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Top ice skaters going for gold at nationals

New Zealand’s best ice skaters are competing for gold in the national championships at Paradice Ice Skating in Botany this week. This week the New...

Chairman’s report – we’ve got 24 days to go!

After much preparation, the highlight times for our Howick 175 anniversary are fast approaching. An amazing amount of voluntary work has been done by many...

Marking three generations

This year marks the 175th anniversary of Howick and Pakuranga and districts which presents a wonderful opportunity to feature people from the area and...

Thorpe digs deep at World Cup

By Kent Gray A little hindsight has proved a beautiful, confidence-boosting thing for Ainsley Thorpe after the Kiwi Olympian finished a season-best sixth at...

What’s in a name change?

In New Zealand, you can formally change your name if: You are at least 18 years old (or aged 16 or 17 and are...

Knowles first with the news

Gerald Hinton Knowles arrived in New Zealand with his wife Rosina in 1913 on the ship Ballarat. Almost 40 years later he would start Howick's...

Four medals at boxing nationals

Four fighters from Revill's Boxing Gym in Pakuranga have brought home two gold medals and two silvers at the 2022 Boxing New Zealand National Championships. Wendell Stanley,...

Pragmatic solutions to climate change

By Naisi Chen, Labour List MP based in Botany We all know climate change is happening - and faster than ever. A Ministry of the...

J.R. Hosking wins Surpreme House of the Year

A spectacular home in West Harbour built by East Tamaki-registered J.R Hosking Carpenters and Co, has won the Supreme House of the Year Over...

Biggest Bookarama ever comes to an end

With two years of collections, this year’s Bookarama saw the largest volume of books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs and LPs ever on display at Somerville...
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