Pakuranga College has denounced a media report this week claiming young gang members waited outside the school with weapons, seeking to attack a student.
That erroneous news story – published in the NZ Herald - was wrong, the school claims. That paper’s story follows revelations in the Times last week that a group of drunk teens calling themselves the Green Gang...
Police are looking into an incident in which drunk teens – possibly from a gang – are alleged to have terrorised a family in Northpark.
A post on the Not So PC East Auckland Facebook page said: “Last night (Thursday night, Northpark) at about 7.40pm we had a knock at our door from the “Green Gang” looking for my 15-year-old...
Helping society’s forgotten women is something a committed pair of Howick and Botany residents have in the bag – the pikau bag.
Mary Ann France and Kim Callard formed Comfort Kidz, an organisation dedicated to helping traumatised children, and they have harnessed the energies of prisoners and retirees to help them do it.
Male prisoners at Northland’s Ngawha have been taught...
How does a young, local artist get commissioned to do a series of artworks for the 50th
anniversary of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA), that too sitting at his home studio in Eastern Beach?
For Jeremy Kyle, the 23-year-old commercial artist and graphic designer, it began with saying yes to opportunities.
Working on global campaigns with powerhouse brands...
Having dealt with some of the myths surrounding this aromatic herb, and considered some of its uses in cooking and herbal remedies, readers will want to know how best to grow this plant of many benefits.
Where, when and how to plant
Said by some to be one of the easiest plants in the world, parsley thrives in well-drained, moisture-retentive, nutrient-rich...
A man has been charged in relation to the death of Josh Martin, the Year 13 Pakuranga College student killed on his motorbike in a crash last year.
Police have confirmed a 45-year-old man has been charged with careless driving causing death relating to the crash near the school on October 15.
Josh, who also used the surname O’Hanlon, was just...
The latest from Blomfield (Darren Blomfield), a cartoonist for more than 30 years and now part of the Times Newspapers team. Born in west Auckland and living his life out west with a background in graphic design and print.
He targets a Times story from last month in which anger, frustration and a sense of camaraderie were the feelings of...
Today we publish the first cartoon from Blomfield (Darren Blomfield), a cartoonist for more than 30 years and now part of the Times Newspapers team. Born in west Auckland and living his life out west with a background in graphic design and print.
A new generation of illustrator from a long line of Blomfield artists, Darren brings a style very similar...
Howick Primary School is the latest to be targeted in a series of bomb threats that has been happening throughout the country.
Police were called to the school in Willoughby Ave at about 12.30pm today after it received a call similar to those made around the country yesterday including Dunedin, Wellington and Napier.
Principal Leyette Callister said she could not reveal...
IT HAS been five weeks since he resigned, but it’s difficult for Ken McKay, the former
principal of Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Howick, to get a break.
It’s obvious that he’s left a deep imprint on the minds of the students and staff, as he gets lots of hugs the minute he steps into the school for...