Tag: botany
Food truck trend rolling out east
Food trucks have been rolling around Auckland for a while now, but they’ve recently been making their way out east and causing debate around...
Concern over new park contract
The grass may not be greener, but it certainly will be longer in the Howick Botany ward parks and reserves.
Grass will be allowed to...
Botany candidates answer some hard questions
Respectful. That’s the impression that around a 100 people who attended the Meet the Candidates Night (Botany electorate) on Monday evening, got.
The event organised,...
Spring festival packed with power
Sitting in the front row and swaying to the rhythm of the beat at the Koanga Festival hosted on Saturday at Somerville Intermediate School...
Car overturned on Ti Rakau Drive
Police responded to an incident on Ti Rakau Drive where two vehicles had collided, resulting in one vehicle rolling onto its roof.
The incident occurred shortly...
East Auckland Youth Forum visits Parliament
A group of politically-minded students from East Auckland visited Parliament recently.
The East Auckland Youth Forum consists of two senior students from each of the...
Peter Dunne to bow out of parliament
UPDATED 2:25PM: Peter Dunne is done with politics.
The United Future leader has announced he will not seek re-election in the upcoming General Election.
Dunne has been...
`I’m here if you need anything’
Labour Party candidate for Botany Tofik Mamedov knocked on 500 doors in and around the Golflands area, on the weekend.
The hard-working candidate, who arrived...
Confident, determined and ready to serve
Jami-Lee Ross is no stranger to politics. He’s confident, he’s determined and he knows what he wants.
He first stood for local council in 2004...
Get to know: Jami-Lee Ross
Get to know your local candidates ahead of the general election!
Here at the Times, we're taking a slightly different approach to our election coverage...