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Transport Minister promises better bus service

Transport Minister Simon Bridges was in Pakuranga on Tuesday to talk about transport issues in east Auckland. Bridges met Howick Local Board chair David Collings...

East Auckland Youth Forum visits Parliament

A group of politically-minded students from East Auckland visited Parliament recently. The East Auckland Youth Forum consists of two senior students from each of the...

East Auckland schools to perform in Bandquest

Six east Auckland bands will battle it out at this year’s Rockshop Bandquest, the nationwide music contest for intermediate and primary students. They will be...

Students knit for a cause

A local school is hosting a knit-a-thon to help keep the community warm. The knit-a-thon is part of a new Student Volunteer Army (SVA) initiative...

Will Howick be Auckland’s first pest free suburb?

Farm Cove Intermediate School has taken the lead in getting rats to leave town. They are not playing the Piped Piper of Hamelin but are...

Mum’s support group takes off

After a challenging day with her newborn, Sarah Rodgers was thankful to get out of the house for a short stroll to the mailbox...

Triumphs, trivia and laughs

Pakuranga Rotary Club is holding a ‘Triumphs and Trivia’ event on Saturday, July 22 at Edgewater College. Teams can compete for prizes, and are encouraged...

Funky marketing style wins the day

At the New Zealand Bookkeepers Association conference, Number Nurses won the innovative marketing award for its quirky branding that shakes off dull images of administration work.

Frances shares 100 years of wonderful stories

Being born in the last year of World War I and being a young bride throughout World War II appears to have created an incredibly positive and resilient a centenarian.

Snow in east Auckland?

Last Thursday, east Auckland experienced clouds, rain, hail, thunder and lightning and...snow? One Mellons Bay resident was shocked to discover a load of what looked...