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From setback to a positive life purpose

Year 11 Pakuranga College student Natasha Astill is excited about being part of a pilot programme for students with disabilities. The 15-year-old is the first...

Jellyfish stings reported at local beaches

Auckland Council is warning swimmers to exercise caution following reports of jellyfish at some local beaches this month. “Several members of the public have reported...

Botany by-election: Mike Turinsky wins the seat

Mike Turinsky has won the Botany by-election by more than 2000 votes and will represent the Botany subdivision on the Howick Local Board. Turinsky received...

HRRA: Down but not out!

This week’s decision in the High Court to disallow the Howick Ratepayers and Residents Assn Inc’s  (HRRA) appeal against the last minute upzoning of...

ASB Pakuranga branch to close

ASB is closing its Pakuranga branch on March 10 due to declining customer numbers. ASB general manager branch banking Logan Munro says customers are increasingly...

Bomb threat hits Howick

Howick Primary School is the latest to be targeted in a series of bomb threats that has been happening throughout the country. Police were called...

Fireworks: Lucy Schwaner resigns from board – minutes after being sworn in

In a tumultuous start during the newly-sworn in Howick Local Board’s first official business, a board member has quit, the former vice-chairman lost her...

Man charged over motorcyclist’s death

A man has been charged in relation to the death of Josh Martin, the Year 13 Pakuranga College student killed on his motorbike in...

‘I couldn’t bear it’

Clare White, the mother of 17-year-old schoolboy Josh Martin who was killed following a collision near his school in October,  was so distraught following...

Police look into Green Gang scare

  Police are looking into an incident in which drunk teens – possibly from a gang – are alleged to have terrorised a family in...

The Times Botany by-election debate is tonight

Voting has begun for the Howick Local Board, Botany subdivision by-election and tonight voters will get a chance to ask questions of the seven...

‘Local board should be reaching out to students’

He turned up to the Times Botany by-election debate on Friday night, ready to listen, and too young to vote. Dressed in his Pakuranga College...

Miscreants set recycling bin on fire

Twenty-year-old Katie Lin, who was returning home on a Saturday night last month, remembers seeing a strange glow down her road. She wasn’t quite...

Occupants unharmed in Cockle Bay house fire

Occupants of a Cockle Bay house that caught fire this morning are lucky to be safe, a firefighter at the scene told the Times. Three...

The Times asks: Have you voted in the Botany by-election?

Of the 45 people approached by the Times at Botany Town Centre and outside Pak’nSave Ormiston on Monday evening, 35 said they hadn’t yet...
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