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Making deliveries in our increasingly busy and populated city is a challenge, with courier vehicles dealing with congestion and limited parking and bikes only able to carry small loads. This week, a new courier company with e-cargo tricycles able...

Step change projects for the city centre like Light Rail and Skypath are back in the news this week with the government’s announcement of their draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport. The GPS will guide the spending of $4b per annum...

4 Days of Fashion in the City brought a buzz of exciting events, new fashion and great shopping to the city centre at the end of March. We know that activation, experiences and community are part of the future of bricks and mortar shopping – Jamie...

You might notice people selling artful Piki - feather-like adornments to be worn in the hair, on a hat or button or used as a bookmark - around the city centre over the next couple of weeks. The Piki Project has come out of Inside the Cup, a co-...

Auckland Transport is piloting a new scheme that will offer trades and service people and the city businesses they work with more certainty about access. Trades and service vehicles are now able to access allocated spaces in Victoria Street car...

This piece by our CEO Viv Beck was originally published in Colliers Lease: Auckland City Office Space 2018. Auckland's city centre is at the heart of our economy, generating around 17% of Auckland’s GDP and 7% of New Zealand’s.  With low commercial...

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You can find out more about the America’s Cup proposals at drop in sessions on May 8 and 16, being held by Auckland Council and Panuku as part of the resource consent process. Drop in any time between 11am-1pm or 3-6pm See the documents relating...

You can find out more about the America’s Cup proposals at drop in sessions on 8 and 16 May, being held by Auckland Council and Panuku as part of the resource consent process. Drop in any time between 11am-1pm or 3-6pm See the documents relating...

Since Ellen Melville Centre re-opened in September, it’s hosted a variety of events almost as diverse as the city centre community it represents. On one particularly interesting evening a couple of months back, models prepared for the Ingrid Starnes...

We saw an inspired vision for what the Ports land could be in the future when Archimedia presented their ideas to council last week. Incrementalism is innovation’s worst enemy, said the technologist Nicholas Negroponte. We agree - for Auckland to enjoy...

9 May 2018 By email: akhaveyoursay@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Thank you for the opportunity to submit to the Draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2018-2028 (RLTP) and Regional Fuel Tax proposal.  Heart of the City is the business association for the...

By email: Contributions.PolicyTeam@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to make this submission on the draft Development Contribution (DC) Policy. Heart of the City is the business association for the city centre,...

The news that Mecca Maxima is taking up a much larger site in Queen Street for a new concept store, opening later this year, is just the latest in a stream of new openings amidst a booming cosmetics sector. Marketview reported in the March edition of...

At the Mason Bros. building in Wynyard Quarter, 16% of workers get there by cycling, eight times as many as Aucklanders on average1. Only 20% get there by car, less than half the Auckland average.  This is both a gold star achievement in...

We’ve been involved in helping shape the new Auckland visitor strategy which sets out the direction for Auckland’s visitor economy for the next 7 years. Central to the strategy is the idea of sustainability, and starting to measure success in terms...

For the past three years, a group of feijoa-loving, community-minded city centre-dwellers have come together on a May evening for the Quietly Raucous Feijoa Festival. This year’s festival, held at Tabac, was themed around both feijoa and elephants –...

Since the new Freyberg Place and Ellen Melville Centre reopened in September last year, they've begun to thrive as spaces for community and events. Before construction started, it was agreed that vehicle access through the square...

This edition of Auckland Conversations takes place in collaboration with New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC)  Join international sustainability expert Matt Petersen and panellists as they discuss the challenges we face as a city to get...

AUT graduations take place at the Aotea Centre, with ceremonies running throughout the day. The ceremonies bring a festive feel to the city centre, with lots of graduands in full academic dress and friends and families coming to celebrate with them....

Unitec graduations take place at Auckland Town Hall, with ceremonies running throughout the day. The ceremonies bring a festive feel to the city centre, with lots of graduands in full academic dress and friends and families coming to celebrate with...

To: Auckland Council Application number: BUN60318372 This is a submission on an application from Panuku Development Auckland on 13 April 2018 for resource consent to develop and facilitate the infrastructure in the Wynyard Basin/Hobson Wharf area to...

Artweek Auckland, the annual celebration of art in galleries, businesses and public spaces, returns to the city centre from 6 - 14 October.  Highlights include the return of Late Night Art, Changing Lanes, Street ArtDEGO and free guided...

There's a boom in new hotels being built in Auckland's city centre in response to the huge and growing demand for high quality accommodation for local and international visitors. Take a look at the Sheraton Four Points, opening this week, and some...

Two enormous and striking art works by New Zealand artists Sara Hughes and Peata Larkin will cover 5,760sqm of wall space at the New Zealand International Convention Centre when it opens next year. Sara Hughes’ glass artwork, made of 550...

We talked to Steven Yin, New World Metro's Owner/Operator and Community Fridge volunteer Claire Scott-Knight about why they're involved and the idea of community in the city centre. We talked to some familiar city faces about...

Here’s a quick wrap up of what was discussed at the most recent ACCAB meeting – of which we are a member and where we provide advice to Council on city projects as well as the allocation of the city centre targeted rate – a special rate funded by city...

Back for its eighth year, American Express Restaurant Month promises to intrigue and delight tastebuds and foodie fans with an array of delectable culinary events and special menus. Auckland, 19 June: Auckland’s central city dining scene is set to...

Our community building friends at Splice have made a lovely piece of video capturing what people who live here in the city centre think about the place they call home - from what they love to their favourite places and if they...

The final finishing touch to the O'Connell Street upgrade was installed last week, with a sculpture named Light Weight ‘O’ by artist Catherine Griffiths. The artwork is suspended in the centre of the street between 5 and 10 O'Connell...

Homelessness continues to be a challenge for Auckland and for the city centre, but we're pleased to report that there are some good results being achieved to address it. The Housing First programme, delivered in the city centre as a partnership between...

Our CEO Viv talks about the lights and our plan to evolve the city centre night time experience. Queen Street is a premier location in Auckland’s city centre and we’re about to enhance its vibrancy and link it up with other feature lighting to add...

AT's new central suburbs bus network is being rolled out from Sunday 8 July as part of a simpler, more integrated public transport network that's being implemented across the city. The new networks for East, West and South Auckland have been put in...

Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on the proposed Pedestrian Mall for Freyberg Place. We reserve our position on what is proposed, pending consultation feedback from business submitters and the response to our questions outlined below....

Auckland has made enormous strides in public transport in the last two decades – from pity mode for people with no better choice to a key structuring element of a fast-growing, dynamic city. Since its foundation in 2010, Auckland Transport has achieved...

The next stage of dramatic transformation for Britomart is about to begin, with property owner and heritage developer Cooper and Company's announcement of the new 10-floor The Hotel Britomart to be built on the site previously occupied by Britomart...