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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Community Comments: Wharf diving; rates rises; football success

Check out a few of the latest comments from our socials below. Want more? Dive into the conversation at www.facebook.com/timesonlinenz. PERSON SUFFERS SPINAL INJURY JUMPING OFF WHARF (Times, January 2): Amanda Napier: There are multiple signs saying not...

Community Comments on fuel station closures

Check out a few of the latest comments from our socials below. Want more? Dive into the conversation at www.facebook.com/timesonlinenz. GAS STATIONS IN EASTERN BUSWAY’S PATH DEMOLISHED (Times, November 28): John Scott: Surely they could have gone...

Letters to the Editor: Speedway; RSA; Cats and birds

Western Springs Great article from Phil Dark about the history of Western Springs (Times, November 15). The fact the Motions family owned the land is true and there’s a deed that states that as long...

Community Comments: The Warehouse Pakuranga’s impending closure

  Check out a few of the comments from our socials below. Want more? Dive into the conversation at www.facebook.com/timesonlinenz. EXCLUSIVE: THE WAREHOUSE AT PAKURANGA PLAZA IS CLOSING (Times, November 7): Karen Laurie Self-checkout is not for...

Letters to the Editor: Beach clean-up; hall use; gangs

Cleaning up for summer Cockle Bay has had a spruce-up getting it ready for summer. Leos from Howick College, Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, and students from Botany Downs Secondary College rallied together in good numbers to...

Letters to the Editor: Elected members; RSA operations; cheap fares

Elected members There are far too many people on the Howick Local Board. That said, most local boards in Auckland seem to be getting more people on board when in reality ratepayers and local communities very...

Letters to the Editor: National identity; speed; tax cuts

Idea NZ What is New Zealand? It’s not a collection of islands near the lower part of the Pacific Ocean. It’s not a collection of people from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It’s not an agricultural economy...

Letters to the Editor: Plaza woes; Treaty education

Keep tenants in loop I agree that Pakuranga Plaza is a shadow of what it was when I settled here over 20 years ago (Times, September 13). Back then, every shop was occupied, and you could...

Māori naming of community assets

Why oh why do we have to rename all assets and attractions, in our east Auckland Local Board in this 2024 year? According to Stats NZ, there is less than 1 per cent of...

Bi-weekly rubbish collection

Now there is a suggestion that rubbish will be collected only every second week, and yet Auckland Council started an expensive food waste collection. There are approximately 540,000 households in Auckland. Charge to each...

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