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The Darby Street upgrade aims to create a more pedestrian friendly and attractive environment for people to shop, relax, dine and spend time.Located in the heart of the city between Queen and Elliott streets, Darby Street is accessible and an...

Britomart Place (between Quay Street and Beach Road) and Tyler and Galway streets (between Britomart Place and Gore Street), central city, between 11.30pm on Friday, 7 May and 5pm on Monday, 10 May (rain dates: between Friday, 14 May and Monday, 17...

Plans are under way for this year's Auckland Heritage Festival - 18 September to 3 October. The festival offers people the chance to discover, experience and celebrate our city's heritage with events and activities across Auckland. The council invites...

One of the world's highest profile international yachting races is returning to Auckland. The city will be a stopover port for the Volvo Ocean Race in March 2012.Formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race, The Volvo Ocean Race takes place every three...

Aucklanders want our waterfront to be the centrepiece of the city's Rugby World Cup 2011 celebrations, a survey of nearly 800 residents shows.The survey asking Aucklanders how they wanted to celebrate this once in a lifetime event showed strong support...

Queens Wharf will be the base and main service area for all rally teams during Rally New Zealand. The public will be able to see the service crews in action, meet the drivers during autograph signing sessions, and watch the rally’s stages on a big...

Savings like these have contributed to the lower-than-expected 1.9 per cent rates increase for next year, announced last week.The project came about after significant repairs were needed for the Civic car park roof, and the council decided it was an...

Taste of Auckland achieved wide acclaim in its first year and is now set to take on unparalleled heights as the event moves into Auckland's BIG little city at Victoria Park. Over four days from 18 – 21 November, 20,000 passionate food and drink...

Organised by Bizzone, the three-day expo for business owners attracts 7,500 attendees in Auckland. The largest event for business features leading international business brands through to local service providers. Check out the latest business products...

New Zealand’s largest FREE public art festival, this region-wide contemporary art and cultural event has 69 exhibitions across Auckland at major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites.The programme includes a mix of emerging and...

Auckland Rugby World Cup ticketholders will be able to enjoy free public transport to and from all Rugby World Cup matches in Auckland. The aim is encourage up to 75% people to not use their cars and use public transport to and from games. The free...

The annual New Zealand Jewellery Show is back for 2010, from the 2nd – 4th July at SKYCITY Auckland. It is the only nationwide forum for the country's jewellery designers to present their work for sale to the public. It showcases the work of...

GENERAL TENDERS Heart of the City has registered to receive alerts for new TENDERS for business as they are announced. This service is now available to you, our Heart of the City members through this website. If you click the link below,...

The New Zealand International Film Festival returns to Auckland on July 8, showcasing the newest and most striking films from around the world. In celebration of The NZ Film Festival returning to Auckland, the promoters of the festival are providing a...

Applications for grants open July 28th 2010 and are available for:- event/activity management and operating costs event performing artists’ fees and expenses event/activity promotion and publicity event/activity volunteer recruitment, training and...

A flashing keyhole, an abandoned trapeze and a miniature temple are just some of the exciting new contemporary art works that have been installed in and around the city centre’s busy Learning Quarter.The works are part of a public art project launched...

With only days to go the BIG question is who is going to be the first super city Mayor?? The cut off for nominations was last Friday 20 August revealing a final line up of 23 candidates. One thing we do know is that it is going to go down to the wire...

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The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are back for 2010. Recognising outstanding achievements by New Zealand musicians, the ceremony will be held on October 7th at Vector Arena. Heart of the City has a double pass to the awards to give...

 Higher sound levels are required for some big screen events to ensure that those attending can clearly hear sports commentary, a speech or film dialogue throughout the main audience area of the square. Currently the council’s central area district...

Each year at its AGM the Heart of the City membership has the opportunity to elect a new Board. The powers of this Board are contained within part 13 (page 10) of our constitution and are primarily concerned with the...

Heart of the City's consumer website http://www.biglittlecity.co.nz/ has been receiving over 60,000 visits a month since June 2010 as we are in market with the BIG little city advertising campaign. It is a great tool for providing information on...

From June 29 2011, the central CBD businesses and residents will again be hand-delivered a promotional pack containing specially printed rubbish and recycling bags and information on all you need to know about rubbish in the inner CBD.  The...

No hazardous materials, garden waste or liquids should be put into the rubbish bags. Your rubbish will not be collected if it's put out at the wrong time with the wrong contents such as hazardous materials, garden waste or liquidsYour...

What goes in your recycling bag Plastic containers rinsed and squashed    Polystyrene            Aluminium steel tins and cansOil or paint containers Glass bottles and jarsLiquids of any sorts ...

Fats and oils require specialist disposal and you are required to make arrangements with a private contractor for collection. Don't place containers of oil on the kerbside as they will stain the pavement and spill all over the collection vehiclesDon...

How to dispose of your paper and cardboardFlattened cardboard tied with string or inside another boxDo not put any polystyrene or plastic inside boxesUncollected cardboard/paper should be taken in and put out at the next collection timeYour cardboard/...

The new Auckland Council was sworn in Monday 1st November and you can find out more about the new council processes on their website www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. However, some services such as rubbish and recycling times can still be found on the...

Palmers have generously supplied, free of charge, over 2,500 punnets of flowers so that we can fill 6 temporary flowerbeds in the CBD in areas where illegal rubbish dumping is at its worst.  These hotspots will be in place from Wednesday 29th June...

Taste of Auckland has an exclusive offer for Heart of the City businesses - Two GA Tickets for just $30!Under 'General Admission' click Buy Now and choose from either the Thursday or Friday sessions.

Classic Hits are going to find the BIGGEST and BEST spender in Auckland's BIG little city and give them a chance to spend $1000 every hour, for 10 hours just in time for Christmas Day. All that is needed to enter the promotion is to shop anywhere in...

There will be 6 days of FREE street theatre at various locations downtown from December 18th - 23rd.  With the help of THE EDGE we've lined up giant moas, hip hop clowns, musical cowboys and time machines.  There's a chance to help design our...

The city Christmas decorations went up last week with refreshed designs on the 3 giant baubles and the Elliott Street and K Road Angels, not to mention a bit of a touch up on Santa's Reindeer. Make sure you check out the trail map online at www....

After a successful launch earlier this year, the New Zealand Fashion Festival will be back for 2011. Held over a 5 day period between 21-26 March 2011, and produced by the team from NZ Fashion Week, the New Zealand Fashion Festival will provide a series...

Between January and April, Auckland Transport and Vector are working together to undertake essential infrastructure work on Quay Street between Tangihua Street and Lower Hobson Street. This work will involve completing the second and final stage of the...

It's Auckland's 171st birthday and everyone's invited to celebrate with a host of fantastic Auckland Anniversary Weekend events from 28 to 31 January.- Auckland International Buskers Festival- Auckland Seafood Festival- Laneway Festival- Oceanbridge...