22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
This is our place
Seventeen central city residents on the state of their neighbourhood and its future.
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This is our place
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Michael Davis
MICHEAL DAVIS (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāti Haua) has spent the last three years living just off Quay Street with his nine- year-old son. They both love the central city, and are proud of their tupuna Āpihai Te Kawau’s pivotal role in founding it.
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Michael Davis
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Robert Macfarlane and Trish Marryatt
ROBERT MACFARLANE has been living in the central city for 12 years. What he didn’t expect was his mother, TRISH MARRYATT, to follow from Christchurch, where she’d lived all her life. Now they live across Queen Street from one another.
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Robert Macfarlane and Trish Marryatt
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Helen Robinson
HELEN ROBINSON, the Auckland City Missioner – Manutaki, has seen a lot of changes in the central city during more than a decade at the Mission. The surprise contrast to the mainstream media narrative? Yes, there is needless suffering, but things aren’t necessarily getting worse.
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Helen Robinson
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Max Duder and Laura Oh
MAX DUDER and LAURA OH are friends who study at the University of Auckland and live in apartments in the Carlaw Park student village. For them, campus life delivers the buzz of being close to everything (including jobs), but at a steep cost.
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Max Duder and Laura Oh
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Stuart Houghton and Kier Ibanez
STUART HOUGHTON and KIER IBANEZ live in Parliament Street near the University of Auckland campus. With two decades of central- city living between them, they wouldn’t live anywhere else.
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Stuart Houghton and Kier Ibanez
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Simon Oddie
SIMON ODDIE works for Eke Panuku, the council development arm with a big stake in the success of the city centre. Right now, he’s looking past the road cones and construction mess to a brighter future.
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Simon Oddie
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Ken Lee, Nur Athirah Mohd Nor and Izzat Naim Zulkifle
KEN LEE, NUR ATHIRAH MOHD NOR AND IZZAT NAIM ZULKIFLE are all from Malaysia, and have been living and working in the central city while studying at the University of Auckland and AUT. While they say the city could do better, they’re grateful for the welcome they’ve received and the way they’ve been able to shape their lives here.
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Ken Lee, Nur Athirah Mohd Nor and Izzat Naim Zulkifle
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Aayush and Aarav Tripathi
AAYUSH TRIPATHI was born in the Punjabi city of Pathankot and moved to Auckland’s central city in 2015. Now he’s living in an apartment in Nelson Street with his wife and their two children – and pondering a move to the suburbs.
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Aayush and Aarav Tripathi
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Cathy Veninga
CATHY VENINGA ditched her comfortable life in Parnell to take up residence in the central city. She has no regrets.
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Cathy Veninga
22 • 07 • 24 / News / People
Nathan Joe
Nathan Joe is a playwright and the Creative Director of Auckland Pride. He’s lived in the central city for over 10 years, and says it was taking up residence here that set him on his current career trajectory. Here, he talks about the central city as a site of reinvention, connection and inspiration.
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Nathan Joe
08 • 07 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
World Choir Games 2024 Friendship Concerts
Britomart welcomes the World Choir Games 2024. Choirs of all ages from around the world will be sharing their love of music. Informal and fun, Takutai Square will be filled with the sound of voices singing a diverse range of musical styles.
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World Choir Games 2024 Friendship Concerts
26 • 06 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
A closer look at Kua Tīrama!
To celebrate Matariki, Britomart commissioned a series of artworks by Hāmiora Bailey and Robyn Pryor representing each Matariki star. Read on to find out more about the works here, along with their accompanying affirmations in Te Reo Māori and English.
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A closer look at Kua Tīrama!
20 • 06 • 24 / Food / Style / News
Britomart Matariki Hours
Britomart welcomes you this Matariki, with plenty of eateries and retail stores trading on the Friday and throughout the weekend. Some restaurants and stores will operate with reduced hours, which you can find here.
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Britomart Matariki Hours
12 • 06 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
Matariki at Britomart
Everyone is invited to these free events to celebrate the new year at Britomart. Come along with friends and whānau to enjoy an installation of beautiful artwork, a contemporary dance performance and some incredible student kapa haka.
