Be the first to know what's popped up in the city centre since your last visit and have fun enjoying new public spaces, bars, restaurants and eateries, art trails, exhibitions and more.
Fort Street Pocket Park - A new green-space with picnic benches and seating amongst new planters and trees. The perfect spot to stop and eat at during your lunch hour, or to sit and recharge at during a day of retail therapy.
At Te Wananga, Korimurimu (woven green safety webbing) is now secured across an opening in the deck suspended above the water for a unique spot to sit.
Shane Cotton's 'Maunga' installed in Gore Street, Britomart. Maunga is a permanent new work depicting 25 pots, each referring to a place or mountain in Aotearoa. Image: Russ Flatt for Britomart.
An enhanced Quay Street.
Image: Auckland Transport
Te Wananga - a public space extending out over the harbour at the downtown ferry basin filled with native gardens and mature pōhutukawa.
Amey Daldy Park is a new tree-filled field for lounging at the corner of Pakenham and Daldy Streets. It has rolling grassy knolls perfect for doing roly polys down the slopes if you’re young or young at heart. It’s also handily located for a picnic from The Rolling Pin just across the street or La Petite Fourchette a few metres up Daldy Street.
A play area in Daldy Street linear park
This new structure in Silo Park, designed by Tessa Harris (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki), is called Te Nukuao - ‘shelter’. It reflects the sails of waka hourua - large double-hulled ocean-going canoes - referring to the history of Wynyard Quarter as a 'water space' pre-reclamation and serving as a cultural marker for mana whenua.
Image: Auckland Transport
A refreshed Gore Street. Image: Auckland Transport
The Chief Post Office has reopened after the recent refurbishment of the building. It acts as the Britomart Transport Station, and has seen the addition of new cafes, a bakery, the See.Do.Auckland pop-up and a florist. Below, the ground, two tunnels have just been completed as part of the City Rail Link project - Auckland's first underground rail line.
Beautiful stained glass skylights in the Chef Post Office
The heart of the city will be awash with art, colour and light this May with over 50 installations and artworks in laneways, squares, streets, trees and more.