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Community 2 Jul 2025

Play that connects us

The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board’s 2025 Play Plan supports inclusive, everyday play for all ages, everywhere in the community.

Community 2 Jul 2025

Climate ready: Ōpaheke Park opens in Papakura

Papakura locals have a new passive park to enjoy thanks to Papakura Local Board, and it’s not just a greenspace for walking the dog or riding your bike.

Community 2 Jul 2025

Record-breaking moth pod competition unites Howick community

Funded by the Howick Local Board, 42 teams removed over 246,000 plants, nearly double last year - including 72,922 pods and 173,380 seedlings, stopping around 6.1 billion seeds from spreading.

Community 2 Jul 2025

Rising with the tide: young talent, big waters

Ōtara's own Lochlan Te'o is Rio-bound - with help from the Local Board Excellence Award, this young bright talent is set to take on the world in a 24km ocean race.

Community 1 Jul 2025

Whau celebrates nine days of Pasifika power

Whau Pasifika Festival is making a vibrant return—bringing nine events over nine days in a powerful celebration of kotahitanga.

Community 1 Jul 2025

Titirangi Library opens on the book bus

A mobile book bus is providing library services during the major upgrade of the Titirangi War Memorial Hall and Library. 

Community 30 Jun 2025

Funding for the future: Albert-Eden’s environmental investment

The Albert-Eden Local Board is playing a key environmental role with a $458,000 investment across a range of projects for the 2025/2026 financial year. 

Community 30 Jun 2025

Puketāpapa Local Board makes largest-ever environment investment for 2025/2026

The Puketāpapa Local Board is ensuring the environment is in good hands, with its biggest-ever funding injection of $840,000 for the 2025/2026 financial year. 

Events

17 Aug 2025

Family History Lock-in - Pukekohe

Join us for a full day of research, discover and engaging talks with a team of experienced geneal...

17 Aug 2025

Te Whau Walkway Community Planting Day

Join the Mahurangi Land Restoration Programme planting day at Te Whau Walkway

19 Aug 2025 - 07 Sep 2025

MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein

Award-winning playwright Jess Sayer builds on the bones of history to re-imagine the events of th...

21 Aug 2025 - 23 Aug 2025

Decadunce

Award-winning Kiwi comedian Marshall Lorenzo (Canada’s Drag Race) is back with a brand new sketch...

23 Aug 2025

Feminist Collage Workshop

A dynamic, hands-on workshop of an intuitive collage-making process inspired by feminist themes.

23 Apr 2025 - 23 Aug 2025

Wallace & Gromit in Concert

Get ready for a spectacular performance featuring everyone’s favourite duo, complete with live mu...

24 Aug 2025 - 23 Nov 2025

Anoushka Akel Ifs

Ifs is a solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Anoushka Akel (b.1977 Tāmaki Makaurau...

28 Aug 2025

Love Stories

In this concert featuring three timeless tales of love, Glinka’s thrilling overture precedes an o...