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Matariki at Britomart
13 • 06 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News / People
Kua Tīrama! Our new Matariki exhibition is lit!
Kua Tīrama! is an artwork by Robyn Pryor (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe) and Hāmiora Bailey (Ngāti Huarere, Ngāti Porou Ki Harataunga) that ranges across Britomart’s Pavilion Panels on Galway Street and Te Ara Tahuhu, and through the Atrium on Takutai, featuring representations of each star in the Matariki cluster. Comprised of nine panels, each panel represents a star of Matariki, and corresponding affirmations for those who look towards them.
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Kua Tīrama! Our new Matariki exhibition is lit!
12 • 05 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News / People
Voices From the Pacific: Graphic designer Aitken Hawkins
For the Writers Festival, our Pavilion Panels feature the words of four young Pacific poets writing about how climate change is affecting the islands. The panels were designed by Samoan New Zealand graphic designer Aitken Hawkins, who talks here about his work.
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Voices From the Pacific: Graphic designer Aitken Hawkins
06 • 05 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
Rising Pacific sea levels and the poetic response
Four Pacific poets bring climate change concerns to Britomart's Pavilion Panels in a collaboration with Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki.
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Rising Pacific sea levels and the poetic response
14 • 05 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
Streetside: Britomart
Streetside: Britomart is a free, fun, frantic night of literary improvisation, experimentation and collaboration, with more than 30 poets, authors, playwrights, musicians and other artists stepping up at six venues around Britomart.
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Streetside: Britomart
03 • 04 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Greening the City 2024 | Meet illustrator Hope McConnell
Hope McConnell is a young Bay of Plenty illustrator and designer who created this year's fun, fresh images of native trees to go alongside our Greening the City native tree giveaway.
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Greening the City 2024 | Meet illustrator Hope McConnell
22 • 04 • 24 / Food / Style / News
Britomart Anzac Hours
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Britomart Anzac Hours
04 • 06 • 24 / Food / News
Triple Treat
There are plenty of fantastic food things coming your way in June and the best part is — they're free!
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Triple Treat
19 • 03 • 24 / Food / News
Britomart Easter Hours
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Britomart Easter Hours
22 • 04 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
The street dance battles taking over Britomart
The team bringing street dance battles to Britomart has got all the right moves.
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The street dance battles taking over Britomart
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Our 2023 Sustainability Report
Our fifth annual Sustainability Report is looks into Britomart's carbon emissions, our community events and activations, our latest work to develop the Britomart neighbourhood's heritage buildings in a sustainable way, and how some of our lease partners are progressing with their own fascinating sustainability initiatives.
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Our 2023 Sustainability Report
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Letter from the CEO
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Letter from the CEO
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Our sustainability targets for 2024
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Our sustainability targets for 2024
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Britomart’s Sustainability Report Card: how did we do on our 2023 goals?
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Britomart’s Sustainability Report Card: how did we do on our 2023 goals?
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Our Progress
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Our Progress
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Measuring the energy efficiency of Britomart’s buildings
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Measuring the energy efficiency of Britomart’s buildings
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
The future of work, social connectivity and sustainability.
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The future of work, social connectivity and sustainability.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
How does Auckland stack up as a world city? A new report finds out.
How does Auckland stack up as a world city? A new report finds out.
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How does Auckland stack up as a world city? A new report finds out.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
How real-time GDP data can underpin economic sustainability.
How real-time GDP data can underpin economic sustainability.
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How real-time GDP data can underpin economic sustainability.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Community connection: how we try to make people feel welcome.
Community connection: how we try to make people feel welcome.
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Community connection: how we try to make people feel welcome.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
High school students aren’t just finding out about career possibilities at EY – they’re teaching the organisation things, too.
High school students aren't just finding out about career possibilities at EY – they're teaching the organisation things, too.
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High school students aren’t just finding out about career possibilities at EY – they’re teaching the organisation things, too.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
What Hoani Waititi students are learning at Britomart – and how they’re leading businesses in the precinct.
