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Adopt a Spot to be graffiti free
Neighbourhoods work with the council to keep their areas clean and graffiti free.
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Everybody’s talking about #AklConversations
Over 400 people packed into the Aotea Centre to hear Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, give a riveting talk on the issues affecting Auckland and how cities around the world are coming together to combat climate...
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Winning the graffiti war
Graffiti vandalism incidents are down 22 per cent and 1000 residents have volunteered to help control neighbourhood graffiti.
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Watch: Auckland's laneway transformations
Auckland Council’s design champion Ludo Campbell-Reid and his team have been involved with a number of laneway transformations around the city – and the results for businesses and pedestrians have been impressive.
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Māori phrase of the week
Practise your te reo Māori each week with a new phrase.
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Cleaning up Auckland's waterways a metre at a time
Kaipara’s Hoteo River and the Kaipara Harbour will be the first to benefit from Million Metres crowd-funding project in Auckland.
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Aucklanders proud of city's diversity
Aucklanders are excited about their future in one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities, according to a recent survey of the Auckland Council People’s Panel.
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Meet the MADsters creating positive change in their communities
Meet the MADsters creating positive change in their communities.
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Data to help improve well-being of Māori
The Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) is employing a new way of working with Māori data through their data strategy.
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Mayoral fund to help Pacific neighbours after Cyclone Winston
Mayor Len Brown has expressed his condolences to the people of Fiji and Tonga in the wake of Cyclone Winston and has activated the Mayoral Fund for the Pacific on the advice of the fund’s advisory committee.
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Council publishes preliminary zoning maps
On 17 December the council published maps of its preliminary position on zoning across Auckland for statutory hearings on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.
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Zoo Tales: Horticulture with Hugo
Auckland Zoo's Manager of Horticulture, Hugo, is passionate about plants! Not only do he and his team make the Zoo look beautiful - they’re also working to conserve many rare and threatened plant species.
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Cash boost to NZ Hockey gets kids moving
Auckland Council has awarded a Regional Sports and Recreation Grant to Hockey New Zealand, providing a $40,000 boost to its development programme.
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Zoo Tales: Excellent ectotherms
In this week's Zoo Tales, we meet some of the Zoo's ectotherms.
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Auckland's Civil Defence plan attracts global kudos
Auckland Council is seeking feedback on its draft Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group Plan. But the draft has already attracted feedback from a world leader in planning for major emergencies, Allan Bonner.
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A day of going by bike
Alistair Young was one of hundreds of people across Auckland who cycled on their commute on 10 February as part of the nationwide Go By Bike Day.
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