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Heritage 20 Sep 2019

Heritage Festival Diary: Week One Highlights

Check out the Heritage Festival programme, with events running from 5 to 28 October.

Arts 16 Sep 2019

Stars shine at the Stand Up Stand Out Finals

Auckland's youth shone brightly as they took the stage at the Stand Up Stand Out finals on Saturday 14 September.

Cultural 12 Sep 2019

Keeping up with the Korero

Every New Zealander can help strengthen the Māori language simply by using it. That’s the theme of this year’s Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week.

Community 11 Sep 2019

The story behind the Moon Festival

The Moon Festival is celebrated in many Asian countries and goes by many names.

Arts 30 Aug 2019

Watch: Behind the scenes with Auckland Libraries’ heritage team

Deep in the heart of Auckland’s Central City Library is a little-known treasure trove of valuable letters, photographs, and yes, books.

Environment 20 Aug 2019

74,000 new native plants for Auckland’s maunga

More than 19,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in the last twelve months as part of a large-scale project to restore Auckland's maunga.

Fashion 13 Aug 2019

Culturally inspired woven designs to feature on Fashion Week catwalk

Māori culture, history and sustainability intertwine as two of NZ's renowned Māori designers present collections during New Zealand Fashion Week.

Music 12 Aug 2019

Students compete for talent show glory

More than 1000 secondary school students from across Auckland will compete in Auckland Council's Stand Up Stand Out youth music and dance competition.

14-24 year olds 5 Aug 2019

Helping children’s creativity shine

The Creative Communities Scheme is calling for applications for 2019/2020. The funding round closes on 30 August 2019.

Cultural 31 Jul 2019

Future Auckland – Integrating Māori design

Johnson Witehira, co-founder of Indigenous Design & Innovation Aotearoa, speaks to OurAuckland about the importance of integrating Māori design into Auckland’s environment.

Community 25 Jul 2019

Councillors vote to increase Regional Historic Heritage Grants Fund

Members of Auckland Council’s Environment and Community Committee were today unanimous in their support to increase the councils Regional Historic Heritage Fund, voting to increase the fund from the current $84,000 fund to an amount of up to $500,...