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Following on from the great success we had last year, 48 Hour City will be returning in 2013 as part of BIG little City winter campaign. 48 Hour City is free to participate in giving you the chance to drive business through the quieter winter months, and...

Charity fundraising is a regular feature of city centre streets, and businesses often ask us about the rules and regulations regarding collectors in the CBD. Charity collecting activities are controlled by Council permit and by the voluntary code of...

The Auckland SkyPath, the privately-funded proposal for a tolled walking and cycling path over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, received another tick from Council's Strategy & Finance Committee  who voted to support Mayor Len Brown's...

Don’t forget that consultation on Auckland Council’s Draft Unitary Plan closes at the end of the month. This is your chance to have your say on the rulebook that will shape development in Auckland over the next 30 years. In the city centre, the...

Auckland Council is developing a new public art policy and is currently seeking feedback on the draft policy. The Public Art Policy will guide decisions on both council’s own public art activity and any art activity in public places and aims to ensure...

The Sustainable Business Network has recently launched a new strategy, introducing four new Transformation Areas to help their member businesses along the path to sustainability and a better business future. They believe every business – large and small...

The now well-established Fashion in the BIG little City event will be back in 2014 and planning will be underway in the next few months. In the meantime make note of the dates: 28 February – 9th March, 2014. More details on the event will be available...

HEART OF THE CITY LAUNCHES 453 REASONS TO LOVE YOUR CITY From next week Heart of the City will be publishing a list of 453 experiences to inspire Aucklanders and asking people to share the things they love most about their central city via Instagram. By...

It has been an exciting week at the HOTCity office, we have just launched the brand new BIG little city website. The new image-led site has a fresh new look and some great new functionality to improve user experience. If you would like to explore the...

In the last issue we shared with you our BIG little City campaign for this year: Love your City. Using photo sharing platform Instagram, we are encouraging Aucklanders to share the experiences they most enjoy in the BIG little City, from the whole baked...

Bars and clubs in the Heart of the City’s Fort St and High St precinct and in the K Road Business Association area have joined the BarWatch network and using two way radios to warn other bars about any anti-social behaviour, intoxicated patrons or other...

Entries close 28th JuneWestpac Auckland Central Business Awards, presented by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, reward excellence in business and celebrate the greater value it brings to Auckland city."Awards like this highlight true excellence in...

Back for the third year in a row, Restaurant Month will be returning to Auckland’s central city to showcase the talents of our city’s chefs and the delights of our dining experiences this August. With over 125 central city restaurant’s participating,...

Auckland’s annual celebration of contemporary arts and galleries returns to the city from 11 – 20 October. Beyond the gallery exhibitions and events that form the mainstay of Art Week, Heart of the City delivers a range of activations designed...

StoreWatch is a community prevention first strategy towards reducing the effects of theft from retail stores on Queen St, Auckland. The StoreWatch initiative will allow stores to pass information easily between each other either by email or text. A...

Precinct Properties' ANZ Centre, the 32-storey landmark on Albert Street in Auckland, has recently claimed top honours at the Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards 2013. The $76 million project is New Zealand’s...

Stage 3 of the Fort Street upgrade, between Gore St and Customs St East, is nearing completion. Temporary barriers are finally disappearing , trees are being planted and the final touches of new street lights and street furniture are underway. New "...

A lively new artwork has brought spring colour to a High St demolition site. A mural by highly acclaimed New Zealand artist Martin Poppelwell uses distinctive images of trees that will change with the seasons to bring colour to the streetscape. The...

Bold innovative art for the City Centre’s shared public spaces makes Auckland a notable destination for residents and visitors alike. Eyelight Lane by David Swensson will dynamically trace Fort Lane’s intricate contours with a meandering red-neon line....

Scientists from The University of Auckland, NIWA, and AUT University, along with 15 students, have taken to the city centre streets to determine how much car and bus emissions contribute to the level of air pollutants in the Queen St valley and to assess...

A fortnight ago Auckland Council set a hard line against the Ports expansion plans when it rejected all of their options for expansion, saying in effect that enough is enough. Mayor Len Brown acknowledged that the Ports expansion plans were "the...

Central Auckland has a vibrant entertainment and hospitality scene – but there can be a dark side to Auckland’s CBD. The central city area has a reputation for suffering from alcohol related violence and crime. Next year, Auckland Council has a chance to...

 We will now run all our consumer marketing and events activity under our organisation name, "Heart of the City”. The background to this is that we have been working away since January this year with ATEED (Auckland Tourism Events and Economic...

Fashion in the City is a unique central city event that celebrates and promotes the current season’s fashion to Aucklanders and visitors through an event and a marketing campaign involving the CBD’s fashion retailers and businesses. The collaboration...

All HOTCity members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of Heart of the City, the Auckland City Centre Business Association. At this meeting, the new Executive Committee will be elected and the Chairman's report and budget for the 2012/2013...

Chicago has been wowing audiences all around the world for over thirty years. With its dark stories of murder, greed, corruption, and adultery. This sexy musical extravaganza is an unmissable tribute to the very heart and soul of theatre. Turn your...

This winter, Heart of the City ran the "LOVE YOUR CITY” Campaign over the 3 months of June, July & August – which promoted 453 reasons to Love Your City. We invited Aucklanders to come in and take a photo of their favourite places and things to do,...

The winter months are typically a time that many Aucklanders can slip into hibernation mode, yet this wasn't the case for thousands of diners who indulged in the abundance of special menus and events on offer from participating restaurants throughout...

Registrations for Fashion in the City 2014 are flowing in and we are well over halfway to reaching our cut off.The ten day event between 28 February and 9 March, 2014 will create a huge celebration of fashion in the central city and has the proven...

Installation of fibre optic cable for Ultra Fast Broadband is underway to the CBD from Hobson St east, including Queen St. Although the work will mean disruption to footpaths and roads as the work progresses, contractors will be working to keep...

Real Time Pedestrian Counts from cameras installed in the CBD have been successfully used over the past year to identify Trends in the CBD and the impacts on foot traffic around certain events. Monthly pedestrian traffic trends are shown on the Heart of...

Heart of the City is delivering a new event as part of next year’s 10 days of Fashion in the City. This event will take place on Queen Street on Saturday 8 March - a key shopping day and a key day during the Fashion in the City event. The event is being...

Changes aimed to improve New Zealand's drinking culture and reduce the harm caused by excessive drinking – both personal and public will be introduced in the central city on 18 December. This will see new maximum trading hours for on and off-licences...

IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland, 19 January 2014 is the official Asia Pacific Championship for this triathlon distance, and is one of only three regional championships in the world. The IRONMAN 70.3 distance involves a 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km run, which...

Heart of the City will be delivering 10 days of Fashion in the City in the central city from 28 Feb -9 March 2014. These 10 days of events, activities, retail offers in-store and promotions will be supported by a $500,000 campaign to encourage shoppers...

Heart of the City is celebrating Christmas this year with a series of lunchtime pop-up carnivals with live performance, DJs and food trucks taking place in public squares and shared spaces throughout the city. Acts performing as part of the event include...