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Transport 12 Jul 2021

Great nights, free rides for Elemental AKL

AT Metro trains and buses are free after 9pm throughout the Elemental AKL festival, 14 July to 1 August.

12 Jul 2021

Elemental AKL festival kicks off on Wednesday

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is set to heat up this winter, with Elemental AKL kicking off on Wednesday. The mid-winter festival runs from 14 July to 1 August with events and experiences located throughout the region catering to all tastes, budgets an...

9 Jul 2021

Our Recovery Budget

Auckland Council’s recently adopted 10-year Budget sets the city up to recover strongly from the impacts of COVID-19, while ensuring that long-term investments in critical infrastructure and services are maintained.

Environment 9 Jul 2021

Manurewa work programmes adopted

Manurewa Local Board has adopted the work programmes that detail activity for the financial year.

9 Jul 2021

10-year budget delivers for Ōrākei

At a budgeted $31.8 billion capital expenditure programme, spending is at its highest level ever despite the difficult financial circumstances the organisation is facing in the short term.

Development 9 Jul 2021

Aucklanders invited to have their say on first stage of Queen Street upgrade

Aucklanders are invited to have their say on new streetscaping features that have been installed by Auckland Council in the northern end of Queen Street, between Customs and Shortland Streets.  

Environment 9 Jul 2021

Auckland Council hosts kauri dieback monitoring webinar

Download the video and read the Q&A from our kauri dieback webinar hosted earlier this year.

Development 8 Jul 2021

Uncovering the layers of Te Wānanga

Richly meaningful design elements brought to Auckland's waterfront by talented mana whenua kaimahitoi (artists) sit alongside preserved pieces of our past, dating back more than a century. Together they create a ‘uniquely Tāmaki Makaurau’ space.

6 Jul 2021

One-on-one tech guidance a hit with seniors

Over the past few months, Takapuna North CommunityTrust has run drop-in Tech for Seniors sessions at Sunnynook Community Centre and Takapuna Library – attracting between 12-20 people each time.

Youth / Rangatahi 5 Jul 2021

Young people get down to business in Manurewa

Some of Manurewa's students have their eyes set on an entrepreneurial future.

Environment 5 Jul 2021

Planting season all go in the Eastern Bays

Planting season in Auckland happens twice a year, and one of those falls around New Zealand’s Arbour Day – 5 June – an opportunity which Ōrākei Local Board relishes.

Transport 5 Jul 2021

Saving lives in Tāmaki Makaurau: public consultation approved for second phase of safe speed limits

Later this year Auckland Transport will seek public feedback on its next phase of proposed safer speed limits, including reviewing speed limits on approximately 614 km of roads for possible reductions.

Development 2 Jul 2021

Council agrees approaches to government’s urban development policy

Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has endorsed policy approaches for implementing the government’s National Policy Statement on Urban Development to guide further work to prepare for public engagement on changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan in...

Civil Defence / Emergency Management 2 Jul 2021

Local boards contribute $90,000 to support Papatoetoe tornado victims

Two local boards have committed $90,000 between them to bolster Auckland Council’s Mayoral Relief Fund for those suffering in the wake of the tornado that swept through Papatoetoe on 19 June.

Community 2 Jul 2021

Local board’s investment into Waitematā reflects community input

Waitematā Local Board programme of work over the coming year will benefit its diverse communities.

2 Jul 2021

Recovery budget delivers for Rodney

Rodney will benefit from Auckland Council’s record capital investment over the next 10 years focussed on keeping the city running and continuing to build for the future.