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Community 21 Mar 2016

Universal Design: what is it and how can it help us?

OurAuckland sits down with Claire Wilson, Auckland Design Office’s Principal Specialist, to find out more about universal design

Community 21 Mar 2016

Adopt a Spot to be graffiti free

Neighbourhoods work with the council to keep their areas clean and graffiti free.

Community 18 Mar 2016

Update on Three Kings housing development

A new housing development planned for Three Kings has been in the news of late. So what is happening and how is Auckland Council involved?

Community 17 Mar 2016

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...

Community 16 Mar 2016

Winning the graffiti war

Graffiti vandalism incidents are down 22 per cent and 1000 residents have volunteered to help control neighbourhood graffiti.

Development 16 Mar 2016

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.

Community 14 Mar 2016

Māori phrase of the week

Practise your te reo Māori each week with a new phrase.

Community 8 Mar 2016

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.

Events231 Results

26 Jan 2026

Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta 2026

Celebrate Auckland’s birthday on the water at the 186th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta – the wo...

26 Jan 2026

St Heliers Art & Craft Market

Come along to St Heliers this Auckland Anniversary Day Monday for one of Auckland’s largest Art &...

26 Jan 2026 - 30 Nov 2026

Rānui Book Chat

Come along, connect with fellow readers, and get inspired — we’d love to see you there!

05 Jan 2026 - 30 Jan 2026

Kumeu Library Raumati Reads School holiday programme

Enjoy a month of school holiday fun with storytimes, movies, creative art workshops and interacti...

22 Dec 2025 - 26 Jan 2026

School Holidays at Leys Institute Little Library

A fun-filled programme of creative, hands-on library activities for tamariki and whānau.

15 Dec 2025 - 11 Feb 2026

Community Fitness

Get active, push your limits, and have a blast with high-energy fitness sessions

27 Jan 2026 - 17 Mar 2026

Portrait Drawing 101

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

27 Jan 2026 - 24 Nov 2026

Shared Reading Group

Join us as we explore a short story and a poem together, pausing for discussion over a cup of tea.