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Monday, March 10, 2025

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Caring is sharing for community helpers

Did you know there’s an organisation that can help if you feel you’ve been overcharged by a utility services provider? Or that if you’re a...

Sex and the Suburbs – introducing Holly

Join Holly as she searches east Auckland for love and connection. Reader, you wouldn’t think it to look at me. To the untrained eye, I’m just...

Q&A with champion netball coach David Booth

More than three decades of involvement in winter sport qualifies for the title of champion coach. How long have you been involved in netball? Thirty-three years...

Tyres and top service spin his wheels

Mike Johnson knows Wellington Street better than most, like the back of his tyre-handling hands. He’s lived there, was born nearby and has operated a...

Embracing the city’s vibrant ethnic diversity

By Hope Milo, UoA Communications Student A dynamic show of unity and performances marked the seventh annual Race Relations Day Multicultural Festival. Hosted by the...

Congratulations to our award-winning stallholders

By Katie Treneman, Interim Village Manager, Howick Village Association After 28 years of working in the Village, first as our famous shoe repair man,...

Thieves steal plaque that replaced stolen plaque

It’s happened again. A plaque installed in Howick’s Fencible Walk Park to replace a bronze plaque stolen from the same spot in March has itself...

Yacht club celebrates 75 years of sailing success

What began as a small shed stored behind a post office in 1949 has evolved into one of New Zealand’s most respected and successful...

Keeping it real at Pakuranga Park Village

ADVERTORIAL In the UK, the prospects for growing old centred on what were known as ‘Old Folks Homes’. These were generally sprawling old buildings no longer...

Help the SPCA to help our furry friends

By Times Junior Journalist Alina Jiang The Society for the Protection of Animals (SPCA) is one of the largest and oldest animal charities, where animals...

Historical Village hosts curious military artefact

This is a shared arts column space put together by the Howick Historical Village, Te Tuhi, and Uxbridge Arts and Culture. Howick Historical Village (HHV) is...

Feeding more hungry people

The cost-of-living crisis is placing greater demand on east Auckland foodbanks that are providing much-needed sustenance to families under financial pressures. The Times has spoken to...

Community fires up over Māori placenames debate

A story published by the Times on August 16, (‘War of words heats up over Māori placenames’), received more than 1600 comments when it was...

Movements and action in the Village

By Katie Treneman, Interim Village Manager, Howick Village Association It’s been great to welcome back Craig Hammonds, our Community Constable who had been away for several...

Bowling club secretary’s amazing “service and dedication”

The Times is recognising the many wonderful people in our local east Auckland community who go out of their way to help others with our...
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