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Have your say 22 Oct 2024

Should Waiheke's Esplanade Path be closed to private vehicles?

Waiheke residents are being called to give feedback on a proposal to close a section of the Esplanade Path to vehicles this month.

City Centre Waterfront 21 Oct 2024

Pictures tell the story of our city centre’s transformation

“A city is an ever-changing process, more like a garden.”

Development 21 Oct 2024

Watercare begins preliminary work to futureproof the city centre’s wastewater infrastructure

Three midtown sites are being prepared and shafts are being built, ready for a tunnel boring machine to be lowered into the ground in 2025.

Development 3 Oct 2024

Art Week brings brush strokes of the unexpected from 4 to 13 October

A ten-day diary of must-see happenings in Auckland’s city centre.

Pools 24 Sep 2024

Decision on Olympic Pool lease made

Waitematā Local Board has agreed to the extension of Olympic Pool and Fitness Limited's (OPFL) lease to manage the Olympic Pool and Fitness Centre in Newmarket until November 2034, subject to statutory processes.

Development 24 Sep 2024

Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath glows with kindness this Art Week

In an algorithm-meets-art collaboration, artist Shannon Novak and iion have programmed Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath to deliver happiness for Art Week.

Community 13 Sep 2024

Aotea youth voice represented

Auckland Council has a Youth Advisory Panel, and Aotea-born Taimarino Cleave is part of it.

Development 6 Sep 2024

Greening of Te Hā Noa begins as 11 native trees and 900 plants arrive in Victoria Street

Project steps closer to first-stage completion in late October.

Events

09 Mar 2025 - 30 Mar 2025

Sunday make day - Celebrating the sea

Choose to create either a sailor, mermaid, octopus or a penguin.

16 Feb 2025 - 07 Dec 2025

Yoga and Art Immersion

The hour-long Hatha yoga classes we offer will include warm-up stretching, building to stronger p...

24 Mar 2025

Cultural wriggle and rhyme: Parnell Library

Playing with words and language is a wonderful way to introduce our little ones to different cult...

17 Mar 2025 - 15 Dec 2025

Wriggle and Rhyme - Parnell Library

A fun interactive session of songs, stories and bubbles for babies and toddlers.

27 Feb 2025 - 27 Nov 2025

Leys Institute Little Library Book Chat

Fourth Thursday of every month except April.

28 Mar 2025

Draw & be drawn

Join us for Draw & Be Drawn, an interactive life drawing event where you'll be both the artist an...

28 Mar 2025

Eat my rice

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

28 Mar 2025

Eat my rice - Louie Bretana

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