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Breakthrough: Karangahape welcomes Dame Whina Cooper

Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is celebrating a mighty milestone with its powerful Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Dame Whina Cooper, breaking through today into the Karangahape Station construction site at the end of its 860-metre-long journey from...

Watch: Experience your new waterfront

Auckland’s waterfront has been transformed with new public spaces, more space for pedestrians and better public transport connections.

Global spotlight on Northcote Town Centre regeneration

The regeneration of the Northcote Town Centre has been the focus of students and universities from across the globe as part of the C40 Students Reinventing Cities competition.

Auckland Council lists $133million cluster of projects to regenerate midtown

Auckland Council and Auckland Transport have unveiled their midtown programme, describing the area as: ‘a part of Auckland where our history, art and culture can be seen and heard.

The Kūmara Awards celebrate great placemaking in Tāmaki Makaurau

Placemaking Aotearoa is calling for nominations for The Kūmara Awards to showcase placemaking that makes a difference to people and place. 

Single, unified design revealed for Queen Street

Earlier this month Auckland Council announced that the last three stages of the Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project – from Customs Street to Mayoral Drive – would be delivered in one cohesive design.

Council to launch consultation on new Contributions Policy

The council has approved a new draft Contributions Policy for consultation. Aucklanders can have their say from 20 September 2021.

Explainer: Development Contributions Review

The council is conducting a review of its contributions policy. Here’s everything you need to know.

Business leader pleased to see Auckland's downtown thrive

Hear how private and public investment are both key players in the development of our city centre

Business leader says excellent urban design and innovation underpin Auckland’s success

Karangahape Road records retail high before bracing for lockdown

Before the current lockdown, figures from Marketview ranked Karangahape Road the highest performing Business Improvement District across the Auckland region for the past three months.

A joined-up design proposed to complete Queen Street project

Responding to Aucklanders’ feedback, Auckland Council will deliver the last three stages of the Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project in one cohesive design.

Have your say on Auckland Light Rail

Auckland Light Rail are three-quarters of the way through their ambitious community engagement programme and have been impressed by the willingness of Aucklanders to get behind this project.

Fashion Week vibrancy spills into Auckland's streets and squares

Aucklanders are invited to an exciting schedule of free events wrapped around NZ Fashion Week, which kicks off on 24 August.

Kōrimurimu weaves art with technology, creating a world-first

Another much-anticipated detail has been installed at Te Wānanga in downtown Auckland, giving Aucklanders the chance to lie on the flax-like surface of Kōrimurimu, breathe in the sea air, look up to the sky and hear the movement of the tide below.

Dame Whina Cooper goes 24/7 as CRL tunnelling ramps up

The final piece of City Rail Link’s Tunnel Boring Machine, Dame Whina Cooper, is now in place allowing the big underground factory to operate at full capacity on its transformational journey below Auckland.