HUITANGURU FEBRUARY 2020 / ISSUE 99 FEBRUARY HUITANGURU ALL TOGETHER NOW Waitangi Day celebrations IN FULL SWING OURAUCKLAND.NZ Auckland’s best summer events Yoursorted summer, LIGHT IT UP! 1. Turn on your phone torch. 2. Place phone screen down on this page, light shining up. 3. Line up the light directly over the circle above. Now, turn the page... OurAuckland.nz TO TATOU TAMAKI MAKAURAU CONTENTS 20-23 LET IT GLOW CONTACT US We go behind the scenes at the Auckland Lantern Auckland Council Festival to see how this aucklandcouncil.govt.nz huge event comes together 09 301 0101 (24/7) aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ contactus Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 facebook.com/aklcouncil twitter.com/aklcouncil About OurAuckland OurAuckland keeps you up to date with council services, projects and events and helps to fulfil our legislative obligations to 05 keep Aucklanders informed. 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See ourauckland.nz/summer for details most of Auckland and attend some of our world-class events. Shine on Across the region, we’re continuing to put money into the infrastructure and facilities Auckland needs to be I hope you’re having a great summer a world-class city. Our upcoming and enjoying our beautiful beaches Annual Budget includes $2.7 billion and stunning natural environment. in capital investment, which will We have been investing strongly in allow us to protect our environment 2021 parks and open spaces, so I hope you and make more beaches safe for The year kerbside collection of have had the opportunity to visit swimming, continue to improve our food scraps will be rolled out some of them. public transport network and address across urban Auckland. Food Highlights of Auckland’s events traffic congestion, and provide scraps currently make up almost calendar this month include infrastructure for the housing our half the weight of the average celebrations for Waitangi Day, the growing city needs. Auckland household’s rubbish bin Lantern Festival and the Auckland Enjoy the rest of summer, and Pride Festival, as well as Auckland my best wishes for a happy and Council’s ongoing Music and Movies prosperous year ahead. 78% in Parks series, which run until the of Aucklanders are in town each middle of April. Phil Goff, weekend after the first week of Summer is a great time to make the Mayor of Auckland January. 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First, come along Kaipara bar seminar Proud Centres, a series of to a free Coastguard is on Wednesday 18 more than 150 free activities bar-crossing seminar. March. Both will start across Tāmaki Makaurau Hosted by experienced at 7pm at the Marine as part of Auckland Pride skippers, each seminar Rescue Centre, 3 Solent Festival. The activities takes around 90 minutes Street, Mechanics Bay. will take place at 23 arts, and covers local area Register online at bit.ly/ community and events knowledge, how to keep CoastguardBarSeminar centres between 31 January and 16 February and focus on education, acceptance and celebration of our rainbow designs for the Aotea and communities. TUNNEL VISION Karangahape underground Highlights include Queen Striking and unique stations and the redesigned of the South, where the Māori-based designs being Mt Eden station are based on fiercest, most sparkling developed for Auckland’s the traditional narratives queens will compete for the City Rail Link (CRL) stations of Tāmaki Makaurau iwi. crown, the Best Rainbow have been celebrated on Designed by Jasmax and Baker contest, the Rainbow the world stage, with the Grimshaw in partnership Hub at Ellen Melville Centre, CRL shortlisted in the Future with mana whenua, the The Supreme Ball by Coven, Infrastructure category of CRL had already won the and the Rainbow Dodgeball the 2019 World Architecture World Architecture Festival Competition. Festival in Amsterdam. WAFX cultural identity Visit proudcentres.co.nz The key concept award earlier in the year. for the full schedule. 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