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Mayor Brown orders councillors back to chamber

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, funded by New Zealand on Air Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is laying down the law telling elected councillors...

RSA battles for village “shop front” position

Imagine if Howick RSA members and community citizens gathered in central Howick Village to recite the Ode of Remembrance every Friday evening, traditionally 6pm. Under...

Councillor pleased with $332m in savings

Howick ward councillor Maurice Williamson is celebrating after Auckland Council announced it’s saved $332 million in the last three years. The council’s exceeded its annual...

CAB Botany marks 15 years of committed public service

All types of questions pop up for Citizens Advice Bureau staff and volunteers to answer when responding to inquiries from the public. They’re usually of...

Resident fires up over safety improvements

The Howick Local Board is being accused of failing to carry out sufficient public consultation before investing more than $280,000 on safety improvements in...

All go for rebuild of Barry Curtis playground

By Damian Light, Howick Local Board chairperson The Howick Local Board looks after 70 playgrounds across Howick, Pakuranga, Botany and Flat Bush. These range from...

Cheerleader Collings flies flag for Pakuranga Plaza

When you’re the “cheerleader” for Pakuranga as well as its town centre, the role is to accentuate the positives. And while David Collings is looking...

MP slams proposal to increase size of Howick Local Board

Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown is publicly criticising the Howick Local Board for proposing to increase its size from its current nine elected members to...

Attempt to shrink Howick Local Board fails

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, and Chris Harrowell, partially funded by New Zealand on Air Howick ward councillor Maurice Williamson has failed in...

East Auckland is not your rubbish dump

The views from brand new million-dollar homes in a rapidly developing part of east Auckland are being spoiled by the disgusting sight of large...

Business audience hears of need for fiscal constraint

By Business East Tamaki general manager Ruth White We had a full house for our recent networking breakfast with Simeon Brown, the Minister for...

Debate continues over Māori names for community assets

A recent letter to the editor from Howick Town Crier Jim Donald and posted to our Facebook page on September 8 (‘Māori naming of...

Environmental art contest’s People’s Choice winner announced

Auckland artist Kate Parker has earned the People’s Choice Prize at this year’s Estuary Art and Ecology Awards. The awards competition and its associated exhibition...

Local government must do better

By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister and MP for Botany Some of you might have seen reports on the speech I gave at the Local Government New...

Littering poses “big problem” for our community

By Times Junior Journalist Tinkle Ding Imagine, you were going on a nice stroll one day, then you spotted some wrappers on the ground....
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