Ever taken a walk around the Uptown precinct, stopped and thought “I wonder what this place will be like in five, 10 or 20 years?” If you have, you’re not alone. Since the start of the first 2023 semester, more than 550 urban design-oriented brains have been applying their studies to the Uptown area.

Tribe Home’s new studio in Uptown curates a beautiful display of modern contemporary rugs handmade in India and vintage Persian rugs from Iran.

In the world of New Zealand skate- boarding, one name towers above all others. Its legacy, unrivaled. Its history, enviable. Its location, iconic. Its name, Cheapskates.

The past decade has seen shared working spaces pop up all over the city. Uptown's Sinclair House is a Kiwi owned and managed co-working space that occupies one of Uptown's most notable buildings on Symonds Street.

You could go as far as to say that coffee is in Richard Goatley’s blood. Born in El Salvador, he moved around Central America with his missionary parents and four brothers, visiting coffee plantations along the way and experiencing the industry first-hand.

Like most young 80s kids, Carl Van Roon wanted to learn karate. Thanks to hit movies like The Karate Kid, martial arts had crane-kicked their way to the top of the era’s pop culture.

The benefits of strength training and fitness are numerous, yet finding the motivation to constantly show up at the gym three times a week can be a challenge. For Uptown residents who have one of Auckland’s best boutique gyms within walking distance from hundreds of apartments, there’s no more excuses.

“We’ll journey with our young people to the depths of what they’re going through and back to the surface again.”

Casual observers may not be aware that the green concrete building on the corner of Dundonald Street and Newton Road is a creative hub of musicians and artists. Its unassuming exterior belies the hive of creative activity inside.