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Arts 15 Dec 2015

Sculptor of the Week – Marte Szirmay

Auckland-based artist Marte Szirmay’s sculpture, Seek, is an acquisition award winner, for the permanent collection at Auckland Botanic Gardens.

Housing 15 Dec 2015

Status of privately owned trees in New Lynn

Auckland Council is aware of media reports about protesters who have climbed trees on private property in New Lynn to prevent them being removed.

Kids / Family 15 Dec 2015

Galapagos tortoises home for Christmas

Auckland Zoo’s Galapagos tortoises Smiley, Willy, Snapper, and Chippie, who have just moved into their redeveloped exhibit, The Galapagos.

Development 14 Dec 2015

City Rail Link to be built under Commercial Bay

The first stage of the City Rail Link project will be built on the site of the Downtown Mall, between lower Queen Street and Albert Street.

Policies / Regulations 14 Dec 2015

Waiheke vineyard owner fined for excessive helicopter flights

The council has welcomed a district court decision to fine a property owner for excessive helicopter flights.

Environment 11 Dec 2015

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.

Environment 11 Dec 2015

Community recycling centre planned for Albert-Eden

A site in the Albert-Eden Local Board area is to be a new resource recovery facility.

Educational 9 Dec 2015

Zoo Tales: What’s the Māori word for fat and round?

This week on Zoo Tales, we follow kunekune pigs, Alma and Neena, on their daily walk through the zoo.

Events

12 Oct 2024

Whau Ailao Afi Fair – A Cultural Heritage Showcase

Join us on this day where arts and crafts, food, dance, and music performances are on offer.

12 Oct 2024

Written in the Land

A mark-making workshop led by artist Benjamin Work.

12 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024

Making a Home Accommodation for New Arrivals

This event showcases the typical rented house, displayed with Pasifika artefacts and furnishings.

12 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024

Tītīs Big Trip: A Seabird Adventure

Discover the adventures awaiting these courageous seabirds as they venture beyond the safety of t...

12 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024

Tītī's Big Trip: A Seabird Adventure

Discover the adventures awaiting these courageous seabirds as they venture beyond the safety of t...

12 Oct 2024 - 26 Oct 2024

Evita

Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to power.

12 Oct 2024 - 31 Oct 2024

to fashion

This New Zealand Fashion Museum exhibition, to fashion, frames fashion as a verb, as action. Her...

11 Oct 2024 - 08 Dec 2024

Death Café

Death Café is an international initiative that aims to increase awareness of death and help peopl...