East Auckland Tourism Timeline
Find out more about the activities undertaken by EAT, in chronological order, showing examples of what we do for our members, how we promote our area of East Auckland and network with businesses and organisations.
14th July to 31 July 2022
East Auckland Art Trail 2022 | Elemental AKL
With a host of exhibitions, galleries, artists, music and more this year's Art Trail should not be missed.
14th July to 31 July 2022
June 2022
East Auckland Experiences with Time Unlimited
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.
June 2022
Discover Howick Village with White Glove Experiences
The Local Activation Fund Programme made it possible to bring four fantastic tours to Howick free of charge. All tours sold out with 25 people each day on a discovery of Howick Village, its art, food, beach, and heritage. We visited Stockade Hill, Art Lounge NZ, Saturday morning market, Howick Beach, Shamrock Cottage, All Saints Church, Uxbridge Arts & Culture, Apothecary Licensed Eatery, The Good Home, Basalt and Urban in East. Artists Dalene Meiring, Karen Symons, Merv Appleton and Jane Allnatt provided some insight into their art works.
Thanks to White Glove Experiences for your close collaboration with us to bring these tours to fruition, and for sharing our region with Aucklanders from near and far.
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June 2022
May 2022
Howick Village Historical Walk
A new and fresh look Heritage Walk brochure with information supplied by our very own historian Alan la Roche. With thanks to the Howick Local Board for their support.
30 May 2022
May Board Meeting
At last we are able to meet in person - great to see everyone together again. Our amazing team have The East Auckland Art Trail from 14th to 31 July during Elemental 2022, as well as a special event during the Auckland Heritage Festival, 1st to 16th October. Watch our website events and Facebook for details as they come to hand.
30 May 2022
April 2022
Regional Maps on the Website
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.
March 2022
East Auckland Visitors Map
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.
March 2022
January 2022
A Whale of a Time out East
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.
December 2021
End of Year Catchup
After an extremely challenging year for hospitality and tourism due to ongoing Covid shutdowns we supported one of our newest members, Bucks Bistro, enjoying seeing human faces again as the team farewelled 2021
December 2021
2021 - 2022
The Team
27 September 2021
AGM 2021
Due to Covid Lockdown conditions East Auckland Tourism joined the world and had our AGM via Zoom to end what has been an interesting and challenging year
27 September 2021
27 September 2021
Invaluable support from Howick Local Board
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.
July 2021
East Auckland Art Trail 2021 / Elemental Akl
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.
July 2021
20 September 2021
Accountability Presentation
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
May 2021
NZ Herald Go East promotion
Promoting our region and its wide variety of cafes, restaurants and pubs linking to a dedicated page on our website listing specials and some suggested eateries, both historical and contemporary
May 2021
December 2020
EAT survived 2020 and Covid
Year end celebration following months of Covid where we visited The Good Home, Daisy Chang, Basalt and The Corner
November 2020
Networking Event at Uxbridge
Theme was the importance of good customer service as well as Covid coping mechanisms regarding staff and personal mental resilience
November 2020
March 2021
Networking event at Rydges Formosa
Topic was the importance of Branding, ably illustrated by Marcus Keenan and discussed by our panelists
Year ended 30 June 2021
Thanks to our Local Boards
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 ended 30 June 2021
November 2020
Discover Auckland Travel Expo
Following Covid Auckland Unlimited hosted this expo at The Shed on the Auckland Waterfront to promote our city and all it has to offer
December 2020
Auckland Unlimited Update @ Sky City
Steve Armitage updating industry stakeholders on past and future plans
December 2020
September 2020
EAT Board
June 2021
Presentation to Regional Tourism Forum and AUL
All membersof the Regional Tourism Forum were invited to present a brief overview of their region
June 2021
October 2020
NZ Herald Summer Competition
Launch of a Summer Competition on behalf of our members in the NZ Herald
July 2020
Famil for Auckland Unlimited
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
July 2020
March 2020
Networking Event at The Stables
Keeping our members updated about our recent activities
December 2019
Year end catchup at Uxbridge
December 2019
October 2019
Les Clefs D'or at Auckland Zoo
Great opportunity to network with other operators and hotel concierges at the Les Clefs Dór Meet the Region for key stakeholders to promote their tourism products/regions
August 2019
Sky City Presentation
Our team members, Senthil Natarajan and Annette Smart, with the Concierges at Sky City where they discussed our region and the wonderful sights and places we have for their guests to visit when staying in Auckiand
August 2019
September 2019
EAT board
March 2018
Website launch at Howick Golf Club
March 2018
May 2019
Networking Event with Wanita Fourie at Uxbridge
Social media hints and suggestions
June 2019
Networking Breakfast at Uxbridge Cafe
June 2019
November 2018
Networking Evening at Uxbridge
08 Feb 2013
East Auckland Tourism was founded.
East Auckland Tourism was established, initially called Howick Tourism by the request of the Howick Local Board.
08 Feb 2013
July 2020
Network Event/Promotional Video Launch at Te Tuhi
We had a fantastic launch of our new promotional videos highlighting our amazing region. The evening opened with thought-provoking and inspirational words from Christopher Luxon on the future of tourism in East Auckland, followed by an update from ATEED by Zac Watson. MC was our very capable Chairman, Andrew Laing, who did us proud. Our guests included the stars of our videos, and also representatives of a variety of different local organisations and businesses.