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Community 12 Sep 2024

Scouting out grant funding

Ōrākei Sea Scouts welcomes 100 boys and girls to its base on the edge of Ōrākei Basin every week to take part in sailing and rowing in the summer, and land-based skills in the colder months.

Sports / Leisure 14 Aug 2024

Ōrākei sports fields by numbers

Sports field bookings are now open, find out some fun facts about the fields of Ōrākei.

Parks / Outdoors 30 Jul 2024

The delights of Churchill Park

Member Margaret Voyce shares her recommendations for visiting Churchill Park in Glendowie.

Community 5 Jul 2024

Ōrākei celebrates success

From saving open spaces to funding meaningful events, Ōrākei Local Board looks back at a few of the things it has accomplished so far this electoral term.

Environment 13 Jun 2024

Doubling down on the environment in Ōrākei

Both the Moth Plant Prizegiving and the Enviro Forum took place in May, educating and celebrating local environmentalists .

Remuera Library 27 May 2024

Much-loved Remuera Library undergoing restoration

The library's services will be relocated during the works.

Competitions 19 Apr 2024

Local year 12 student to speak at Anzac service

Will Dickson from Glendowie College will be delivering a speech at St Heliers Anzac service on 25 April.

Community 15 Mar 2024

10 things to look forward to at Splash Landing

See what you and the whānau can get up to at Ōrākei's new festival!

Events

09 May 2024 - 12 Dec 2024

Scrabble Club

Join the Scrabble club for a couple of games every second and fourth Thursday of the month.

28 Oct 2024

St Heliers Art & Craft Market

Come along to St Heliers this Labour Day Monday for one of Auckland’s largest Art & Craft markets.

29 Apr 2024 - 16 Dec 2024

Plunket Japanese Playgroup

Come along and connect with other Japanese-speaking families with your children 0 to 5.

31 Oct 2024

Ryman Healthcare presents Baroque & Beyond: Colours of Brass

This programme explores brass music from Elizabethan England to the present day, with New Zealand...

01 Nov 2024 - 04 Nov 2024

Ōrākei Portrait Archive

Drop in to Tāmaki ExService Memorial hall just behind the St Heliers Community Library to have yo...

09 Oct 2024 - 13 Nov 2024

Audio Guided Wellbeing Walk in the Park

Join an immersive 45 minutes multi-sensory audio walk brought to you by Papaya Stories and Auckla...

02 May 2024 - 19 Dec 2024

Plunket Meadowbank Playgroup

Join us on Monday mornings for some fun, friendship, support, and child-led play!

09 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024

Auckland Rose Society Annual Rose Show and Exhibition

We expect to have on show about 200 rose exhibits and floral displays covering a huge range or ro...