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Join the Jane Austen book club
Despite being nearly two decades after her death, Jane Austen’s legacy continues to live on – including right here in Auckland. Howick Library has captured her legacy by creating a Jane Austen book club.
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Full steam ahead for the Half Moon Bay ferry pier
Construction has begun on the new Half Moon Bay ferry pier, which when complete will provide a new, modern and safer ferry experience for its users.
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Award for community stalwart
Howick Local Board presented the overall Rotary Club of Botany East Tāmaki Citizen of the Year Award to community stalwart Hans Wang.
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Helpful heroes for the Howick Information Service
Who you gonna visit if you're looking for help out east?
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NZ’s largest new town taking shape
Flat Bush (Ormiston) is New Zealand's largest and most comprehensively planned new town. Check out the progress and see what's coming up.
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Macleans College students win environment award
Howick Local Board, in association with the council's Local Parks South, applaud the Maclean’s College Enviro Group for being the overall winner of the Ros Nicholson Award for Native Ecology.
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Uxbridge Arts Centre takes shape
The renovation of Howick’s Uxbridge Arts Centre is well underway.
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Running for Auckland Council?
Want to be more directly involved in decisions that will help make Auckland a great place to live? Consider running as a candidate in the next council elections.
Events
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School Holiday Art Programme
The UXBRIDGE School Holiday Art workshops are available for bookings now. Options for July are fe...
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July School Holidays at Howick Library - Matariki
Join us for a bunch of fun activities this school holidays!
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Magical Moving Images - School Holiday programme
Learn skills from the past and experience some of the hard work done every day, in hands-on activ...
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Ngā Tamariki o Matariki July School Holidays @ Pakuranga Library
Join us at the library these school holidays for an awesome line up of fun and exciting crafts, a...
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School Holiday Programme Highland Park Library
Join us for these exciting school holiday events.
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18th Annual Estuary Art and Ecology Awards
Explore the ecological value of this vital waterway and encourage action against its pollution.
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Japanese Playgroup Pakuranga
Join this event to learn more about Japanese culture for parents and their children.
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Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days
Come and watch the community theatre’s spectacular production of Around the World in 80 Days!