The Howick-Pakuranga Hawks Baseball Club has named its standout players for the 2023-2024 season.
Season highlights include having at least one team in every Auckland Baseball Association (ABA) grade.
Of note also are the club’s 14U Baddies all-female team, being ABA competition winners in 13U, 14U, 16U and Premier league, the Premier team going undefeated in ABA competition, winning the inaugural...
Sixteen years ago Christina Teikamata decided to step out of an abusive marriage and helped form a support group for single parents - including those living in east Auckland - undergoing a similar journey.
Little did she realise then that it would give her a huge sense of purpose and help with her healing process.
Once Christina came to terms with...
Local hospitality legend Ted Waters has introduced a new item to one of his menus and he believes it’s the longest example of its kind currently available in the country.
The co-owner of The Apothecary Licensed Eatery in Howick is offering brave diners the chance to take on an American hotdog that measures an impressive 60cm.
It’ll be a blackboard special...
Many clients approach us at the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) regarding faulty goods or services, and also issues with neighbours, or developers, who may be encroaching on property or knocking down fences etc.
If you have problems with the purchase of goods or services or with a neighbour, which cannot be solved informally, and if the claim is less than...
A patched Killer Beez gang member attempting to avoid a police checkpoint in east Auckland has been arrested and had his vehicle impounded as a result.
Counties Manukau East Police area prevention manager, Inspector Rakana Cook, says the incident happened in Highbrook at about 6.50pm on Sunday, May 12.
Officers were conducting a routine checkpoint on Highbrook Drive when they noticed...
Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown has made a major announcement this morning in his role as Transport Minister.
Brown says the coalition Government is launching ‘Roads of Regional Significance’ to sit alongside its Roads of National Significance as part of its plan to deliver priority roading projects across the country.
“The Roads of National Significance (RoNS) built by the previous National Government are...
By Farida Master
Shelly Park local Nasreen Morgan’s day begins with a belief in her heart and a prayer on her lips. She is not ready to give up on her husband Erik as they’ve courageously taken on a relentless fight with cancer to heal Erik, the love of her life and the father of her young daughters. A...
By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, funded by New Zealand on Air
Howick ward councillor Maurice Williamson has been left in the dark on questions to Auckland Transport (AT) and his colleagues have suggested it should stay that way.
At Auckland Council’s transport and infrastructure committee meeting on May 9, Williamson asked AT for the name of the official behind...
Popular performers Operatunity are returning to east Auckland as part of their latest Hoedown Showdown concert tour.
The show promises to be “brimming with tomfoolery, extravagant outfits and toe-tapping tunes that’ll have you dancing in the aisles”.
It features musicians Karl Perigo, Chet O’Connell, Grant Winterburn, Hank Trenton, Isaac Pawson and Marian Burns.
Operatunity was formed in 2001 and has grown to become...
East Auckland motorists may not know there are nine red-light cameras operating at local intersections and running one will result in a $150 fine.
Auckland Transport (AT) says the city is a ‘Vision Zero’ region, which means the agency is committed to a goal of no deaths or serious injuries on the roads by 2050.
“This means as people, we all...