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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...

The network upgrades to enable Ultra Fast Broadband in the High Street District (including O’Connell Street, High Street and Vulcan Lane) will begin next Friday 27 December. The programme of works has being rolling out in the Central City over the last...

You and your business are one of the cornerstones of making Heart of the City events and campaigns successful - we couldn't do it without you. We wanted to let you know our plans for the next 12 months so you have plenty of time to think about how you...

Be. Accessible is a social change movement and a holistic framework for accessibility with a mission to create a truly accessible country for us all.Be. Accessible is managed by the Be. Institute, a social enterprise that worksacross all sectors and...

Auckland Council have recently released a "Shaping a Business Friendly City” guide which puts the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan into context from a business-friendly perspective. Shaping a Business Friendly Auckland has been developed together with the...

The transformation of our streets in the inner city continues with construction well underway in Federal Street, Upper Khartoum Place and O’Connell Street. These projects form part of the programme of works that falls under the Auckland’s City...

Want to make a difference to Auckland’s city centre? Heart of the City represent and promote businesses in Auckland’s city centre. We are all passionate and committed to developing a central city that all Aucklanders are proud of, that is a thriving...

A city centre that is a great place for walking and cycling is what we want. The Skypath a project, that we have been supporting from its inception, has been identified as one of the Mayor’s six priority projects that will get Auckland moving in...

Fashion in the City got underway last week. There will be 10 days of events, activities and in-store offers and a significant media and PR campaign to encourage shoppers to come into the central city to shop. It’s a great way for HOTCity businesses...

The Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Auckland will take place from 28 - 29 March 2015 in Auckland's CBD and waterfront precinct. This event attracts some of the world's best elite athletes and age group athletes from NZ and around the...

Auckland Conversations is an exciting series of talks designed to inspire, influence and inform the transformation of Auckland into the world’s most liveable city, providing an opportunity to learn from the experience of world leaders. Talks cover a...

Electric trains make rail travel more attractive. Trains are faster, quieter and more energy-efficient, and feature the latest developments in technology and safety. And starting today, they have begun operating on Auckland's suburban lines. ...

Here's your chance to promote your business through our new City Deals campaign (it's an evolution of our former campaign 48 Hour City), which is a key part of winter 2014. We are asking for retail, hospitality, event and tourism...

Two projects that are bringing marked improved to the safety and experience for our retail and late night businesses in the city centre are Storewatch and Barwatch. Helping to lower alcohol-related harm and retail theft in the city, these communication...

Entries for this year's Top Shop Retail Excellence Awards open in Auckland on 3 June 2014, and we're sponsoring up to five HOTCity retailers to participate in the awards.If you are keen to participate, tell us in 100 words or less why we should...

Auckland’s Draft Local Alcohol Policy is currently being debated as it is now open for public comment. Without a doubt Alcohol & Safety are inextricably linked. It is critical that the Auckland policy can find a balance in managing and...

The Auckland Council and Auckland Transport Public Safety & Nuisance Bylaw addresses issues relating to public safety and nuisance, and inappropriate behaviour in public places to ensure that Aucklanders and visitors can freely enjoy the city’s...