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Community 6 Nov 2020

Hunua Falls loos win top cleanliness award

Kathleen Clemens's dedication to cleanliness has seen the toilets she maintains win Keep NZ Beautiful’s best loos 2020 award.

Environment 5 Nov 2020

What to grow and eat seasonally in Auckland

Green up your garden to grow some delicious fresh fruit and vegetables, improve local biodiversity and help offset your carbon emissions.

Environment 4 Nov 2020

Fireworks risk prompts evening maunga closures 2-8 November

Fourteen maunga will be closed to the public in the evenings during Guy Fawkes week this year, and every year while fireworks remain available for public sale.

Have your say 2 Nov 2020

Our water future: Let's do something about it

As Auckland continues to grow and change, we need to look after our precious water.

Environment 30 Oct 2020

New tide gauge tracks sea level rise at Raymond Reserve

The Auckland King Tides Initiative with support from Albert-Eden Local Board will help measure rising sea levels, an important indicator of climate change, at the local Raymond Reserve in Point Chevalier.

Environment 30 Oct 2020

Whau River key research site for microplastics and contaminants

Two major long-term scientific studies have chosen the Whau River as a research site for work underway to help better understand the risk to our waterways posed by microplastics and contaminants.

Environment 29 Oct 2020

Bayview’s Lynn Reserve reopens

After more than 12 months of emergency works to repair a damaged stormwater pipe, Lynn Reserve in Bayview on Auckland's North Shore is reopening to the public.

Waste 23 Oct 2020

Building the path to zero waste

Construction and demolition feedback on waste minimisation

Events36 Results

30 Nov 2024

Stories from young Antarctic explorers

Join the young explorers and artists of our latest exhibition, Into Ocean & Ice.

30 Nov 2024 - 01 Dec 2024

Microphotography with Peregrin Hyde

Get ready to blow up the tiny secrets of our universe!

02 Nov 2024 - 30 Nov 2024

Composting Workshops

Come and enjoy free workshops offering an introduction to easy ways of composting.

02 Nov 2024 - 30 Nov 2024

E-Waste Collection Day

Drop off your unwanted electronic products during this drive-thru event.

28 Sep 2024 - 14 Dec 2024

Repair & Share

We offer diagnosis and repair (where possible) of small electrical items, clothing and textiles,...

31 Aug 2024 - 30 Nov 2024

DEANZ Repair Café - New Lynn

Come along to the Repair Café at the New Lynn Community Centre to get your items repaired for FREE.

18 May 2024 - 07 Dec 2024

Storytime - Onehunga Community Library

Delight as our librarians, and occasionally authors or special guests, share enchanting tales.

02 Dec 2024

Preserving & Preparing for Waste Free Christmas Celebrations

Come along and get handy tips and creative recipes to reduce food waste over Christmas.