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22 May 2023

Arts and community centres given funding boost

West arts organisations and community venues reliant on council funding to operate have been given a boost following a decision to allocate more than $437,000 towards operational costs by Henderson-Massey Local Board. 

Parks / Outdoors 22 May 2023

Tōtara Park a world-beater

Tōtara Park has won a Green Flag Award, making it one of the world's best parks.

Community 22 May 2023

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board honors their volunteers

The enthusiastic volunteer community of Ōtara-Papatoetoe will be celebrated at the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Volunteer awards 2023.

Community 19 May 2023

Otaawhati name returned to Papakura

A historic te reo Māori name has been returned to Papakura.

Theatre / Performance 19 May 2023

Giving local Asian communities a voice through theatre

Proudly Asian Theatre is giving fresh talent in our creative community a platform to share their scripts

Environment 18 May 2023

Call for Awaruku neighbours to join predator control efforts

The call has gone out for neighbours to band together and eradicate animal predators in the Long Bay-Awaruku catchment area, which borders Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve and Long Bay Regional Park.

Community 18 May 2023

Aotea Early Learning Centre creates job opportunities for locals

Aotea Early Learning Centre has opened its doors to pre-schoolers and prospective employees.

Heritage 18 May 2023

Attend a HeritageTalks session and learn the history of Auckland’s Chinese restaurants

Hungry for history? Food historian André Taber serves up fascinating facts about some of central Auckland’s first Chinese restaurants.

Events

04 Jun 2023 - 17 Dec 2023

Family Games Afternoon

Pop in and enjoy with your whānau, every Sunday at Mt Roskill Library from 2-3.30pm.

04 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2023

Kōrero mai - Kōrero atu

A space to share kōrero of all levels of Te Reo Māori.

03 Jun 2023 - 30 Jul 2023

Huarere: Weather Eye, Weather Ear

Enjoy Te Tuhi's new exhibition.

03 Jun 2023 - 03 Sep 2023

Shona Tawhiao: Pākākano

Pākākano celebrates the traditional skills of raranga while proposing a new and important way of looking at weaving as its own standalone entity, challenging, exciting and inspi...

02 Jun 2023 - 27 Aug 2023

Combined Cosmologies: The Art of Pauline Thompson 1942 — 2012

This extensive exhibition, brings together all the various strands of Pauline’s work in a retrospective that will give her a new voice.

01 Jun 2023 - 16 Jun 2023

Pacific Dance Festival 2023

International, local, emerging, established, contemporary and heritage artists bring to the mat their stories, worlds and mana to suit and enrich the journeys of our diverse aud...

01 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2023

Tangata Moana: Tātou tātou e

Māori and Pasifika artists from Māpura Studios share individual responses and experiences in response to the theme of social cohesion

01 Jun 2023 - 31 Jul 2023

Resistance - Ans Westra

Ans Westra pioneered documentary photography and was one of the first women to work in this area in Aotearoa.