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Dance to the beats of Africa
Freyberg Square will move to the drumbeats of Africa on Friday 3 May when Ellen Melville Centre hosts an Afrikan Market between 4pm and 8pm, ushering in Africa Month and New Zealand Music Month side by side.
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Calling all community groups in Waitematā
Grants of up to $3,000 are up for grabs to help the community deliver positive outcomes for the local area.
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No more grassing on Okupu Bay
More than 150 natives are thriving in Okupu thanks to a new approach to weed control.
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City centre transformation gathers pace, with 15 projects delivered in past 5 years
When a plan leaps off the page and becomes reality, there’s reason to celebrate.
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Play Festival back with an extensive line up
Play Festival returns to Tuna Mau / Western Park on the first Saturday of April.
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Auckland Live brings ‘Summer in the Square’ to Aotea Square
Warm summer days are about to get even better with the Auckland Live Summer in the Square line-up that is jam-packed with free live entertainment from Thursday 1 February to Sunday 25 February.
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New city centre upgrades begin, in co-ordinated sequence of transformational change
Auckland’s city centre continues to transform into a greener, safer, more vibrant and better-connected place.
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Aotea signs International Dark Sky Proclamation
Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board has made a “Dark Sky Proclamation” to mark International Dark Sky Week.
Events
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Digital drop-in sessions
Did you know ….. digital drop-in sessions are now available at Waiheke Library?
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Aotea Square Ice Rink
The Aotea Square Ice Rink, is back with more fun than ever before!
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4 X 2
4x2 showcases ‘paintings’ framed with notched 4x2 timber, bound with muka. The exhibition reflect...
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Soft Spaces
Tenderness, safety, and joy are embraced as an act of rebellion in this intimate exhibition, Soft...
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Te Wā - A Moment In Time
Te Wā is an immersive exhibition honouring Puanga and Matariki, inviting manuhiri to pause, refle...
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Waiting For The Wind's Permission
A portrait takes a moment, alive and fleeting, and makes it still. Here, artists Levi Kereama and...
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Parawhenua Kōmaru Solar Tsunamis
Get hands-on with magnets, play with a plasma ball, generate your own electricity, make an aurora...
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Whai
Experience 'Whai', a new and captivating light-based artwork by artist Janine Williams.