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Driver tests: Long waits at VTNZ post-lockdown

The Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in driving test waiting times of up to two months. A local mum, whose son had a six-week wait at...

Matariki: Howick Kindergarten’s shining stars

Throughout the month of June, Howick Kindergarten has been celebrating Matariki. Head Teacher Leonie Kelly said over the last few weeks the children have been...

Records broken as Aucklanders have their say

A record number of Aucklanders have had their say on Auckland Council’s 2020/2021 Emergency Budget. More than 34,800 people took part in the three-week consultation...

Group storm the castle to reopen info centre

A group of enthusiastic locals took matters into their own hands last week when they re-opened the closed Howick Information Centre- under their own...

Government going soft on crime during Covid-19-Brown

Since being assigned the Corrections portfolio a few weeks ago, I have been holding to account Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis, who seems to have...

Be strong and ask for help- Mural aims to educate

The writing is on the wall. `Have strength to ask for help to avoid suicide, ’ is the powerful message Pakuranga artists Bryce Williams and...

Howick centenarian attributes long life to genes

Sharp as a tack with a great sense of humour is how a neighbour describes Howick resident Doris Heggie (Dot to her friends) who...

Heritage listing may safeguard Stockade views

Stockade Hill could soon be placed on the New Zealand Heritage List. And the news that it may be listed as a Category 2 historic...

Re-purposing: 14 Trolleys pulled from Pakuranga stream

As part of a project to eliminate and repurpose plastics from the local environment, former Pakuranga College student Daniel Tolmie and friends Mikael Coupe,...

Macleans College principal new ASSPA president

When most principals of local schools were facilitating remote learning during Covid-19 lockdown, Steve Hargreaves, principal of Macleans College was dealing with far bigger...
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