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Playcentre group opens doors for a week

Rebekah Marcetic, the co-ordinator at Howick Playcentre and a parent educator, says they are looking forward to Playcentre Open Week which runs from March...

Housing market hobbled by extreme weather in February 

Two months of the most intense and extreme weather Auckland has ever experienced hobbled the property market during February, leading to the slowest month’s...

Winning more than just an award for Northpark teen

Vian Shah, 17, from Macleans College won the overall excellence award at Blue Light's Life Skills programme held recently in Whenuapai. "To me, winning the...

Industry warned: expect a different Chinese tourist

New Zealand is one of a select few countries granted approved destination status (ADS) by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, however, Kiwi businesses need to...

Local Water Done Well

By Christopher Luxon, National Party leader and MP for Botany The Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle have only reinforced for New Zealanders that...

Nostalgic stage couple’s devotion tested

Howick Little Theatre’s first production for 2023 is described as being a light-hearted play about a loving couple living in the past, but it’s...

Pakuranga local visits infant survival programme in Indonesia

By Grace Ellis, Tearfund New Zealand. Pakuranga-based Kelly Burgess recently visited aid and development organisation Tearfund New Zealand’s new infant survival programme in Indonesia. Indonesia has...

Author Agnew piles on the awards

Pakuranga author, Leonie Agnew’s unpublished manuscript, ‘The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp’ was the winner of the 2022 Storylines Tessa Duder Award. It also saw...

City of Auckland Singers to celebrate 50th year 

The City of Auckland Singers are calling for old members to reunite for their 50th-year celebration later this month. And they’re looking for new...

Cultural food festival all go

We are looking forward to our first exciting cultural food festival on Saturday, March 4 from 9am to 3pm. Picton Street will be closed to...

Ford aficionados set to display rare machines

Graeme and Brad Cockerill know far more about the workings of early 1990s British Fords than most people. The Cockle Bay father and son are...

Local businessman honoured for First Response Unit donation 

Hato Hone St John have expressed their appreciation to local businessman and philanthropist Steven Wong after donating a new First Response Unit (FRU) vehicle. Wong's...

Child Cancer Foundation urges Kiwis to ‘Send a Smile’ 

Alongside their nationwide Street Appeal on March 10-11, Child Cancer Foundation is urging Kiwis to make a donation online any day this month via...

Peek behind theatre’s curtain

Performing arts theatres across New Zealand are opening their doors to the public and Howick's Harlequin Musical Theatre is excited to be part of...

Interim report shows recovery from Covid-19 impacts

Auckland Council Group’s interim report for the first six months to the end of December 2022 shows positive signs of recovery from the effects...
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