What Hoani Waititi students are learning at Britomart – and how they're leading businesses in the precinct.
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What Hoani Waititi students are learning at Britomart – and how they’re leading businesses in the precinct.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
How Southern Pastures farms are making a sustainable future a reality.
How Southern Pastures farms are making a sustainable future a reality.
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How Southern Pastures farms are making a sustainable future a reality.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
How Westpac’s Sustainable Farm Loans are showing agribusiness options for more sustainable futures.
How Westpac's Sustainable Farm Loans are showing agribusiness options for more sustainable futures.
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How Westpac’s Sustainable Farm Loans are showing agribusiness options for more sustainable futures.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
A festival about the climate? How Michelle Kennedy’s Auckland Climate Festival is leading the way.
A festival about the climate? How Michelle Kennedy's Auckland Climate Festival is leading the way.
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A festival about the climate? How Michelle Kennedy’s Auckland Climate Festival is leading the way.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
NZ Geographic has been focusing on a sustainable future for over 25 years.
NZ Geographic has been focusing on a sustainable future for over 25 years.
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NZ Geographic has been focusing on a sustainable future for over 25 years.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
How David Maucor is helping businesses seize the opportunities of sustainability.
How David Maucor is helping businesses seize the opportunities of sustainability.
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How David Maucor is helping businesses seize the opportunities of sustainability.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
The rich history and bright future of Britomart’s Kiwi Tavern Building.
The rich history and bright future of Britomart's Kiwi Tavern Building.
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The rich history and bright future of Britomart’s Kiwi Tavern Building.
26 • 03 • 24 / News / Sustainability
Arup’s experiment on itself: bringing the Living Building Challenge to its Britomart offices.
Arup's experiment on itself: bringing the Living Building Challenge to its Britomart offices.
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Arup’s experiment on itself: bringing the Living Building Challenge to its Britomart offices.
23 • 05 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
K-Pop Sundays at Britomart with NZKDA
The NZ Korean Dance Association brings hot dance routines to Takutai Square with K-Pop Sundays.
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K-Pop Sundays at Britomart with NZKDA
31 • 01 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
Out-pour and Out-source: Peter Wing’s exhibition for Pride
Peter Wing Seeto's photographs allow their friends present themselves - or amplified, aspirational versions of themselves - for the camera.
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Out-pour and Out-source: Peter Wing’s exhibition for Pride
15 • 01 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
How Tāmaki Paenga Hira is becoming a museum for the 21st century
Chantal Knowles is one of three co-directors at the Māori and Pacific textile and fibre centre, Te Aho Mutunga Kore, at Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. We spoke to her about how museums are changing their role in today's society, and how Te Aho Mutunga Kore is helping the Museum move towards a more collaborative, community-led model.
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How Tāmaki Paenga Hira is becoming a museum for the 21st century
06 • 12 • 23 / Arts & Culture / News
Te Aho Mutunga Kore: The Eternal Thread
Our summer exhibition with Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira focuses on an amazing collection of woven and fabric works and the communities that made them.
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Te Aho Mutunga Kore: The Eternal Thread
03 • 11 • 23 / Arts & Culture / News
Redbull Dance Your Styles NZ Winner: John Vaifale aka Happyfeet
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Redbull Dance Your Styles NZ Winner: John Vaifale aka Happyfeet
01 • 11 • 23 / Food / Business at Britomart / News
Four Square comes to Britomart!
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Four Square comes to Britomart!
22 • 09 • 23 / News
Dream Big Downtown
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Dream Big Downtown
28 • 08 • 23 / News / Sustainability
Justin Morgenroth knows one way cities can get greener.
Urban tree expert Justin Morgenroth says city forests can help combat climate change. We just need more of them.
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Justin Morgenroth knows one way cities can get greener.
17 • 08 • 23 / News
A new report ranks Auckland alongside nine other global cities
A new report shows the opportunities and challenges Auckland faces in comparison to other international cities. Here, Pam Ford from Tātaki Auckland Unlimited talks about the issues the report raises.
