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At Custom Lane coffee is our ritual, our craft and our passion. Open from 6 am, the urban laneway café offers organic espresso, artisan Doornuts donuts, superfood smoothies, gourmet sandwiches and buttery light pastries.      Custom...

Celebrate 1920s vintage style at American Express Restaurant Month’s most glamorous party. This brand new event ‘The Supper Club’ will take guests on a journey back to the glittering 1920s for one immersive night of art deco elegance in what’...

In partnership with Auckland Transport   Auckland Conversations on 2 August explores the relationship between public health and urban planning with help from one of the world’s leading experts.   Aucklanders are facing...

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Right now, it’s Plastic Free July, a global movement that was started seven years ago in Western Australia with the goal to dramatically reduce single use plastic and improve recycling. We think there’s a real opportunity for the city centre...

Progress continues on the CRL project in Albert Street, Commercial Bay and Britomart. Recent milestones include the completion of piles in Lower Queen Street to support the tunnel that will connect Britomart station to the Commercial Bay tunnels and...

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With over 4,000 commercially rated properties within a 1km radius of the Sky Tower, we have a dynamic property industry of owners and developers large and small, property managers and real estate advisors. Find out more about how property owners...

We asked three leading restaurateurs from Auckland's city centre what makes our dining scene so special. Michael Dearth from The Grove and Baduzzi, Bo Manoonpong from Mai Thai, Grasshopper and Thai Street and Kyle Street from Culprit and Lowbrow talk...

One of the city centre's most iconic streets, Queen Street, and the laneways that stem from it are significant for retail – from international luxury through to department stores, mainstream fashion and youth brands - and for the professional services...

On the western edge of the city centre, right on the edge of the Waitematā Harbour, is a rapidly evolving mixed-use precinct, with longstanding marine industries like boat building and the famous Auckland Fish Market and legacy industrial silos adding...

Blending heritage commercial buildings with a nautical history and well-designed modern low and mid-rise developments, Britomart is home to a combination of creative and professional businesses and a range of high quality retail and hospitality. It’s...

The University of Auckland's main graduation ceremonies run in May (Autumn) and September (Spring) each year. On graduation day the formalities start with a street procession from the University to the Aotea Centre. There are three processions in Autumn...

AUT’s graduation ceremonies happen twice a year, soon after the end of each semester. A graduation street procession runs from Albert Park, through Princes Street, Bowen Avenue and Victoria Street East into Queen Street and up to Aotea Square...

Our major marketing campaign for the city launches today. This winter, we’re inspiring Aucklanders to explore their city centre by highlighting the unique personalities of the neighbourhoods that make up the city centre and the range of...

One of the city centre's major cultural venues, Aotea Centre, is undergoing a transformation to rejuvenate the 28-year-old building. The transformation will be in stages, starting with significant exterior and internal works which will pave the way for...

Updated 16 August 2018 We wrote nine months ago about the projected shortage of hotels in the city centre due to high demand, and about the new developments that were underway at the time. Since then we've seen a huge number of new ...

City Rail Link have just released new virtual tours of the new and redeveloped stations that will be opened when works are completed, scheduled to be in early 2024. You can see some of art and design features woven into the fabric of the stations,...

International fashion brand H&M opens its Auckland flagship today in the brand new Commercial Bay development located at the waterfront end of Queen Street. By the end of next year, this much anticipated new addition to the city centre will be home...

We see kindness every day here in the city centre, shared between strangers, friends, family and colleagues. This week, it’s more evident than usual, thanks to Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day. RAK days are celebrated around the world, and NZ’s is this...

The Farmers Santa Parade will take place on Sunday 2 December due to rain on the original parade date. The major community family event that is the Farmers Santa Parade returns to the streets of the city centre for its 85th outing in 2018. Many city...

Tomorrow brings American Express Restaurant Month to a close for another year. We've pulled together some of the most delectable food shots and vibrant event moments in celebration of the brilliant city centre restaurants that make this event such a...

From 6 – 14 October, we’re celebrating Artweek 2018 in the city centre and encouraging Aucklanders to discover our cultural heartbeat - from galleries to art in the streets and corporate art collections. We're a longstanding major partner of...

With Auckland Heritage Festival kicking off later this month and the city going through big changes at the moment, we were inspired to talk to a few city centre businesses with a whole lot of history - over 400 years’ between them to be more exact –...

In 1934, Marbecks was opened, the Levy Building on Customs Street (home to RJB Design and Xuxu) got the art deco makeover you can still see today, around half a million people lived in Auckland and we were nearing the end of the Great Depression. 1934...

Five designs have been revealed for a new tower on the waterfront side of the Sky Tower at 65 Federal Street, in a competition run by Australian-based property developers ICD. The brief to the competing architects – local firm Warren &...