Bad Girls Genre: Musical theatre Written by: Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus Music and lyrics: Kath Gotts Directed by: Susanne Dell Reviewed by: Diane Andrew Four stars Dubbed the ‘baddest and the best’ show in town, Harlequin Musical Theatre’s production of Bad Girls is a funny and entertaining rendition of the popular television drama of the same name. The British musical is based on characters from the...

Howick people have made their feelings known to Auckland City councillors about proposed housing intensification threatening iconic view shafts from the Picton Street ridge.

Local fashion stores Valleygirl and sister company Temt have closed. Although the outlets at Botany Town Centre were opened as usual this morning with next to no stock in the stores, by 1pm they were both shut. A sign in both shops reads: “Valleygirl New Zealand Limited was placed into receivership on 26 July 2016 and this store has now closed.”...

Gayleen Mackereth, who has spear-headed a fight for Howick in Auckland Unitary Plan hearings over the past few months, is pleased to have “protected our precious Howick”.

Darren Blomfield's cartoon takes a look at the Mellons Bay infrastructure. Locals were this week venting about sub-standard broadband installations by infrastructure provider Chorus in Mellons Bay. Complaints include use of electrical tape and duct tape on fibre cabling, and running of cable along fencing.

Young illustrator and graphic designer Jeremy Kyle’s mother couldn’t contain her excitement when she found a letter in their mailbox addressed to her son from basketball legend Michael Jordon. “Look, who you’ve got a letter from!” she piped up, as she handed over the sealed envelope to her son, 23, in the middle of the ‘Times’ interview. Her excitement was contagious...

Clare White, the mother of 17-year-old schoolboy Josh Martin who was killed following a collision near his school in October,  was so distraught following his death she considered ending her own life. Mrs White (O’Hanlon) asked in an emotional victim impact statement this afternoon in the Manukau District Court how she could ever expect to explain the extent to which...

The Armed Offenders Squad was dispatched to Golflands today after a threat was made on Facebook, police have confirmed. "This morning police visited an address in response to a threat made via social media.," a police spokesman told the Times. "They have since found the threat to be a hoax." Posts on a local social media site speculated that there had been...

The latest from Blomfield (Darren Blomfield) following our story on March 19 of Eastern Beaches median residential dwelling prices reaching a heady $1m in April.