Nau mai ki te teihana o Waitematā #pokapūtāone

Bikie Kids having some fun. Photo exhibition on the fence, the EcoMatters Bike Hubs ticking over nicely, And some cool tunes at Queens Wharf village today #citycentre

New sights. Public space fulfilling its protest function. #citycentre

This is nice.

Our own giant sculpture on top of Dilworth” building

Busy busy busy at TK we have E Tū setting up. Ake Ake Ake Māori language week activities heritage festival activities and a brass band setting up as well. #citycentre #sheworkshardforthemoney

Auckland Heritage Fest is underway - St James tours sold out, but plenty of other city centre events and experiences this weekend ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/heritage-fes...

Karearea in the lead #boty www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

Voting for our 1 x Waitematā Ward Councillor &  7 x Local Board  members is well underway. Voting is open until 12 noon Sat 11 Oct. Check your mailbox for voting papers Get voting. all elections info: voteauckland.co.nz/en.html and daily votes returned data: voteauckland.co.nz/en/informati...

Massive attachments dump for 24 Sept Planning Committee mostly Draft replacement plan change maps infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Those who like to get out of the city and ramble through the hills and Wales, this might be of interest www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

āpōpō at Ellen Melville Centre 💮

Today is the anniversary of Tuku Whenua-The Birth of Auckland 18 Sept 1840. 185 yrs since Tuku Whenua of 3000 acres by Apihai Te Kawau/Ngāti Whātua & Crown reps came to Tāmaki for a ceremony at Point Britomart/ Te Rerenga-ora-iti (Emily Pl) to found the new capital thespinoff.co.nz/atea/29-01-2...

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.” Remember, bike-lanes mean business. 10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Checkmate!

CCRG joined other city centre advisory panel (CCAP) members via a letter to the Govt by the CCAP Chair, calling on the government to take further action to reduce rough sleeping. shrtm.nu/SrYV4Qj

Here is a familiar face from Auckland Streets Mr. Sunshine, a.k.a. Larry Woods - one of the photos in the photographer of the year 2025 competition.

Miki Rapu waiata ka mua ka muri. City centre Treasure hunt at TK for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. 🙏cc targeted rate. play.pickpath.com/experience/2...

Awesome mahi to get this area a bit tided up with the rubbish collection Team Up 2 Clean Up yesterday. Ernest Davis Steps going from Anzac Ave past the old Station Hotel down to Beach road - truly a neglected and ignored little area that could be so much better.

🙏 to everyone who came out & enjoyed the spring weather conditions to assist with the Team up 2 Clean up City Centre #4. 🙏 to Earth Action for this wonderful mahi. And to Aaiotanga & CCRG volunteers and for providing kai. Cleaning up the City Centre one neighbourhood at a time. which area is next?!

Tītoki time. More 🌳 on Waitematā station plaza. Specimen Trees at work.

QW platform now open, nice lighting at night too

A good small intervention for Nicolas Street- new tree, bollards fix, some footpath reinstatement, weeds & rubbish removed. The straight superfecta ! 🏆😎🥰🌇🥳

And another strand arcade opening this one popped up quick

New Strand arcade offering.

This Sunday free! m.moshtix.co.nz/v2/event/fre...

Exhibition opening. 🏙️

Such a cool event upon K Road - the Night Mayors. Discussing what we all love about Tamaki and what we need to do to make it even better. Community.

The Night Mayors event is about to get underway

The Vegas girl is having a transplant

Karangahape-a-hape station & surrounds coming along. Some v nice details.

On tonight www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/the-night-...

The finalists in NZ Geographic's Photographer of the Year award are now on display at Britomart

Full up this Sunday which means 70 attendees. 🙏

Hobson. Nelson. Way too much lip service paid to safety, air quality, noise, footpaths. Amenity. Literally zero done to look after the thousands of residents in this area for 15 years plus of rates and targeted rates being raised in this area.

New (official) mural on St James by Lieuw and Low #citycentre

Ata mārie. 🌅 and 🌚 combo 🌆

Local Board workshop on tomorrow around the midtown circulation plan tying in the mini projects going on we’re about to finish 👋 CRL. PUDO! #A4E infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2025/09...

Not something you see often in the city. Anyone missing a lawnmower?

Next Sun 14/9 is our 4th CityCentre Team Up 2 Clean Up starts Emily Pl Reserve, moving locally around the rohe. 10am - 12pm w some kai at the end All cleaning tools provided Awesome way to meet people/neighbours get light exercise & make a difference to our hapori & te taiao Info: shrtm.nu/9Ah90Kp

'State of the city 2025- Benchmarking Akl's International Performance' seems like a neutral to negative assessment w some positivities Experiences are 1 of the key reasons that draw people to live in cities from significant large scale events to the regular & chance interactions shrtm.nu/vv2daX2

Live in the Union/Cook/Nelson st rohe? There's a new local city centre group aimed at sharing local news & events etc beyond the individual buildings in this area - focused on building & connecting neighbours= neighbourhood-building. Check out their launch August zine The Connector- shrtm.nu/RnBvCMm

And visit the Reserve at Emily Place and you might hear some Tūī at the moment in the pōhutukawa. And check out the four rat traps recently installed by local residents @forestandbird.bsky.social

A kōrero of positivity & potential - What a great idea. In the midst of an election cycle where it is particularly easy, if not tempting, & certainly eminently clickable, to punch down on parts of the city - getting together to kōrero about all the good things is a welcome antidote. shrtm.nu/twYcl7F

We need one of these in the city centre for our 15% plus🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Community

Mission Grocer offerings this week. www.missiongrocer.co.nz

Ccrg meet the candidates getting underway

Port of Auckland bus tours are back for school hols- very interesting and quite fun too