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The official opening night of the Rugby World Cup is quickly approaching and Friday 9 September is going to be the biggest party Auckland has ever seen. The Heart of the Cityoffice is planning on staying in the CBD and enjoying the celebrations...

Auckland Council and Heart of the City’s City Watch Security Team will be increasing their presence in the CBD during the Tournament. The team is responsible for making the city a safer and more welcoming place by moving on beggars, unpermitted busking...

The work to transform Elliott Street, Lorne Street & Fort Street is complete, and will see slow vehicle speed, pedestrian-priority zones create a vibrant, world-class city centre that attracts people and business. Popular in many overseas cities,...

The Fan Trail is a 4.5km walking route from Queen Elizabeth Square in the city centre to Eden Park, via Queen Street, Aotea Square, Myers Park, K’Road, Great North Road and Bond Street. The Fan Trail will be activated on Eden Park match days to...

The Draft Auckland Plan will have a major impact on Aucklanders lives over the next 30 years. Through four different plans the council has identified priorities for Auckland’s development, which aim to make it the world’s most liveable city by 2040. The...

Auckland Council have partnered with neighbourhood directory Localist and leading Wi-Fi operator Tomizone, to provide a free high speed wireless service across the Auckland region.The new free Wi-Fi service is called Auckland Wi-Fi and it is found at...

Auckland Council and Government are putting enhanced plans in place to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment during the RWC 2011 from this Friday 16 September.Additional match viewing capacity and associated servicing will be provided on Captain...

Registrations are now open for our Christmas Markets. As part of our Festival of Christmas, in partnership with Kwik-N-Ezy  we will be bringing "Christmas Markets" to Aotea Square from Monday 12 December – Saturday 24 December from 10am - 6pm daily...

We pleased to introduce the Heart of the City Executive Committee for 2011/2012, who were elected at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), held on the 27 October 2011. The role of the Committee is to provide the strategic direction of Heart of the...

A significant number of full road closures will occur in the central city, from 4am to 7pm on Sunday, 20 November 2011, including:Quay Street, Queen Street, Customs Street West, Shortland Street, Princes Street, Bowen Avenue, Victoria Street East,...

Over the past couple of weeks we have been putting together our submission to the Auckland Plan. We would like to thank you to everyone who either gave us feedback directly, filled out the survey via weonlygetonechance.co.nz or filled out our e-...

MAUI PIPELINE CRITICAL CONTINGENCY UPDATE· A further Band of customers have been released from gas curtailment, due to the continued conservation efforts from all gas users. · Band 4 customers, of which there are approximately 1,000 in the affected...

Work to complete stage 2 of the Elliott Street and Fort Street area upgrades begin this week, which will see yet more areas become wonderful, spaces for people in the city. More information on the CBD Streets and Open Space Upgrade Programme is...

This year the BIG little City Festival of Christmas will be the place for all Aucklanders to come together to celebrate. We will be building on previous years, with more street decorations and an exciting programme of performances in Aotea...

Click on the image above to watch Santa & the Reindeer be installed on the Whitcoulls Building. 

The HOTCity report card outlines our achievements for the 2010/2011 year, and lets Heart of the City members know how we have delivered benefits to them.Click on the image below to download the Report Card (PDF, 2076kb)

A regional wide draft waste minimisation plan is out for discussion until 31 January 2012. The Draft Waste Management Plan aims to help deliver waste services more efficiently, find better ways to reuse resources, and send less to landfill across...

Auckland Council and JFC will close Fort Street between Commerce Street and Customs Street East & Gore Street between Fort Street and Customs Street East CBD, to undertake a major upgrade the existing stormwater system which includes lane closures on...

Mayor Len Brown has welcomed a new Auckland Council policy to assist local business associations, saying it will boost the economic growth of town centres and business precincts across Auckland.The new policy confirms council support for business...

Ports of Auckland plans to add the equivalent of 16 Eden Park #1 fields to its container wharves – and most of the new space juts out in to the Waitemata harbour. A publicity campaign titled "Your Port, Your Call” is urging Aucklanders to find out more...

We are currently looking for a Marketing Communications Executive to join our team. If you have:1 - 2 years marketing experienceStrong copy writing skillsMarketing Communications / PR qualificationsWorking knowledge of social media and web content...

The National Foundation for the Deaf will be distributing Free Hearing Help Yellow Cards in specially designed plastic stands. The stands can be displayed on countertops and make communication with members of the public who have hearing...

Sunday 19 February 2012 (rain date 26 February)Queen Street, between Wyndham and Customs Streets10am to 4pmPlaying in the Streets is a proposed event that will close down 300m of Queen Street to cars and open it to pedestrians on Sunday 19 February, 10am...

Auckland City Centre is one the main docking points in New Zealand for cruise ships. With Princes Wharf the primary cruise berth which processes cruise ship passengers and the adjacent Queens Wharf used as a secondary facility when there is more than one...

What you need to know:The Volvo Ocean Race comes to the Waterfront between 8-18 March 2012. The event is focused around the Viaduct Events Centre, with daily events and entertainment happening between 9am and 9pm. The boats are due to arrive in...

With crime in New Zealand’s retail sector estimated at over $600 million per year, stores seriously need to improve their defences against theft and ‘shrinkage’ (even if they can’t really calculate how much they are losing). Learn how one group lifted...

Heart of the City's first Fashion in the BIG little City is being held on Saturday 3 March. Find out more about this great event, where more than 100 HOTCity stores are participating...

Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan and Regional Transport Plan is now out for public comment. The plan sets out the priorities for Auckland over the next 10 years as well as identifying how this will be paid for. It is important the HOTC Members take the...

The Auckland Council this morning voted to conduct an extensive review of the operation of the Ports of Auckland and suspend all plans for expansion into the Waitemata Harbour until further notice. The plans would have seen the container wharves...

The February CBD Quarterly Monitoring report provides an economic snapshot of Auckland’s CBD in the September and December 2011 quarter. It includes the latest data trends where available, and investigates the changes which have occurred up to this time...

The annual St Patrick's Day parade makes its way down Queen St on Saturday 17 March, ending at the Viaduct, where festivities continue into the evening.There will be a rolling road closure surrounding the parade and partial road closures at Lower Hobson...

The Sustainable Business Network presents the Creating Sustainable Wealth Forum on 29 March - a one day forum offering practical and relevant insights into the latest sustainable development solutions, thinking on value creation and successful...

Here at Heart of the City we are currently undertaking a major effort to make sure we have the most up to date details on record for all of our members and businesses within our area.We will be reaching out to CBD businesses and property owners through a...

Auckland Council’s Business Advisory Panel, of which HOTCity CEO Alex Swney is a member, has voiced a single preference on the 10 proposed alternative transport funding options that have been out for public consultation to help fund transport development...

Whether you’re out to forge new business alliances, find new customers through referral marketing or just to talk to like-minded people about doing business in your area, business networking events are a useful tool for company owners and managers....