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Barrett emulates Carter

Before Beauden Barrett scored four tries and accumulated 30 points in the All Blacks 40-12 second rugby test walloping of the Wallabies at Eden...

Meet the club of the year!

The Howick Pakuranga Hockey Club is the Auckland Club of the Year. The club won the awards for the most successful men’s club, the most...

Calling all young green thumbs

Growing a love of gardening and all things outdoors is behind the inaugural Yates Budding Young Gardener 2018 competition which opens today. A national search...

New Bill to repeal Regional Fuel Taxes

A new Bill from National would relieve Aucklanders and New Zealanders facing higher fuel prices, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. The Bill would remove the...

Keeping our local community safe

Look out for one another, get to know your neighbours, and always report crime to the police were some of the key messages outlined...

Hunua Ranges 1080 drop, operational team on weather watch

The Hunua Ranges will shortly get another dosing of 1080 to combat possums, rats and stoats. Auckland Council’s second planned aerial pest control operation in...

Council by-election: Nothing is as it seems

Four candidates vying for the vacant Howick Ward seat on Auckland Council’s governing body were front and centre on Tuesday and faced a barrage...

Aussie star a big hit at PURC luncheon

The Pakuranga United Rugby Club Annual Bledisloe Luncheon was held on Friday August 24 prior to the memorable Bledisloe Cup victory the following day...

United Industries Brave the Shave

Local company Akarana Timbers and its parent group United Industries (UIL) are about to Brave the Shave. On Daffodil Day tomorrow (August 31) a team at...

Scoring high at KBB Music Festival

They won silver and two bronze. For the first time, all three of Pakuranga College ensembles won awards. The Pakuranga College Concert Band won a...

Somerville Rotary keeps babies warm

Not many are aware that synthetic fleeces aren’t breathable and can increase the baby’s risk of overheating in their sleep. Polar fleece and mink...

Pop art comes live on pots

It’s `Not just another pretty face’.  That’s the series of mosaic pop art, American artist Danielle Fernandez is currently working on. Interpreting the works of...

Surreal, twisted and pure fantasy

It’s ok not to know where you belong, says international urban artist and graphic designer of Swiss and Thai heritage. “I am a third culture...

By-election race not over yet.

Transport, congestion and rates were the top issues raised at the Howick Youth Council by-election debate on Tuesday night. Held at Uxbridge Arts & Culture,...

Green veges, sherry the secret to a century

Green vegetables, sherry and lots of exercise are the key to a long life, says one local centenarian. Mrs Winifred Farrell, who turns 100 next...
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