Auckland Council has completed the latest round of property rating valuations, the first since the devastating weather events struck homes across the region in early 2023.
Property rating valuations happen every three years and help determine how much…

Waiheke Island is set to become a more playful place with the adoption of the 2025 Waiheke Play Plan.
The Plan will guide future investment on the motu.
It encourages low-cost, low-maintenance initiatives that make the most of local resources and…

It’s not every day a TV icon and one of Aotearoa’s most loved scientist personalities turns your local park into a lab – but that’s exactly what happened when Ruud Kleinpaste, a.k.a the Bug Man, hit Kohuora Park in Papatoetoe.
Ruud is a naturalist,…

Ōtaki o te Wai (near Middlemore) in Papatoetoe has long been seen as a neighbourhood full of promise – a place where quality housing, green spaces, and good connections could come together to create a vibrant, thriving community.
For the past three years,…

Are you considering standing in Auckland’s local elections, to do what’s best for your community, but also thinking about your own safety if you put yourself out there?
Your mission should you choose to accept it
Being an elected member in local…

Whether you’re walking down leafy streets of the city centre or enjoying a bushwalk under the forest canopy in one of Auckland’s 28 regional parks, trees are part of our region’s special character. In 2024, Tāmaki Makaurau was, for the fourth year in a…

Aroha for the Manukau Harbour was on display at the highly successful 2025 Manukau Harbour Symposium, hosted by the Manukau Harbour Forum in Green Bay over Kings Birthday weekend.
More than 30 speakers – from rangatahi to specialist experts, mana whenua,…

Thirty-one local groups have received nearly $195,000 in the final grants round of the year from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
The funding supports a mix of community initiatives, facility upgrades, and business capacity-building projects.
The…

Proposed development at Auckland’s Colin Maiden Park in St Johns will see a new home for domestic cricket and improved facilities for community sport.
Ōrākei Local Board has agreed on the terms of a proposal from Auckland Cricket that will see significant…

64 conservation projects carried out by mana whenua and community groups around Tāmaki Makaurau have received Auckland Council funding in the current financial year to help protect, restore and enhance the natural environment.
Another 44 projects will…