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A new report ranks Auckland alongside nine other global cities
06 • 09 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News / People / Sustainability
This is how we want to work: Rachel Brown
The senior solicitor at Anderson Lloyd values flexibility as well as learning from her colleagues.
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This is how we want to work: Rachel Brown
06 • 09 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News / People / Sustainability
This is how we want to work: Siosiua Tukutukunga
The senior customer representative at Westpac on what he likes about the office.
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This is how we want to work: Siosiua Tukutukunga
30 • 07 • 23 / Food / News
Restaurant Month 2024
Restaurant Month 2024 is back in August! Take advantage of Restaurant Month to try Auckland's best eateries at wallet-friendly prices.
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Restaurant Month 2024
28 • 06 • 23 / Arts & Culture / News
What Matariki Means to Me
A portrait series with photographer Mataara Stokes and the students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae asks the question ‘What does Matariki mean to you?’
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What Matariki Means to Me
29 • 05 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News
Every workplace needs a mental health plan. Sounds hard? Sir John Kirwan has some easy suggestions.
Part of making people feel better connected at work involves getting everyone to open up about their mental wellbeing.
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Every workplace needs a mental health plan. Sounds hard? Sir John Kirwan has some easy suggestions.
29 • 05 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News
Workplace design has to change. Architect Erin Peavey has some ideas on how it can do so.
If you're wanting to forge happy and productive connections in the office, you need to design the spaces right.
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Workplace design has to change. Architect Erin Peavey has some ideas on how it can do so.
29 • 05 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News
Sarah Wright knows why so many people feel lonely at work.
People want to connect at work. They just need some leadership around when and how they could be doing that.
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Sarah Wright knows why so many people feel lonely at work.
12 • 05 • 23 / Business at Britomart / News
Three perspectives on the future of work
Flexible working styles are here to stay – which means there are a number of ways organisations can adapt to embrace this new reality.
Three views on the future of work is the latest in a series of interviews we’ve been conducting about the shifts in workplace culture that flexible working is creating. Click through to read more.
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Three perspectives on the future of work
17 • 04 • 23 / News / Sustainability
Meet artist Pounamu Wharekawa, Greening the City illustrator
The tree illustrations that sit alongside this year’s Greening the City native tree giveaway – which you’ll see on the panels around the Pavilions and in the Atrium on Takutai, and the tree-care cards we’re giving away with our trees – have been created by takatāpui artist Pounamu Wharekawa (Ngāi te Rangi, they/themme).
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05 • 04 • 23 / News
Join us at our Britomart Breakfast talk events
Start the day right at our Britomart Breakfast talk sessions. They're free – book your tickets now!
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Join us at our Britomart Breakfast talk events
03 • 04 • 23 / Style / News / Sustainability
Making the moonshot: Tim Brown on designing Allbirds’ net-zero carbon sneaker
It’s been a big year for Allbirds. Since the company went public in late 2021, its share price has experienced some serious air turbulence. But the little Kiwi-US start-up that could hasn’t been knocked off-course in its ambition to produce the world’s most sustainable shoes. They’ve just announced they’ve succeeded in their multi-year ambition to create a net zero-carbon sneaker produced without buying carbon offsets.
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Making the moonshot: Tim Brown on designing Allbirds’ net-zero carbon sneaker
08 • 12 • 22 / Arts & Culture / Business at Britomart / News
We’re celebrating the opening of the historic Hayman Kronfeld Buildings
More than a century old, the Hayman and Kronfeld Buildings have been refurbished to 5 Green Star standards to offer a whole new life to the city.
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We’re celebrating the opening of the historic Hayman Kronfeld Buildings
04 • 03 • 24 / Arts & Culture / News
Auckland Arts Festival at Britomart
Britomart is proud to host Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival with live performances in Takutai Square. Bring your friends and family along and enjoy an incredible variety of fun and free events.
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Auckland Arts Festival at Britomart
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our 2022 Sustainability Report
In our fourth annual Sustainability Report, we bring together a year's worth of stories about community events and activations, green building projects, our work to reduce carbon emissions and making the shift to sustainable financing.
