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Business Improvement District goes ahead for Silverdale
Silverdale is getting down to business with the establishment of a new Business Improvement District approved by Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
Get planting in Upper Harbour
Winter has arrived and with it thousands of native plants ready for planting in local parks across the Upper Harbour Local Board area.
Food scraps to find new home in your new bin
Residents in Albany and East Coast Bays start receiving their Auckland Council food scraps bins from this week with deliveries of the bins to the rest of the North Shore continuing throughout the month of June.
Grants aid Hibiscus and Bays community projects
Fifty-five community organisations received $259,247 in the final round of the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Grants Programme for 2022/2023.
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.
Caribbean Drive sports fields update
A $3.5 million dollar sports field development at Unsworth Height’s Caribbean Drive is underway.
Grants help Upper Harbour groups
Community groups received over $69,149.50 from Upper Harbour Local Board grants in April, with the programme heavily over-subscribed.
Cock-a-doodle-doo for the Kell Park mural
Chickens once again rule the roost on a restored mural at Albany’s Kell Park.
Events
Junior Ranger explorer walk: Fernglen Gardens
Join your Auckland Parks Ranger to explore, learn and discover more about this fascinating park.
Treasure Hunters School Holidays at Whangaparāoa Library
Have fun at Whangaparāoa Library Treasure Hunters School Holiday programme.
"Manifesto" by Ian Miller
"Manifesto is a moving image installation that sees local artists move in front of their works an...
"Nature's Abundance" by Laura Layton
After experimenting with different mediums, acrylic paint became a firm favourite and with this c...
Adrienne Wright - Painting retrospective
Growing up in Takapuna, near Hauraki corner there was a lot of native bush and Adrienne spent man...
Explorations by the Hibiscus Coast Printmakers
This is the third group show, with this year's theme being "Explorations"; you can expect to see...
School holiday programmes for kids aged 5-13 years
Enrol them in Auckland Council’s school holiday programme. Our programmes are inexpensive, safe,...
School Holiday Surf Program
School Holiday Program Get The Kids Out Of The House And Back Into Nature! This 2 day program ope...