what you and the whānau can get up to at Ōrākei's new festival!

14-24 year olds 15 Mar 2024

Environmental work gets a boost

Work to support the Papakura environment has received a cash boost.

Community 15 Mar 2024

What's for dinner? Franklin on a plate

Franklin's importance as the nation's foodbowl will be celebrated at a special event dinner on 8 April.

Community 15 Mar 2024

Celebrating Cultures ready to light up East Auckland

A fun and colorful multi-cultural festival, firing up East Auckland on Saturday 23 March.

Community 15 Mar 2024

AT urged to keep it simple

Complex engineered solutions may not be the way to solve simple traffic issues.

Community 15 Mar 2024

It started with a kiss...

A spot opposite Papakura Station has been rejected as a potential 'kiss and ride' drop-off point.

Parks / Outdoors 14 Mar 2024

Outlook bright for Waitākere Ranges Dark Sky project

Volunteers are now able to use equipment for light monitoring and help register a pre-application to Dark Sky International for the Waitākere Ranges to become an International Dark Sky Place, thanks to the support from Waitākere Ranges Local Board.

14-24 year olds 13 Mar 2024

Apply for a grant from Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

Community groups and organisations wanting to deliver projects and events have until 12 April to apply for funding.

Events

20 Jun 2024 - 18 Jul 2024

Soft Spaces

Tenderness, safety, and joy are embraced as an act of rebellion in this intimate exhibition, Soft...

20 Jun 2024 - 18 Jul 2024

Te Wā - A Moment In Time

Te Wā is an immersive exhibition honouring Puanga and Matariki, inviting manuhiri to pause, refle...

20 Jun 2024 - 18 Jul 2024

Te Wā - A Moment In Time – Ngā Rangatahi Toa

Through interactive installations, rangatahi explore dimensions of their tapa whā – physical and...

20 Jun 2024 - 18 Jul 2024

Waiting For The Wind's Permission

A portrait takes a moment, alive and fleeting, and makes it still. Here, artists Levi Kereama and...

16 Jun 2024 - 31 Jul 2024

Parawhenua Kōmaru Solar Tsunamis

Get hands-on with magnets, play with a plasma ball, generate your own electricity, make an aurora...

16 Jun 2024 - 21 Sep 2024

Whai

Experience 'Whai', a new and captivating light-based artwork by artist Janine Williams.

15 Jun 2024 - 21 Jul 2024

Mānawa Maiea a Matariki 2024

Kia ora community! Join us in celebration of Matariki throughout our various West Community Hubs...

12 Jun 2024 - 20 Jul 2024

Mau Moko

Mau Moko is an exhibition that explores 5 unique tangata that are mau moko. From reconnecting wit...