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In a city that’s in the midst of huge change, no area is changing more than Wynyard Quarter. From a largely industrial area dominated by wharves, marine industry and lots of car parks to a thriving neighbourhood mixing residents, international head...

Ensuring that the city centre can be serviced and maintained and that goods can be delivered is vital for its success. As the city continues to evolve and grow, the approach to loading and servicing will need to adapt, and innovation will be central...

We care about our city centre offering a safe and welcoming environment. Some of the ways we support this include CityWatch - which we co-fund with Auckland Council, this year doubling our investment to increase presence in our streets - constructive...

Work has begun in Wynyard Quarter for the bases and viewing facilities needed to host the 36th America’s Cup in 2021, with the race syndicates due to arrive in Auckland in late 2019 to start their preparations. Find out more here about who is delivering...

The city centre has a rapidly growing workforce and residential population, huge private development underway and a transformative public investment programme underway. A video released today brings together what is planned for the next ten years...

New concept images released by council for the downtown area show what the future might look like for this important part of the city.  Artist's impression - new Downtown Public Space in the Ferry Basin area between Princes and...

We’re celebrating one of the city’s special occasions and supporting this important time for business with our annual Christmas decorations and marketing campaign.  We hope to see a similarly successful Christmas season for the city centre as we...

In the lead up to Christmas, we ran a campaign in association with Auckland Transport to raise awareness of the $2 per hour parking rates in Auckland Transport’s city centre car parks (Civic, Downtown and Victoria Street) on the weekends and evenings....

Locals do most of the spending in the city centre, with people from the wider Auckland region accounting for almost two thirds of total consumer spending over the three months from July to September. Of these Aucklanders, most are from the central...

Auckland city centre's night time economy is valued at about $450m a year and it's got significant potential to grow further. We've started exploring how best to support this growth by commissioning some research and meeting with industry...

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We'd like to invite city centre businesses, property owners (and people who work for them) to join us for two sessions in conversation with the people behind major projects planned to shape our future city. The public projects about to...

Thursday 20 December – event 5 – 9pm, closure 3.30 – 9.30pm We'd like to support businesses participating in Late Night Christmas on Thursday 20 December by opening up High Street to people for the night, with a proposed closure to High Street for...

At the beginning of October, we set out on a pilot programme in response to businesses wanting to see begging addressed in our city centre.Over six weeks, more than 35 members of the city centre street community got involved in a...

Council are moving towards greater pedestrianisation in the Queen Street area with a decision to revise the City Centre Master Plan and a new concept called Access for Everyone.  Whilst the idea for more people friendly spaces is nothing...

Submission to the Proposed changes to the Public Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2013 Introduction: Heart of the City is the business association for the city centre, which includes more than 4000 commercially rated properties and 12,000+ businesses. We are...

Just over a year ago, we’d never heard of Onzo or Lime. If you wanted to do a short hop between meetings or shops in the city centre, you’d have to grab an Uber, the Link bus or walk. In the past 12 months we’ve seen huge change in how people get around...

This piece by our CEO Viv Beck was published in the NZ Herald's Project Auckland special on 14 December 2018. This time last year, I wrote a Christmas wish list to address the perennial issue of Auckland's big decisions going round and round — an...

Whether you’ve never danced before or you started doing ballet before you could walk, the Dance Domain is your ultimate ballet destination. With ballet classes for adults of all levels, the Dance Domain is here for you. The Dance Domain has ballet...

The Writers Café are passionate about inspiring, supporting and connecting aspiring writers. The Writers’ Cafe project is organised and run by a friendly and welcoming community of local writers. Their mission is to bring together...

RYZE is a fast growing 100% New Zealand owned creative digital marketing agency. Based in Auckland, NZ. Specializing in generating leads with a focus around data-driven results and optimized, custom designed websites. Our digital marketing services...

CPA Australia is one of the world's largest accounting bodies, with 163,000 members across 125 countries. The New Zealand division's head office in Auckland looks after more than 2000 CPA members across the country. Besides supporting members...

PLATFORM29 is an independantly owned full service advertising agency that specialises in consumer facing activation and digital/online design and production.  

The consulate provides consular services to Latvians in the upper North Island

Little Island was first established as a community publisher to connect people and Pacific communities through books, but now also provides website and application development services both commercially and to support the communities it connects with....