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Auckland Council have put together an excellent educational video for people to understand how shared space works and learn more about shared space design aspects by using the example of Auckland's CBD first shared space - Darby Street. The video is...

Elliott Street (between Wellesley street and Darby street), will be closed to all general traffic from midnight on Sunday 27 March 2011 to Sunday 14 August 2011 to allow the first phase of the Elliott Street shared space to be completed. Pedestrian...

Over 85,000 visitors will be arriving on our shores shorty for the 2011 Rugby World Cup so it is imperative to start preparing your business now. One of the ways to start preparing is by using Auckland 2011's free online toolkit called Match Ready (which...

To help businesses start preparing for the biggest events Auckland has ever hosted, the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Auckland 2011 have designed a free online toolkit called Match Ready. The Match Ready Toolkit provides essential information to ensure...

Road re-surfacing work on Queen Street, between Mayoral Drive and Karangahape Road, will take place, weather permitting, from 7pm until 11pm on Friday 29 April, and from 7am until 2am on Saturday 30 April. Businesses will still be open during the re-...

Heart of the City wants to ensure that our CBD businesses get the best exposure to the 80,000+ visitors expected over the RWC period. We are developing an Insider’s Guide that will encourage visitors to explore all areas of the CBD, and to find hidden...

The Westpac Auckland Central Business Awards celebrate industry leaders, so if you are a CBD business achieving great results then why not enter your business to the awards to celebrate your successes. It doesn't matter what industry you are from or...

What is Conscious Consumers?The Conscious Consumers is a cafe project where member cafes are awarded badges (9 available) for demonstrating a commitment to environmentally and socially conscious business practices. The programme is set to...

Parking in the City has just got cheaper.Auckland Transport and Heart of the City have collaborated to trial a special $2.50 per hour, off-peak parking promotion to assist with encouraging visits to the CBD up until Christmas.The offer Special...

Here’s a great way of getting your instore visual merchandising themed for RWC. NZ2011 have made bunting available for businesses to purchase. In 10m lengths, each length features 49 flags, compromising 2 sets of RWC national flags and the 2011 Fern Leaf...

Street ThemingThe city centre will be RWC themed with many of the major streets flying banners from the light poles, and cross street banners. The walking route from Britomart, up Queen Street to Aotea and through Myers Park will also be also be themed....

Auckland’s BIG little City is our consumer marketing campaign. It aims to drive awareness and increased visitation to the CBD, and focuses on the huge range of entertainment, nightlight, dining , shopping and attractions that exist within our vibrant...

We are pleased to announce that our Insiders Guide is now available for downloading in ebook, ipad, iphone and android formatting here...From late August the guide will be distributed as a hard copy booklet via buses, hotels, rental cars, i-SITES and key...

We have partnered with Auckland Transport to provide a free inner city bus service that will make it easy for people to get around the central city, and to our great city businesses. The new City LINK bus service,  is a high frequency bus linking...

As part of this year’s BIG little City campaign we have a promotion called 48 Hour City whereby CBD events, attractions, hospitality and retail businesses are invited to promote themselves for free with feature offers to encourage visitation into...

The Waitemata Local Board, who represent the CBD Community, and are responsible for a wide range of activities, are asking people to provide comment on their Draft Local Board Plan by 8 August 2011. Local boards form a key part of Auckland Council's...

There are a number of streets in the CBD that will be closed to accommodate the filming on Sunday 31 July and Tuesday 2 August. Traffic management will be in place, and all directly affected businesses have been consulted with by the production company...

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

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...