Prime Minister and Botany MP Christopher Luxon says he’ll donate his $50,000 pay increase to charity after the Remuneration Authority decided the amount MPs earn should rise by 2.8 per cent.
The increase will see a backbench MP’s salary go from $163,961 to $168,600 and it'll be backdated to October last year.
It will go up another 2.9 per cent from...
Local Lego lovers are in for a treat when an east Auckland school stages a fundraiser featuring the popular plastic bricks.
Botany Downs School stages its ‘Brick Show’ from 10am-3pm on Sunday, May 26, with proceeds going toward a new junior playground.
The school’s PTA promises it will deliver fun-filled excitement for bricks enthusiasts, book readers, and baking lovers of all...
An eloquent east Auckland school pupil is among the people who played an important role at this year’s local Anzac Day commemorations.
Year 10 Mission Heights Junior College pupil Norah Mukalef delivered a speech during the civic service held on Stockade Hill in Howick on April 25.
She was given the honour by winning an Anzac speech competition, with her essay...
The online fundraiser created to support the grieving family of east Auckland rugby player Cory Heather, who died after being injured in a recent match, has blown past $100,000 in just one day.
Heather, 33, sustained a severe brain injury while playing for his Beachlands Maraetai Rugby Club in an Under 85kg match at Te Puru Park in Beachlands on...
A successful east Auckland croquet club has got its hands on yet more silverware.
The Howick Croquet Club (HCC) recently beat a team from St Heliers Croquet Club to claim the ‘Bradley Tray’ plate.
HCC secretary Vanessa Baddock says the competition takes place annually with each club taking turns to play host.
This year the Howick team hosted its opposition on April...
More than $20,000 has been raised online for the grieving family of an east Auckland club rugby player who died after being injured during a recent match.
The Givealittle page states Cory Heather, who played for the Beachlands Maraetai Rugby Club, sustained a severe brain injury during the game on April 27.
He died surrounded by family and friends the following...
By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, funded by New Zealand on Air
Auckland Council has approved close to $18 million in its latest funding round but there's no money for the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust.
At an extraordinary governing body meeting on April 24, councillors approved the Auckland Regional Amenities Fund (ARAF), which goes to eight organisations from Surf Life...
By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
Last Thursday, New Zealanders across the country commemorated Anzac Day by attending dawn and civic services in droves to honour our fallen heroes.
April 25 is one of the most important dates in our nation’s calendar, as we remember those who fought and continue to fight for our freedoms and thank them for...
East Auckland's leading community news provider - the Times - is back!
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the long-standing local news provider has been brought back to life after its publisher, Times Newspapers, closed on April 17.
Well-known east Auckland businesswoman Bo Burns has acquired the company’s digital assets.
As she doesn’t plan at this stage to reintroduce the printed...
The police’s watchdog has issued a scathing report on “inadequate” efforts to protect a young woman before she was stabbed to death by her east Auckland stalker.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has investigated the work of police following a report filed by murder victim Farzana Yaqubi.
The 21-year-old law student was fatally stabbed on December 19, 2022, by East...