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Our 2022 Sustainability Report
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
A letter from Britomart’s chief executive, Matthew Cockram
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A letter from Britomart’s chief executive, Matthew Cockram
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our 2022 Sustainability Report Card
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Our 2022 Sustainability Report Card
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our sustainability goals for 2023
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Our sustainability goals for 2023
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Sustainability Report 2022 Sarah Hull
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Sustainability Report 2022 Sarah Hull
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our progress on Toitū Carbonreduce, NABERSNZ and Waste
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Our progress on Toitū Carbonreduce, NABERSNZ and Waste
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
When it comes to emissions reductions, there’s no progress without good data
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When it comes to emissions reductions, there’s no progress without good data
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Finance is going green. That means debt can be green, too
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Finance is going green. That means debt can be green, too
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Sustainable buildings are assets you can bank on
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Sustainable buildings are assets you can bank on
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our social sustainability events and activations in 2022
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Our social sustainability events and activations in 2022
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Karen Walker: How to restructure your supply chain
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Karen Walker: How to restructure your supply chain
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Nathan Houpapa: How to hold a team together through a crisis
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Nathan Houpapa: How to hold a team together through a crisis
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Belinda van Eyndhoven: How to use banking to build a more sustainable economy.
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Belinda van Eyndhoven: How to use banking to build a more sustainable economy.
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Our environmental sustainability activations in 2022
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Our environmental sustainability activations in 2022
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
Old building, new tricks; upgrading a heritage warehouse to modern green standards
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Old building, new tricks; upgrading a heritage warehouse to modern green standards
23 • 11 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News / Sustainability
When built history gets personal
The refurbishment of Britomart’s Kronfeld Building has illuminated the rich and turbulent history of Gustav Kronfeld, the Prussian-born trader who first occupied it.
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When built history gets personal
01 • 11 • 22 / News
Best spots for a festive celebration at Britomart
Planning a party? Big, small, elegant or rowdy, there's a place for your end-of-year celebration at Britomart.
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Best spots for a festive celebration at Britomart
28 • 09 • 22 / Food / News
Maggie Gray wants to feed you (and all your friends)
Maggie Gray, one of the two co-founders of the Food Truck Collective, has always loved events. Maggie and her business partner Tim van der Werff set up the collective around six years ago. At the time she was operating her own smoothie truck, and having worked in events previously, could see the potential for getting people together over good, inexpensive food.
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Maggie Gray wants to feed you (and all your friends)
25 • 08 • 22 / News
Enjoying Britomart after dark
There's always something going on in the central city, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; Britomart keeps bustling long after dark and starts to stir well before dawn. There are waiters and bartenders taking care of customers until the wee hours; cleaners making things nice before thousands of workers stroll in; security guards saying hi and keeping people safe. Here, we talk to a few of the people from Britomart who are absolutely not living nine-to-five lives.
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Enjoying Britomart after dark
23 • 08 • 22 / News
Frank Camorra
MoVida has been a dining institution in Melbourne for nearly 20 years, serving up modern Spanish food using Antipodean ingredients in a convivial atmosphere. Next week, the New Zealand flagship of the restaurant opens in the Seafarers Building at Britomart. We caught up with founder Frank Camorra to find out what he'll be putting in front of eager Auckland diners.
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Frank Camorra
01 • 08 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News
Amber Coulter’s firm has gone fully flexible – and as far as the future of the office goes, they’re still working things out.
The co-founder of TRA says team members can choose when and how they work - as long as it's a win for them, their teams, and their clients.
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Amber Coulter’s firm has gone fully flexible – and as far as the future of the office goes, they’re still working things out.
01 • 08 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News
EY’s Kate Hillman says the future of the office is collaborative – and that flexibility is here to stay.
The global consulting firm's leader of People and Culture for Oceania says having leaders in the office is key to the rest of the team turning up.
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EY’s Kate Hillman says the future of the office is collaborative – and that flexibility is here to stay.
01 • 08 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News
Bringing your whole self to work is “bullshit”, says Sandy Burgham. She’s got other ideas about how things need to change at work.
Everybody is asking questions about the future of the office and the future of work. Leadership coach Sandy Burgham says we need to look deeper for answers.
