Planning ahead to choose the best time to travel could help you avoid frustrating delays on the road this holiday season.
The NZ Transport Agency says motorists can do their bit by staggering their journeys outside of the busiest periods and checking the Transport Agency’s real time traffic information services for the latest updates on highway conditions.
“Roads across Auckland and...
Police are continuing a scene examination of an address in Flat Bush following a fatal house fire overnight.
Police do not believe the fire was suspicious however the cause is still unknown. Fire Service will be investigating the cause of the blaze and police will assist them as required.
Two woman, aged 66 and 39, and a five-year-old boy died in...
Two local Year 13 students have won large study grants from the Howick RSA.
Katelyn Ross, 17, from Botany Downs Secondary College and Renee Page, 17, from Howick College, were each presented $2000 cheques last Thursday night for their first year of tertiary study.
The scholarships will see each student receive a further $2000 next year upon successful completion of year...
Howick dance teacher Claire Sciascia’s game Scatterbones is set to be distributed on a global scale.
After 23 years of teaching dance, local resident Claire Sciascia is passing on the ownership of her beloved studio Dance Xpress to pursue another hobby – invention.
Driving home from the studio one night, Mrs Sciascia came up with the idea for Scatterbones, a game where...
There would be very few Macleans College students over the past 33 years who wouldn’t remember Mr Lonergan.
Deep-voiced with silver hair (at least in recent years), the 61-year-old is inimitable – a special educator who understood and interacted with students and teachers in a way that only he could.
Mr Lonergan – “Jim” – arrived at Macleans College in 1983...
Two men, one armed with a double barrelled sawn-off shotgun, robbed a bar in Pakuranga this week.
Metro Bar on Ti Rakau Drive was the target of an aggravated robbery in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with two offenders entering the bar at 12.20am and stealing cash.
Detective constable Paul Mo said one of the men was armed with a...
Having made history as the first New Zealand-born boxer to win one version of the multiple world heavyweight titles, Joseph Parker will need to sharpen his act if he is to become undisputed champion against the likes of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
Having come from behind to win a disputed home decision against American based Mexican Andy Ruiz Jnr...
Our Party and our country have been through a lot this past week.
We have lost an amazing man, National Party Leader, and Prime Minister, John Key. But we have gained an exceptional duo of expertise and talent with Bill English and Paula Bennett taking on the political leadership of New Zealand.
Having been elected as leader and deputy leader of...
Police say they cannot rule out a link between the four service station burglaries in Pakuranga last week.
The three stolen cars used in the aggravated burglaries were taken from and dumped at similar locations in close proximity to each other and all the offences occurred in the early hours of the morning at 24 hour service stations – three...
If Joseph Parker is to become the first New Zealand-born fighter to win a world professional heavyweight crown at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Saturday night he will need to box smart instead of engaging in a slugfest with dangerous Mexican Andy Ruiz Jr.
Both are personable characters outside the ring who don’t engage in the sort of trash talk that...