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Auckland's Future In Progress
More tables along widened footpaths support hospitality this summer
An outdoor dining grant scheme has to date supported more than 30 businesses to add new or enhance their outdoor dining spaces with new outdoor equipment - street furniture, shade umbrellas, outdoor heaters and planters.
Construction of Queen Street upgrade begins in January 2022
Construction will begin on 10 January 2022 on the last three stages of the Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project – from Shortland Street to Mayoral Drive.
Hone Tuwhare’s poem ‘The river is an island’ now etched into the fabric of the city he loved
Scan a QR code on the side of two steel pourama (light columns) standing tall on the corner of Sale Street and Wellesley Street and hear a poem by celebrated New Zealand manu kōrero/poet Hone Tuwhare.
Auckland Council wins Waka Kotahi award for creating a safer Emily Place
Auckland Council’s entry Creating Safer Streets - Emily Place has won a Waka Kotahi Agent for Change award, announced this week.
Eke Panuku to lead coordination of city centre development programme
Eke Panuku has been appointed as the lead agency to coordinate the next phase of city centre development following endorsement from the Planning Committee today.
Takapuna’s revitalized town centre complete and open for business
Takapuna is welcoming visitors and Christmas shoppers to its freshly revitalised town centre following the completion of the Hurstmere Road transformation project.
Top 10 things to discover in our new downtown
Discover ten awe-inspiring things on Auckland’s waterfront. Some weren’t even here last summer, and some have been here for more than a century. Your walking shoes are calling.
8 fun ways for kids to play at Wynyard Quarter
Let your kids’ imaginations run wild with endless ways to play at Wynyard Quarter.
Discover what’s changed where Queen Street meets the sea
It’s the coveted spot in New Zealand’s version of the Monopoly boardgame. It’s New Zealand’s premier street. It fires up the passion of Aucklanders. It’s a dynamic place. And the lower end of Queen Street is all shiny and new and ready for you to...
First flowers for Quay Street pōhutukawa since their dramatic journey home last winter
The first flourish of blazing red flowers is being noticed in Quay Street’s pōhutukawa, ushering in the first week of Auckland’s Alert Level 3, step 2.
VIDEO: optimism for Auckland’s city centre
Auckland Council and Eke Panuku are proud to release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come in its planned 20-year transformation. The video shows how the delivery of the City Centre Masterplan is proving to be much more than the s...
Waters flowing beneath the city set to be illuminated in a contemporary placemaking design led by young Māori
While many of the natural waterways which once flowed through Auckland’s city centre have been lost from sight – channelled, piped and progressively covered over – a new Māori design kaupapa will see those urban waters remembered.
VIDEO: Herenga Waka, Herenga Tāngata: gathering place of waka, gathering place of people
Downtown Auckland is now an expression of Tāmaki Makaurau
Watch: Experience your new waterfront
Auckland’s waterfront has been transformed with new public spaces, more space for pedestrians and better public transport connections.
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.
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.
