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From cul-de-sacs to community: play streets are the highlight this Play Week
This Play Week Aotearoa (19-25 October) Aucklanders are encouraged to embrace the power of play through Auckland Council’s growing play streets initiative.
Shelter to sofa
A new leash on life: the Auckland team quietly transforming outcomes for dogs.
Exercise Tri-Force | Mahi Ngātahi enhances emergency response capabilities
Over two days, those involved carried out a range of activities that sharpened their skills.
Protecting our tānekaha trees
Auckland Council is working to better understand signs of decline affecting tānekaha (also known as celery pine) trees in several North Shore reserves.
Let’s hear it for the women powering Auckland's startup sector
Meet nine awesome women at Auckland Council’s Economic Development Office making a big difference for Auckland’s startup sector and the region's economic growth.
Tiaki Promise mural takes Auckland’s street art experience to dazzling new heights
40 murals, 40 years, and now a multi-award-winning highlight.
Māori outcomes framework shows positive progress
Auckland Council's work to improve outcomes for Māori is becoming more embedded across the organisation.
Open banking startup secures $5 million, citing GridAKL as an incubator doing innovation well
"Qippay is a great example of a locally founded company developing solutions with global potential” – Pam Ford.
Waiting for someone to fix it? That someone could be you
Applications open for community-led climate projects across Auckland, because some of the biggest changes start with a handful of people doing things differently.
New memoir fills gap in youth publishing with honest account of identity and mental health
I Think I Need This: A True Story offers an intimate account of a young person, Tahi, coming of age amid family trauma.
Double gold for Public Art at the 2026 Best Design Awards
The awards celebrate creativity, cultural leadership and collaboration of artists, mana whenua, designers, project partners and council teams.
Your rates are out in the wild doing the heavy lifting for nature
From pest control to stormwater upgrades - Auckland’s targeted rates turning dollars into environmental action.
RM reform
The government has passed two new acts that will eventually replace the Resource Management Act 1991.
Auckland Startup Week returns with more events and international speakers
Auckland Startup Week is back for its second year, bringing together startup founders, investors, researchers and technology experts for five days of events across the city.
Auckland Council says new developments should help pay for the infrastructure they need
Auckland Council is taking a stronger approach to housing developments that are proposed outside areas planned for growth.
38,000 more homes possible if proposed planning rule changes are adopted
New modelling predicts more homes could be enabled in accessible locations closer to jobs, services and public transport.
