Friday, April 19, 2024

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Changing the Narrative: Choosing Accession Over Recession

This opinion column was written by Shannon Tatana and originally published on The Click Facebook page. It is republished here with permission. Happy new year everyone one! Changing the Narrative: Choosing Accession Over Recession *Disclaimer – I...
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Beware of intensification

It has come to my attention that in many areas, residents are bribed by greedy and unscrupulous developers to agree to major earthworks on their properties to get away with unreasonable and inappropriate intensification...
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Buck your ideas up landlords

Driving around Howick I, along with many others, am appalled at the state of the berms around the area. Unsure why the landlords cannot add the cost of a person to mow their lawns into...
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Russia must pay

The ongoing, senseless carnage in Ukraine with endless Russian missile attacks makes one despair at the evil demonic men embrace, their brainwashed stormtroopers and their arsenals. Men such as Putin, Lukashenko, Jong...
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Picton Centre Howick Walkers Group

The walking group was first started in about 1989 by Janet and John Zaadstra of Bucklands Beach at the Uxbridge Centre and was known as the Uxbridge Walkers. The created and recorded more than 150...
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We don’t need the busway

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says we are in for hefty rates increase. I may be repeating myself, but if the unnecessary and unwanted Eastern Busway, particularly the Burswood diversion, was cancelled, we could have a...
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Closing gap on Auckland’s $290m hole

For nigh on two years, our neighbourhood (Fordyce Ave, Sunnyhills) has been battling with Auckland Transport over the most ludicrous road safety experiment ever undertaken, all in the name of “Safer Schools”. We suspect our...
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A big Christmas thank you from Bookarama

The Rotary Club of Howick would like to give a big Christmas thank you to the Community of Howick for supporting the most successful Bookarama that the club has ever run. Project coordinator Geoff Thompson...
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No need for Plan Change

In the NZ Herald public notices dated December 12, 2022 , following a complaint received over the holiday timeframe adopted for cross submissions over the Plan Change, Auckland Council has conceded this and extended...
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One for the aged

I am tired of hearing professional broadcasters continually mis-pronouncing the word “aged”, when referring to senior citizens. They refer to us as “the Aj’d”(one syllable), instead of “the A-jed” (two syllables). Maybe they think that...
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