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Auckland’s coastal communities urged to report rare dolphin sightings

People who live near or visit the west coast of the Auckland region are being urged to report sightings of the rare Māui dolphin.

NZ's first zero carbon Bananas

On 12 April this year, All Good launches New Zealand’s First Carbon Zero Bananas, at supermarkets nationwide. All of All Good’s Fairtrade bananas are now Ekos-certified zero carbon and the tape is now soft-plastic-recyclable.

Mural by Braveface

Local supplements company Braveface recently commissioned Marcus Watson to paint a mural on the corner of Ponsonby Road and Douglas Street reading ‘You are bigger than your biggest worry’. It offers walkers by to jot their worries down and let them go by leaving them in the locked box fixed to the site.

Local wellness: A New Space in the Evolution of SALA

Since opening its doors in 2018, Brown Street health and wellness destination SALA has changed the landscape of fitness in Auckland.

Winter beauty: meet MV Skintherapy multiBALM

If you know me well then you know I love a great multitasking product, and a firm believer in less is more when it comes to a skincare regime.

From the Editors...

Our cover this month is a controversial one. There was no need for this extreme devastation of the Western Springs native forest in order to keep walkers and hikers safe.

Uptown Art Scene

Situated in the old Police barracks at 1 Ponsonby Road, Studio One Toi Tu is a real community arts hub, with exhibitions, classes, artists-in-residence, and even some chocolate biscuits when I called on a blustery Thursday.

Western Springs Forest - Wellbeing of Community

On Monday 24 May, the last of the magnificent Monterey pines that have towered above the Western Springs forest for decades were needlessly felled, causing the destruction of a large portion of the mature native under storey.

John Elliott: Iconic Ponsonby Church, St Stephens, will be saved

“Our local community is strongly in support”.

Pippa Coom: Pukekawa Auckland Domain gets extra love from a special committee

Pukekawa Auckland Domain is uniquely governed. Established in 2015, the Domain Committee is made up of three councillors, three Waitematā Local Board members and two Independent Māori Statutory Board members.

Richard Northey: Waitemat-a Local Board Chair

The Waitematā Local Board met on 18 May. We heard from and formally expressed thanks to Sally-Anne Kerr, the retiring executive director of The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) about the great work they are doing for community development and community arts.

Chlöe Swarbrick: Auckland Central MP

This year, Matariki will set on 2 June to rise again from 2 to 10 July. The star cluster, known in Western science as Pleiades, signals the Māori New Year.