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Bringing your whole self to work is “bullshit”, says Sandy Burgham. She’s got other ideas about how things need to change at work.
28 • 07 • 22 / Food / News
Melbourne fave Movida is bringing its fantastic fare to Britomart
The good news for foodies? Iconic Melbourne restaurant Movida is opening in Britomart in August.
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Melbourne fave Movida is bringing its fantastic fare to Britomart
27 • 06 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News / People / The Interview
Artist Cindy Huang is celebrating Matariki by giving away 240 hand-made ceramic veges.
The artist's installation, entitled Twin Cultivation, aims to build community by bringing strangers together through conversation and gift-giving.
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Artist Cindy Huang is celebrating Matariki by giving away 240 hand-made ceramic veges.
14 • 06 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News
Te Pā Harakeke in Takutai Square is the place to celebrate Aotearoa’s new Matariki holiday
Britomart's Takutai Square is the perfect place to celebrate the Matariki public holiday at Te Pā Harakeke, a free market day of music and kapa haka performances, as well as excellent kai from Māori food trucks and a vibrant range of arts and crafts stalls.
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Te Pā Harakeke in Takutai Square is the place to celebrate Aotearoa’s new Matariki holiday
13 • 06 • 22 / News
Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole’s mission to spread joy starts with Matariki
Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole are part-way through the creation of Wharenui Harikoa (House of Joy), a full-size wharenui created as a place to share and connect. Here, they talk about celebrating their work so far at Britomart, what got them started, and how Matariki forms the foundations of their creation.
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Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole’s mission to spread joy starts with Matariki
10 • 05 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News
The Art of Tivaevae comes to Britomart
A new exhibition on Britomart's Te Ara Tahuhu is a collaboration with Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira that celebrates the art of tivaevae.
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The Art of Tivaevae comes to Britomart
26 • 04 • 22 / News / Sustainability
Why Trees Matter: Sandy Crichton
As manager of the Native Forest Restoration Trust, Sandy Crichton oversees more than 7500 hectares of protected forest and wetland that are regenerating into rich, diverse and beautiful habitats for New Zealand's unique wildlife. This year, Britomart's Greening the City project is again raising funds to support the Trust.
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Why Trees Matter: Sandy Crichton
21 • 04 • 22 / Business at Britomart / News
City Futures: Krishna Botica
Restaurateur Krishna Botica was an early adopter of Britomart, opening Café Hanoi in 2010 and Ghost Street in 2021. After dealing with the challenges of Covid, she says connecting in person is essential — and the central city is still the best place to do it.
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City Futures: Krishna Botica
11 • 04 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News / Sustainability / The Good Citizen / The Interview
Miriama Grace Smith
Miriama Grace Smith (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Toarangatira and Ngāti Porou) comes from a family of artists – her mother, Briar Grace Smith is a filmmaker, and her grandmother, Patricia Grace, is one of New Zealand’s most cherished authors and poets. We spoke to the Wellington-based artist about her work, including the illustrations she created for Britomart’s Greening the City project, which can be seen in the Atrium, the Pavilions and on the construction hoardings along Customs St East.
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Miriama Grace Smith
29 • 03 • 22 / Arts & Culture / News / Sustainability
Greening the City 2022
For Arbour Day 2022, we’re Greening the City by giving away thousands of native trees in Takutai Square.
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Greening the City 2022
09 • 03 • 22 / Style / Arts & Culture / News
To fashion comes to Te Ara Tahuhu
To fashion is an exhibition on The Britomart Pavilions in Te Ara Tahuhu staged by the New Zealand Fashion Museum, in which curator Doris de Pont asks 12 notable New Zealanders to be photographed in their own clothes to show how personal style helps communicate who they are. Photographer Edith Amituanai took the shots, and talks here about the project.
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To fashion comes to Te Ara Tahuhu
25 • 02 • 22 / News
Another Whale of a Tale at Britomart
If you're following the Whale Tales Art Trail, there's a second artwork to discover at Britomart.
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Another Whale of a Tale at Britomart