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Community 16 Jan 2025

Game, set and match: derelict tennis courts get a new serve in Mt Roskill

Tennis is a great game – but there’s not much use or fun in tennis courts when they’re in an unusable and derelict state.

Waste 16 Jan 2025

Standardising rubbish collections

Aucklanders on the North Shore will no longer need to use prepaid bin tags from 3 March 2025 as council rubbish collections will be funded by residential property rates.

Community 15 Jan 2025

Diversity Festival 2024 immerses community in vibrant tapestry of cultures

It was an explosion of cultures for one of Tāmaki Makaurau’s most iconic festivals, organised by Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board.

Community 7 Jan 2025

Glen Innes library relocating to Glen Innes Community Hall for most of 2025

Glen Innes library users will have a new location for the majority of 2025, with the Glen Innes Community Hall being used from February to December this year while upgrade work is carried out.

Council news 5 Jan 2025

Oriental fruit Fly – Papatoetoe/Māngere area

Biosecurity New Zealand response: all you need to know about council rubbish collections.

Community 18 Dec 2024

Neighbourhood Support takes off in Ōrākei

Organisations and individuals in Ōrākei have come together with the common goal of making our community safer and better prepared for emergencies.

City Centre Waterfront 18 Dec 2024

'Seconds to Midnight' leads New Year’s Eve countdown

Emerging Kiwi songstress Cassie Henderson has just found her name in the same sentence as Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Six60.

Grey Lynn Library 17 Dec 2024

Happy Birthday to Grey Lynn Library

Grey Lynn Library celebrated its 100th birthday this month.

Events

25 Mar 2025

Community services info day

Come and learn about the different services available for you and your whanau.

28 Mar 2025

Eat my rice

More than just a meal, Filipino artist Louie Bretaña shares a mouthful of stories and morsels of...

29 Mar 2025

Ask a Mycologist: Mushroom foraging and ID

Learn how to safely and effectively identify fungi found in the wild with ideas for growing edibl...

29 Mar 2025

Food Forest Dynamics: A syntropic approach

Learn the basic principles behind syntropy and get practical guidance on how to plant your food f...

29 Mar 2025

Growing, harvesting and cooking workshop

Join us at EcoMatters' Hope Teaching Garden on the banks of the Whau River for this Love Food Hat...

29 Mar 2025

Jade du Preez – author talk

Join us for another fantastic author talk.

29 Mar 2025

JS carving workshop

Workshop participants will be guided in creating their own pacific design to carve their own uniq...

29 Mar 2025

Let's make an origami pop up card

Join us for a creative origami pop-up card workshop, where you’ll learn to craft stunning, three-...