Connect - The Fringe District

The Fringe District has a strong focus on community. You get a sense of this in the relaxed and welcoming vibe you feel as you wander through the neighbourhood.

We are well serviced with community centres ranging from the shared space of Gribblehurst Community Hub, to Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Rocky Nook Bowls Club, and The Auckland Irish Society.

There are three churches – all with a strong community focus; Trinity Methodist Church, Edge Kingsland, and Morningside Church of Christ.

Interested in sustainability? There’s a local eco group, Kingsland Eco Neighbours.

And if you are living locally and want to meet our community members, we also run a community book club that explores new eateries, (and books of course!), each month.

If staying fit is your thing, there are two local exercise clubs Habitat for Fitness and Health and Sports and two swimming pools – one inside Health and Sports and the other at Trent Bray Swimming School.

At the heart of any vibrant community, you’ll find a school. The Fringe District has several primary, intermediate and secondary schools, with multi-cultural units and immersive classroom environments.

You’ll find some awesome green spaces here too, to enjoy with friends and family, or for some quiet solitude in the middle of the city. These include Nixon Park, School Reserve, Alsco Pocket Park and Morningside Reserve.

Our local businesses are supported by The Kingsland Business Society Incorporated. You can contact our manager here; team@thefringedistrict.co.nz or call us +649 217 3561

The Kingsland Business Society is part of the Auckland Council’s BID program, a partnership with Auckland Council, and the Local Albert-Eden Board who work cohesively together to create better communities, local economies, and town centres.

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Thomas Rowe

We are a welcoming and inclusive community hub where people can come and meet up, have some fun, try some locally made beers.
All our beer is brewed right here in Kingsland.
We are always experimenting and testing the boundaries of what is possible with beer.

Sales Director / Urbanaut Brewing Co

Darren Murray

CYCO doesn't operate like a conventional bike store. Our clients experience is personalised as we work out what specifications are required and generally their bike is ordered in & built up for them. This means, when the bike rolls out the door, it is the perfect bike for its new owner.

Owner / CYCO

Mamta Pradhan

We love making desserts and chocolates to be able to to give our customers an experience and taste which is second to none.

Owner / Elisabeth's Chef

Hannah Miller Childs

Most things are a little different at Churly's.
Besides having the brewery and butchery also on site, we have a developed charcuterie program & boast an open kitchen where our guests can see everything happen in real time!
Whether we're brewing beer, or butchering a pig, it's all on show from the bar.

Operations Manager / Churly's Brew Pub

Ellen Smith

Rosanna's is unique, we have a great outdoor space which is hard to come by in Auckland. It is private, sunny, warm and cosy.
Our menu offering is one of a kind and our cocktails are specially designed from our master mixologist, using all fresh ingredients which make them taste even better.

Owner & Manager / Rosanna's Garden Bar

Blair

New Zealand’s national stadium, Eden Park,
is one of the world’s most unique venues
and furthermore is at the forefront
of sports turf delivery.
Seeing the impact of large and diverse crowds on local businesses in the area highlights the importance of how Eden Park contributes
to our community.

Turf Manager / Eden Park

Ryan Cooke

Garage Project has brewed well over 500 beers
across the past 9 years, showcasing
new & old favourites every week
through our twelve rotating taps.
Every one of our beers tells a story, so we pride ourselves on delivering an experience.
Theatre behind the counter if you will.

Cellar Door Manager - Garage Project

Chynna

Events Manager / Eden Park

Karla

Our neighbourhood strengths is the sense of community – shared vision of what Kingsland could look like in 10 years. Fantastic selection of cafes, restaurants, gyms, beauticians & retail. Everything you could ever want! Bluebells Cakery contributes to the community by bringing happiness to the local community through caffeine and sugar!

Founder, Managing Director / Bluebells Cakery

Gail

The greatest achievement is succeeding in creating a beautiful local restaurant that the local community, friends families enjoy.
People keep me motivated, especially my family and friends and the local regular customers.
It’s always great to see the restaurant full of happy friends and families, having a great time.

