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Libraries 22 Dec 2015

Top Five Treasures - Sir George Grey Special Collections

We asked Sir George Grey Special Collections curator and manager, Georgia Prince, for her top five treasures from the collection.

21 Dec 2015

GridAKL celebrates milestones in December

GridAKL in the Wynyard Quarter Innovation Precinct celebrated two major milestones in December, with the first permanent building opening its doors and work starting on a new building.

Transport 21 Dec 2015

City Rail Link kicks off with site blessing

Preliminary work for the City Rail Link (CRL) started on 21 December with a dawn blessing of the work site.

Cycling 17 Dec 2015

Behind the Scenes at Auckland’s Lightpath

While thousands of Aucklanders continue to enjoy the city’s new iconic Nelson St cycleway, little is known about the hard work behind the scenes to create the dazzling magenta Lightpath.

Community 16 Dec 2015

City centre board endorses staged approach to square upgrade

Upgrades to Freyberg Square and the Ellen Melville Centre in Auckland’s city centre will begin in mid-2016, following strong public support.

Cycling 15 Dec 2015

Thousands cycle Auckland's Lightpath

Thousands of people have used Te Ara I Whiti – the Lightpath during the first fortnight since the Nelson Street off-ramp was transformed into a dazzling magenta cycleway.

Kids / Family 15 Dec 2015

Galapagos tortoises home for Christmas

Auckland Zoo’s Galapagos tortoises Smiley, Willy, Snapper, and Chippie, who have just moved into their redeveloped exhibit, The Galapagos.

Development 14 Dec 2015

City Rail Link to be built under Commercial Bay

The first stage of the City Rail Link project will be built on the site of the Downtown Mall, between lower Queen Street and Albert Street.

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07 Feb 2025 - 19 Dec 2025

Wriggle & Rhyme Central City Library

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Into Ocean & Ice

Take a trip to Antarctica through the exhibition Into Ocean & Ice.

28 Jun 2025

A luscious tribute to an Early New Zealand Botanical Artist

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28 Jun 2025

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Join us as we improve our understanding of this founding document of Aotearoa and consider how we...

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