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Community 21 Apr 2023

Waitematā grants receive extra budget boost

A reallocation of local board budget underspend sees more in the kitty for community grants.

Community 21 Apr 2023

Eco Fest fills community cup for another year

And that’s a wrap for the Albert-Eden & Puketāpapa Eco Festival 2023, which returned this year with more than 100 events creating local climate action solutions.

Environment 20 Apr 2023

School children help with important marine pest survey

Okiwi School and Envirokiwi have been monitoring for an invasive crab species for the past three years.

Community 20 Apr 2023

Boards find better ways to work together

Auckland's southern local boards are coming together to co-operate in areas where their interests are shared.

Community 18 Apr 2023

Grant helps grow kids love for nature

Interest in nature has grown at Edmonton Primary School with an environmental initiative thanks to the Love Your Neighbourhood grant provided by EcoMatters. 

Community 17 Apr 2023

Street Fest returns to Papakura

Papakura Street Fest returns on Saturday, May 6 with around 5000 visitors expected to make the most of more than 40 stalls.

Community 17 Apr 2023

Broad road safety approach urged

Franklin Local Board has provided feedback to a proposed approach to Katoa, Ka Ora - Speed Management Plan for Auckland, calling for different approaches in rural and urban environments and engineering solutions for difficult roads.

Environment 12 Apr 2023

Local groups pitch in to preserve Whau’s native habitat

Friends of Kurt Brehmer Walkway, a local conservation group, is an example of achieving positive outcomes through protecting and restoring native wildlife and plants.

Events

25 Jun 2026 - 16 Jul 2026

Māori cuisine cooking class

Learn to cook fresh, seasonal kai with Māori flavours in this hands-on workshop.

25 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026

Haerenga

Haerenga by noa hāmana (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Toa) explores Māori migration and its continua...

25 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026

He Taniwha, He Tipua

This exhibition brings together a collective of three toi Māori practitioners.

25 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026

Ngā Takune

Through visual art, installation and written expression, they respond to lived experience with tr...

25 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026

Terms of Endearment

Using clay and text, the work explores emotional residue, repetition and the labour of holding wh...

25 Jun 2026 - 27 Aug 2026

Mahjong Club for beginners

Learn to play Chinese Mahjong and have fun socializing.

24 Jun 2026 - 12 Jul 2026

Doc Edge Festival 2026

A documentary film festival like no other!

18 Jun 2026 - 12 Nov 2026

Good Yarns

Learn knitting or crochet!