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Parks / Outdoors 30 May 2025

Celebrating Te Rimutahi, Ponsonby’s new outdoor space

Te Rimutahi, a vibrant new civic space on Ponsonby Road, is now open for locals and visitors to relax and gather.

Community 29 May 2025

Seniors have entered the chat

In today’s digital world, it’s easy to feel left behind—especially if you didn’t grow up with tech.

Community 29 May 2025

Half a million dollars in funding for Upper Harbour community projects

Forty local groups shared $566,612 in the Upper Harbour Local Board’s final grants round of the year.

Community 28 May 2025

Booking spaces in Waitematā

Want to host an event, class or gathering? Here's how!

Community 27 May 2025

Plastic Beach: new plastic seats for Pt Chev

Seeing plastic near a beach isn’t a welcome site – unless it’s a new plastic bench seat.

Community 26 May 2025

Learn to swim - love to swim

Howick Local Board has backed an initiative that delivers community swim lessons by SwimGym, offering programmes for all ages and stages – from babies to adults, and holiday programmes.

Community 26 May 2025

Isn't she Lovely

Mother’s Day can be both beautiful and bittersweet. Thanks to the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, Isn’t She Lovely created space to grieve, remember, and celebrate the women who live on in our hearts.

Cultural 23 May 2025

Whānau voices shape Pukekohe Memorial  

Families of those who are buried in unmarked graves at Pukekohe Cemetery hope for the planned memorial to be a place of reflection, healing and unity for everyone.   

Events

16 Jul 2026

Mendelssohn's Violin

More cheer in Beethoven’s lithe Second Symphony, with its generous slow movement and breathless f...

25 Jul 2026

Opera in Concert: Madama Butterfly

A superb cast brings this devastating story to life. Stunning soprano Erika Grimaldi returns to s...

28 Jul 2026 - 22 Aug 2026

Macbeth

Shakespeare’s chilling tale of betrayal, ambition and the corrosive cost of unchecked desire.

30 Jul 2026

Mozart 39

Mozart’s translucent, sunlit symphony rounds off the programme with weightless elegance.

04 Aug 2026 - 06 Aug 2026

Cook Island Language Week Storytime

A great opportunity to encourage an interest in books, while building language and literacy skills.

12 Aug 2026

Sheku & Elgar

Begin your evening with sensational live music, performed in the majestic setting of the Auckland...

13 Aug 2026

Sheku Plays Elgar

The sensational British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is one of the biggest stars of the moment, his...

16 Aug 2026

NZTrio: Space Jump

Experience the dynamic energy of Fazıl Say’s Space Jump, vividly portraying a thrilling ascent an...