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Arts 10 Jun 2016

Watch: Hauhake launches Matariki Festival

'Hauhake’ is a rain art work by Janine and Charles Williams. The public unveiling of the work also marked the launch of the programme for Auckland Council’s Matariki Festival 2016.

Arts 7 Jun 2016

Heritage hero honoured

A life spent preserving our historical past.

Kids / Family 27 May 2016

Have you tried the piano stairs?

Aotea Square has been filled with music recently as piano stairs were installed on the steps of the Aotea Centre.

Arts 18 May 2016

Watch: Heroic effort to save 50s mosaic underway

Work is underway to preserve a large mosaic that many Aucklanders will remember from the foyer of the former Odeon Theatre on Queen Street.

Arts 29 Apr 2016

Sculptor of the Week - Ramon Robertson

Ramon Robertson’s sculpture, Gravity Bag, explores themes about the urban environment and our existence in it. His work relates to an essential human need to control space and physical structural form.

Community 28 Apr 2016

Bastion Point artwork blessed

The new artwork at the entranceway to the steps on Tamaki Drive, leading from Mission Bay to Bastion Point, has been blessed.

Arts 15 Apr 2016

Auckland's screen sector is booming

Auckland’s screen sector is experiencing strong year-on-year growth.

Arts 6 Apr 2016

Renaissance for Aotea Quarter

The Aotea Quarter is set to regain its crown as Auckland’s centre for arts, culture and entertainment following adoption of a 20-year strategic framework.

Events132 Results

21 Feb 2023 - 28 Mar 2023

Graffiti Culture

Celebrate this unique form of urban culture while learning the right techniques to produce your unique graffiti piece.

07 Feb 2023 - 28 Mar 2023

Head Drawing Phase 1

Learn how to see the head in shapes and planes for doing portrait paintings and drawings.

07 Feb 2023 - 24 Oct 2023

Textile Tuesday at Avondale Library

Try your hand at spinning, weaving, and stitching, or just sit back and enjoy browsing our vast collection of craft books.

22 Mar 2023 - 26 Mar 2023

Earth Beat Festival 2023

Earth Beat Festival is the place where you play, learn, revitalise make new connections and return to the world grounded and inspired!

22 Mar 2023 - 26 Mar 2023

MY YEAR WITH LORRAINE

Kate and Lorraine both have difficult home lives, but they find support in each other.

22 Mar 2023 - 26 Mar 2023

The Unruly Tourists

This witty, irreverent, and caustically observed work will spark conversation and debate long after the curtain goes down.

22 Mar 2023 - 13 Jun 2023

Toró: é tudo tanto / It's all so much

The word Toró is Tupi (one of the largest indigenous groups of Brazil before its colonization) for jorro d’água, translated in English as a downpour.

08 Mar 2023 - 03 May 2023

Tea & Tales

Join library staff as we read stories, watch movie clips, listen to podcast episodes, and chat about them!