Tag: Bucklands Beach
Girl dies after being struck by vehicle at school
A girl injured when she was struck by a vehicle in an east Auckland school car park has died.
Emergency services were called to Pigeon...
Police impound dirt bikes
Counties Manukau Police have impounded multiple motorcycles after they were recently ridden in an unsafe manner at different locations in east and south Auckland.
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60 years of adventure together
Lured by the idea of a tiny country offering a two-year job contract to immigrants, Alan Billings set sail from England aboard the Captain...
Boat snaps mooring as wild weather lashes Bucklands
A yacht is perched precariously on a sand bar at the northern end of Bucklands Beach after high winds whipped up the Tamaki estuary.
The...
Plenty to consider at first local board meeting
Deputations pertaining to a new two-metre water polo pool at the aquatic and leisure centre at Barry Curtis Park, a petition for permanent cameras...
Olympians join search for buried treasure
Olympic champions Eric Murray and Bucklands Beach-raised Barbara Kendall have been announced as the final celebrities to join TVNZ 2’s rebooted Celebrity Treasure Island.
The...
Football kit brings smiles in Uganda
There’s a very proud bunch of kids in a Ugandan village sporting some very smart football kit thanks to a Botany family and Bucklands...
Local derby action packed
Football in east Auckland came to a new level of excitement on Saturday when the men’s first teams from Fencibles and Bucklands Beach took...
Bucklands Beach erosion – time, tides & politics
Erosion may be a slow process but the progress of local bodies to stop it in its tracks can feel slower still.
Although the wheels...
Budge delivers Classic
While some ratepayers dispute ATEED'S Auckland City Council $175,000 contribution to the ASB tennis classic, few would argue that director Karl Budge hasn't done...