This year we are looking forward to hosting two local artists Jon Carapiet and Stu Sontier respectively, here at Hum Salon.   The opening night is Tuesday 4th June at 5.30pm.  We’ll serve up some warm mulled wine to keep you warm, and there will be other goodies to consume while you digest the ‘disruptive’ work. […]

We want to thank the team at Russell McVeagh for coming to the communities aid in the latest round of litigation, helping to secure this iconic heritage property and community centre from development. Over the last five years litigation has systematically continued against Hum in an attempt to have the community removed and the property […]

We love to experiment and try new approaches to things! Our recent experiment was a year long one. Our backyard and garden is large and the soil mineral rich, we manage to grow supersized veges but the weeds are equally energetic. We needed a solution to prevent their growth while enriching the soil. We managed […]

Some real nice people live in our neighbourhood.  Good to come together over some delicious cake and Humonade at the local park.  Hope to see you at the next one!      

If you’ve ever wanted a little more insight into Hum, thanks to Hayley Becht, Mina Silipa and crew, who open a small window for you.  An 8 min doco on Hum, “People for People”.

We’ve had a chance to be part of a short documentary called ‘People for People’, directed by Hayley Becht and produced by Mina Silipa. The documentary is about Hum and Falling Apple, the people behind it and some ongoing activities. We hosted a premier screening night on the 12th of December at our backyard. Around […]

We had a chance to host our friends from the Civic Trust Auckland for a winter lecture about the history of the house at 123 Grafton Rd and the ongoing community-driven restoration work. Oskari talked a bit about the history of the house and Rosy gave a presentation about the process of bringing people together […]

We had some visitors from Wellington. Peter Hickson is a great grandson of the one-legged Kenneth “Crubach” McDonald who used to run a boarding house at 123 Grafton Road (or ‘Rothesay Hotel’, as it was called then) during World War I. Peter’s grandparents actually met at the house and fell in love. When Peter’s grandfather Cecil Harden […]

We had a successful and fun first Art Gala here at Hum Salon on the 29th of November 2014. There was a nice little crowd in attendance for the auction and the majority of the works on offer were sold. We would like to thank the whole volunteer team that did such a great job […]

We are delighted to announce that this massive 1700mm original work featured in 2014 ‘Block NZ’ is about to find a new home. Flox has agreed to go 50/50 on the sale price and thus support our cause. The piece can be viewed at FLOX’s studio 13 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Go have […]