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Arts 5 Mar 2025

Brushstrokes & backroads: Clevedon Art Trail 2025 

Whether you’re an art lover or just looking for a family friendly weekend activity, the Clevedon Art Trail promises a creative and inspiring experience.  

People of Midtown
City Centre Waterfront 4 Mar 2025

Strand Arcade opens an elegant new food and beverage chapter

Heritage architects describe Strand Arcade as one of the grandest surviving shopping arcades in New Zealand.

Community 4 Mar 2025

Local board helps unlock free girls skating lessons

Girls Skate NZ classes help dismantle barriers in skateboarding, such as social intimidation, gender discrimination and the financial burden to ensure skateboarding is more accessible.​ 

Community 3 Mar 2025

Reel it in - Quick Response grants closing soon

The opportunity for local businesses, community providers and groups to apply for the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board $2,000 Quick Response Grant, closes 7 March 2025.

Environment 3 Mar 2025

Environmental heroes celebrated in the Love Your Place Awards

Volunteers, businesses and schools making a positive impact to protect and restore the Waitākere Ranges have been recognised in the 2024 Love Your Place Awards.

Community 3 Mar 2025

Mana Whenua artists honour South Auckland’s own with mural

Fa'anānā Efeso Collins' mural by renowned Mana Whenua artists Janine and Charles Williams, a masterpiece in Manukau.

Development 28 Feb 2025

A night at the theatre, from one century to another

When the much-adored St James Theatre opens again, it will open to a city centre re-designed and responsive to changing times, a century after the theatre’s 1927 opening.

Community 28 Feb 2025

Laugh, play, celebrate at Ōtāhuhu Family Fun Day

A crowd favourite for Ōtāhuhu and nearby suburbs returns Saturday 15 March.

Events

08 Apr 2026

Making sun catchers

Create and decorate a suncatcher with the Re-Creators. 

08 Apr 2026

Saving Money

Practical Money saving tips for migrant communities.

08 Apr 2026

Women & Non-Binary Artist Hui: Tracing Desire Lines

This is a creative workshop using print making and mindfulness to explore habitual routes that in...

08 Apr 2026 - 15 Apr 2026

Mischief Makers: April School Holidays at Blockhouse Bay Library

Come visit Blockhouse Bay Library this school holidays to have fun for the whole whānau.

08 Apr 2026 - 16 Apr 2026

Birkenhead Library April School Holiday Programme - Ecofest

Come through to Birkenhead Library for an exciting series of events this school holidays.

25 Mar 2026 - 15 Apr 2026

Walkie Talkie

We will explore heritage sites at a relaxed pace.

22 Mar 2026 - 09 Apr 2026

Caring for Papatūānuku

Explore the beautiful Reserves along the waterways, learn about native ecosystems, and find out h...

18 Mar 2026 - 23 Dec 2026

Digital Seniors free tech help for older people - Albany Village Library

Are you a senior who would like some help with your digital device? Our friendly volunteers are a...