Owner / Papa's Italian Eatery

Laurence

When we saw Kingsland we said YES. It's close to town but not too trendy (code expensive) and has a diverse (accepting) neighbourhood. Has good access to arterial routes (train station, bus lines, and motorway).

Co Owner / The Beer Spot

Ash

I really noticed this year how incredibly supportive our neighbourhood is. They came together amazingly to help one another and local businesses through Covid. There's a strong community feel to Kingsland with really good people which I think has to be it's greatest strength.

Manager / The Portland Public House

James & Todd

Within our little catchment of Kingsland the thing I love watching on a day to day basis is the seeing people who started off not knowing each other at all to sharing coffee and banter in the morning, which has led to new ventures and endeavours undertaken together. Honestly it's so cool to watch....

Directors / Harlan Pepper

Nigel Cottle

Ironically, what attracted us to Morningside was that there wasn't much there back then. Morningside was somewhere people didn't want to go to hang out. We wanted to turn it into a social and supportive neighbourhood and make it something. What's awesome about morningside now is there are different types of businesses...

Manager & Neighbourhood Connector / Crave

Amit Singh

The biggest goal thus far has been us celebrating our first birth on the 14th of August 2020. After taking a declining restaurant and people's thoughts about the place being negative as It had changed 3 owners in just 9 months. It is a great feeling of being accepted and loved by the community.

Manager / Heritage

Bronwen

I love what I do. We get the most amazing feedback every now and then, and our soul reason is to make people feel good. Flowers give people so much pleasure and I love working with them

Owner / Urban Flowers

Sultan

The role King Fadez plays within our community is by Keeping everyone fresh all year round, and getting everyone together in one space to feel good.

Director & Barber / King Fadez

Bara Khalid

The Kingsland community is amazing. Everyone cares around here. It is a great place for the younger ones in our family to run around carefree

Manager / Petra Shawarma

Briar Anderson

We are proud to say that we’ve always provided the best and latest world-class technology. In combination with our 20 years of tattoo experience, we think it’s fair to say we can offer one of the best services in the market.

Co-Owner / Sacred Laser

Dan Anderson

Having spent extended periods in Australia and Europe, I am now concentrating on Sacred and using his experience to push myself and the shop to be the finest tattoo parlour Auckland has to offer.

Owner/ Artist / Sacred Tattoo

Phil Clark

I opened the doors to Phil's Kitchen on March 31st 2015. Kingsland is the perfect place to have both Phil's Kitchen and Kingsland Social

Chef/ Owner Phil's Kitchen

Amanda Chan-Borell

Creating and opening Habitat For Fitness is the outcome of over 14 years industry experience, a bit of hard work, and a whole lot of passion all mixed into one true home for fitness.

Co-Owner / Habitat for Fitness

Sabera Ismail

I have been in Kingsland for 14 years now. I love this neighbourhood. People are friendly, I always feel comfortable and have mostly positive experiences.

Managing Shop / Ismail Superette

Yolanda Bartram

I love creating and seeing things grow. Every day is different, love my job, it never really feels like work. However being your own boss you never stop ‘working’.

Director / BODYFX

Steve Gillett

I feel inclusiveness is the key to survival in our village, banding together and promoting unity as a team, then everyone will flourish.

Owner / The Kingslander

Lee Howell

Our Strength in our neighbourhood is having a strong sense of community as well as being down to earth.

Owner / Lee Howell Photography

Sanjay Jamnadas

Our strength at Kingsland Liquor is listening to our customers and our awesome Neighbourhood.

Owner / Kingsland Liquor Centre

Olivia Waken

Kingsland is creative and fun-filled with like-minded people. I like Kingsland. It's creative and a little bit edgy.

Owner / Kensal

Jasmin Ziedan

The business community in Kingsland and surrounding is nice & real, full of creatives and hard-working innovative people. It only keeps growing and expanding.

Managing Director / Base FM

Nick Sautner

We would like to be involved in any events or activities that promote or engage with the Fringe District. Eden Park is for all of Auckland and New Zealand. We are committed to working with our neighbourhood and local business associations to maximise the benefits for the country and community.