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Development 4 Feb 2021

David Rankin appointed as chief executive of Eke Panuku

Panuku chair Paul Majurey has announced the appointment of David Rankin as Chief Executive of Auckland Council’s urban regeneration agency Eke Panuku Development Auckland.

City Centre Waterfront 25 Jan 2021

Ferry Basin Redevelopment project reaches major milestone

Another major milestone for the Ferry Basin Redevelopment project has been met with the final canopy installed on the west side of Queens Wharf above the gangway accessing the new ferry pontoons.

Plans / Projects 30 Nov 2020

Panuku Development releases 2019/2020 annual report

Panuku Development has released its latest annual report, covering performance for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

City Centre Waterfront 26 Nov 2020

The opening of Galway Street – a sign of things to come

The completion of the first project in Auckland Council’s $350 million Downtown Programme was celebrated in a dawn blessing today.

City Centre Waterfront 18 Nov 2020

New waterfront spaces nearing completion

Shared spaces, pocket parks and waterfront views are just some of the new city centre delights that will soon be ready to explore in Tāmaki Makaurau.

City Centre Waterfront 18 Nov 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau’s waterfront vision reaches an exciting milestone in Westhaven

Panuku Development Auckland (Eke Panuku) hosted a ceremony with iwi and construction partners to celebrate a significant milestone on Monday 16 November – the completion of stage two of the Westhaven Promenade and Marine Village.

Development 12 Nov 2020

Point England streets will come to life thanks to funding boost

The Tāmaki community is getting the chance to help make several Point England streets safer and more vibrant.

Development 12 Nov 2020

Ten years of progress in Auckland’s city centre

Major transformative development projects have been the feature of Auckland’s city centre for the past decade as plans to make it a welcoming and vibrant place to live, work and play have become a reality.

Development 9 Nov 2020

New design resource celebrates best practice Māori design in Tāmaki Makaurau

Auckland Council has launched a refreshed Māori Design Hub to help Māori communities and agencies, private and public developers and design educators bring Māori design thinking to the shaping of the built environments of Tāmaki Makaurau.

Environment 18 Sep 2020

Growing the urban ngahere years in the making

Imagine walking out of a downtown office block or a Commercial Bay restaurant and hearing tūī singing or seeing kererū feasting on karaka berries.

Libraries 10 Aug 2020

Te Manawa community facility wins architecture award

Te Manawa Westgate Library and Multi-Purpose Facility has been named as a winner in the public architecture category at this year’s Auckland Architecture Awards.

Environment 20 Nov 2019

Healthy Waters team wins big at landscape and engineering awards

Auckland Council's Healthy Waters team picked up five awards last week for work on the Te Auaunga stream restoration project.

City Centre Waterfront 1 Oct 2019

Auckland Design Champion to leave council

Auckland Council’s General Manager of the Auckland Design Office, Ludo Campbell-Reid, has resigned from his role and will depart on Friday, 4 October.