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Celebrate the Lunar New Year in the Heart of the City

A pan-Asian celebration of the Lunar New Year is the newest addition to the city centre’s event calendar.

ArtWeek in the City Centre returns with vitality this October

Press release
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Wed 13 Sep 2023

Auckland’s Heart of the City will be blooming with creativity this Spring when ArtWeek in the City Centre returns with a vibrant programme of over 50 pop up exhibitions, galleries, installations, free art walks, artist talks, workshops, and more between

City centre heritage stories

News story
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Wed 27 Sep 2023

Auckland’s city centre has a richly storied past and with the Heritage Festival on now, we wanted to share some of them.

Korean Festival gives the High Street District a boost.

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Thu 30 Mar 2023

The city blossoms into life, rejuvenated by art

Press release
Issue date: 
Wed 21 Sep 2022

Art in the City
Friday 7 October – Sunday 16 October
Multiple locations across Auckland’s City Centre

Art in the City

Transforming the city centre from October 7 - 16 2022 with an unmissable line-up of exhibitions, installations, pop-ups and activations in public spaces, laneways, galleries and more.

Save the St James Theatre

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Wed 17 Aug 2022

A new push to secure government funding to match that already in place, and a recent decision to uncouple the theatre’s restoration from the St James Block apartment development project, may well mean this once majestic place in the heart of our city ca

Take part in City of Colour 6 - 22 May 2022

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Fri 25 Mar 2022

City of Colour is a new initiative coming to the city centre this May.

Artweek 2021 in the city centre

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Tue 26 Oct 2021

Artweek 2021 in the Heart of the City is back, temporarily transforming streets, laneways and public spaces with installations and artworks that create vibrancy and a sense of community. From installations in our favourite laneways to guided walks