Introducing a food event out East collaborating with many Howick eateries

With a wide range of activities, galleries, workshops and more happening in East Auckland during July we encourage the community to get out and explore

The biggest yet.  East Auckland Tourism there with our selfie frames to engage with the community.

Local school children were asked to show us what they Love about East Auckland.  Some amazing entries.  East Auckland is an amazing region

As prt of a recent project we created a digital map covering the Franklin Coastal Loop.  We look forward to many Aucklanders and visitors exploring this amazing region.  Thanks to the Franklin Local Board for their support.

Despite a very wet day the community came out to shine on Howick for an amazing day in Howick and the Santa Parade.  

We held two organ recitals in Howick's iconic All Saints Church performed by supertalented Helen Lukman-Fox.  These events were extremely enjoyable and informative with time to peek behind the scenes at the workings of the Tracker Organ.  Incorporating music from the times of the Fencibles it commemorated the 175 anniversary of their arrival at Howick in 1847.

The 175th anniversary of Fencible Settler Soldiers to Howick Village was celebrated with a number of events including a community Day at the Beach and an Anniversary luncheon held at the Howick Pakuranga Community Sports Centre

Thanks to the Local Activation Fund Programme and a great collaborative relationship with us, Time Unlimited Tours were able to promote wider East Auckland to a range of new visitors.  The various locations visited were Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, Clevedon Village Market, Clevedon Creatives + Co, Clevedon Village Farmers Market, NZ Warbirds, Howick Historical Village, Howick Village's Garden of Memories and Ayrlies Garden.

Thanks to Time Unlimited for bringing these great tours to fruition and showcasing our region so well.

With a host of exhibitions, galleries, artists, music and more this year's Art Trail should not be missed.  

With our new map comes updates on our website regional pages 

Updated the Howick Local Board, and thanked them for their support as we discussed our successful promotion of East Auckland during the first six months of 2021

Collaborating with Tataki Auckland Unlimited some East Auckland businesses were included in their Winter campaigns

We are thrilled to have a new East Auckland Visitor Map to promote our fantastic region.  Thanks to the Howick Local Board for their funding for this project, to Clare, Reay and the Times Media team for their collaboration and support and for producing another fantastic product.  Also thanks to Britta from Saxer Design for her valuable input and for letting us use some of her stunning photography.

Our website homepage has been updated with links to the new Regional Visitor Maps making them very easy to find.  Discover our amazing East Auckland.

4 large WWF Whale Tales reached East Auckland and were seen in Howick, Botany, Pine Harbour and East Tamaki.  7 mini tails were also on view at Uxbridge Arts & Culture then they all were moved to Silo Park for a mass exhibition before their final auction and relocation to their forever homes.

With year ended 30 June 2021 completed with our AGM held recently we said farewell to a difficult year.  We would like to sincerely thank the Howick Local Board for their ongoing support again this year with a variety of projects.  

The support of our Local Boards is essential for East Auckland to better keep locals supporting local and attract visitors to our region to enjoy what our businesses have to offer and to contribute to the local economy.

We would like to thank the Howick Local Board for their continued support of East Auckland Tourism and all we strive to achieve, and to Franklin Local Board for their support with our important website improvements that we undertook during the 2020-2021 financial year. 

Without the support or our Local Boards we would not be able to promote the region to locals and potential visitors, essential for a thriving local economy.

Year end celebration following months of Covid where we visited The Good Home, Daisy Chang, Basalt and The Corner 

Topic was the importance of Branding, ably illustrated by Marcus Keenan and discussed by our panelists

East Auckland Art Trail during Elemental highlighted the amazing artistic talent in the region. Involved in this Trail were Uxbridge Art & Culture, NZ Art Lounge Auckland, Te Tuhi, Howick Art Group, Polish Heritage Museum, Howick Historical Museum, Brookby Barn, Clevedon Creatives + Co., Joel Nicholls, Merve Appleton, finishing the Trail with Disco on Ice at Paradice Entertainment.  With a range of live art demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions and entertainment this Trail proved to be a success, and the first of many more to come.

Zac Watson and Steve Armitage from Auckland Unlimited on our famil in East Auckland.  Here at Stockade Hill, the first of many stops that provided our guests a taste of the many amazing visitor attractions to be found in the Howick Ward 

Launch of a Summer Competition on behalf of our members in the NZ Herald

East Auckland Tourism was established, initially called Howick Tourism by the request of the Howick Local Board.

Steve Armitage updating industry stakeholders on past and future plans