When more than 200 players from Auckland’s $8 billion creative economy answered an invite to discuss turbocharging Henderson’s film, theatre and performance industry, planners knew they must be on the right track.
The result is the Te Puna Creative Hub, the genesis of an Auckland Council-backed effort to add muscle to Henderson’s reputation as a creative industry stronghold, and to create jobs and export opportunities by attracting business and investment to a district where only 200 new jobs have surfaced in 20 years.




