A "Dumplings on Dominion" Festival was held in 2020 to celebrate one aspect of Chinese cuisine, with 37 businesses taking part.

[2] Conflicting views existed on whether the necessary removal of parking (a good part of which was to be reinstated in side roads as extra angle parking) would significantly harm the road, reducing amenity for locals, and endangering the street's shops.

[citation needed] The proposed upgrade was eventually tabled to be revisited only after the elections creating the first unified Auckland Council.

[11] The new Council decided in 2011 to proceed with a less extensive plan that would provide only some extensions and upgrades of bus lanes and cycling facilities, and would retain parking in the bus lanes outside of peak hours, a move that was applauded by some local business owners.

Road widening designations, and previous Council land purchases worth about $20 million, that would have allowed for the more extensive works will partially be lifted / sold around 2012, as soon as the extent of the new scheme is known.

In 2013 a brass plaque was placed in the footpath by an anonymous artist to mark the halfway point along the road.