Auckland’s Heritage Festival runs from 29 September to 14 October and there is a comprehensive programme, with something for everyone. You can download the PDF programme from the Festival website: See here:

Our planting of 50 trees as one of our 50th anniversary activities this year is to take place on Saturday 18 August from 10:30am at Harbutt Reserve, which borders with Te Auaunga / Oakley Creek.  The trees will already be on site and laid out, ready for planting.  Spades and...

 Our second winter lecture has slipped into spring. We have the opportunity to visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral complex in Parnell, consisting of the cathedral itself (being the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland), St Mary’s church and the new Bishop Selwyn Chapel (pictured). The Cathedral address is 446...

For over 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s  29 Princes St, known as Hamurana, was the home of Civic Trust Auckland. One of the five merchant houses still preserved on Princes St, backing on to Albert Park, Hamurana  has an important place in the history of Civic Trust Auckland....

Remember Them 1918 – 2018 Southern Star – Te Tonga Whetu o Te Rangi a free light and sound event Anzac Eve at St David’s Church Khyber Pass. See here for more details and location information.  

Our AGM this year will be held on Sunday 12 November from 3pm in the Betty Wark Room at the Ellen Melville Centre, in Freyberg Place, High Street, in the city centre.  Our speaker will be Simon Cook, Arboriculture and Ecological Specialist at Auckland Council, giving an illustrated presentation on...

We will walk the New Lynn portage from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea. This walk is about two hours one way, and goes to Ken Maunder Park.  During a traditional portage you would be carrying or rolling a boat or canoe, so you are encouraged to carry a...

Walk the Portage – South: Sunday 8 October, 10.30am Meet Seaside Park, Brady Rd, Ōtāhuhu We will walk the Ōtāhuhu portage from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea. The walk will take about two hours one way, with extra time if you choose to climb Mt Richmond. The walk goes...

The chosen topic is ‘There is adequate protection for built heritage’.  Two teams will present views on this topic. Time is allocated for audience participation.  The debate teams feature people working in the area of heritage. This includes those involved in heritage protection and members of community heritage groups. At...

Donner House was built in the late 1940s by Tibor Karl Donner, chief architect to the Auckland City Council between 1946 and 1967. It is considered to be one of the finest examples of post war modernism in the country. We will meet at the house at 50 Kohu Rd,...