Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Botany Probus marks 21 years

Members of the Combined Probus Club of Botany Downs have celebrated their 21st anniversary. The club met recently at Eastview Church in Chapel Road. President Rosemary Ovens welcomed current and past members. She also welcomed foundation...
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The difference between us

‘Telling fact from fiction’ (Times, October 26) is entitled. Why he writes about something he does not believe seems odd. It is not original either. If I wrote something silly about his father, he would...
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Telling fact from fiction

Way back when time began and humans started to think; a ‘wise man’ was asked “who made the world?” The wise man shrugged and said “God knows”. Over the millennia since then Chinese whispers have...
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Remember Passchendaele

In the annals of military history, the World War I battle of Passchendaele is recorded as New Zealand’s worst military disaster. In just a few short hours on a miserable Belgian morning, more than 1000...
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Labour’s age of celebrity

For the first time, I understood Jacinda Ardern’s motivation regarding the global climate debate. She wants to be the first in the world to declare zero emissions targets. Her desire is to lead on...
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Young people saved my life

On August 13, I walked out to the distant Cockle Bay tide. About half way, my right foot sunk. I tried to keep my balance but only found mud with my left foot. I tried...
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Gangs and poverty

Anti-social bikie gangs are proportional to the amount of poverty and social exclusion based on class and ethnicity that exists in a society. In New Zealand’s case, unless growing poverty, the underclass and underlying racism...
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Not the place for your rubbish

I belong to a local tennis club and along with my fellow members take great pride in the upkeep and presentation of our courts, clubhouse and surrounding property. This has been recognised by Tennis...
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Congratulations to candidates

Re: Howick Local Board votes in the local body elections. Congratulations to Katrina (Bungard), Bruce (Kendall) and David (Collings) for retaining their seats on the local board. And I commend all the other candidates who...
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Fortyfoot Lane sale proposal offensive

My father, Lou Fisher, subdivided part of the family farm (named by my mother Sunnyhills) in the early 1960s, a farm which he had purchased just prior to serving overseas in WWII. Over ensuing years,...
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