It used to be one of the most common cars on the road. Now, John Metford’s blue Ford Escort is something of a rarity, attracting hand waves, whistles and all sorts of attention when it rolls around the East Auckland neighbourhood.
Car enthusiast Mr Metford said it’s the history and heritage behind the faithful Ford Escort that makes the model...
He’s created artwork for the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, been commissioned by the United Nations and designed campaigns for internationally-renowned brands.
Now, Eastern Beach graphic designer Jeremy Kyle is adding another success to his list of artistic achievements on the world stage.
He’s just been awarded one of the top 10 international advertising and branding projects of 2016 by online marketing giant...
Six local figures were recognised in the New Year’s Honours list.
Olympian and World Champion shot-putter Valerie Adams was made a Dame. Triathlete Cameron Brown, health services proponent Ranjna Patel, and shareholders’ advocate Bruce Sheppard were appointed Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit, while former hockey international Katie Glynn and table tennis champion Chunli Li were made Members...
One of the favourite events on Clevedon’s calendar, the annual Charity Polo Day, a collaboration between the Auckland Polo Club and the Clevedon Volunteer Fire Brigade, will return to the renowned Fisher Polo Field on Sunday, January 29.
The Tiger Building Family Polo Charity Day showcases a traditional Kiwi polo experience.
A relaxed day out for everyone with all the fun...
I would like to wish Times readers a very Happy New Year. I hope you have all enjoyed the festive period with family, friends and loved ones.
I’d also like to thank our shift workers and emergency services who work tirelessly through the festive period to keep New Zealanders safe.
We’ve got a big year ahead. Later this month the National-led...
It didn’t take long for one of Julie Patterson’s election signs to be ripped off.
“But it’s ok, I am told these things happen,” she says lightly, shrugging it off.
Mrs Patterson is fighting for a seat on the Howick Local Board, Botany subdivision in the forthcoming by-election.
She has a sense of humour, enjoys a good chat...and scones with jam and...
On the afternoon of December 21 when Ailian Su filed her nomination papers for the Howick Local Board Botany by-elections, she thought she was the only woman standing.
“I checked the council website and there were only three men contesting the by-elections,” she says.
Which is why she was surprised when she later learnt that two other women were also in...
The man who survived last month’s fatal Flat Bush fire has died, said family spokeswoman, barrister Deborah Manning.
Refugee Council of New Zealand secretary Kaileshan "Kailesh" Thanabalasingham escaped the December 22 blaze along with his 11-year-old daughter and 69-year-old father-in-law but was severely burned.
The 47-year-old escaped by jumping out of the window, onto the roof and across the neighbour’s fence.
He was...
Council workers who were asked to prune a tree instead cut it down after an apparent “cheeky” exchange with a concerned resident.
It prompted the resident Graham Pilgrim to contact the Howick Local Board.
A strongly worded letter addressed to Local Board members from Mr Pilgrim, president of the East Park Resident’s Association, Golflands, got Peter Young, the newly elected board...
Once again New Zealanders can rejoice at the calibre of their amazing sports stars judging from those named as Halberg Award finalists.
That the All Blacks could not make the final four for the team prize, after winning a record consecutive 18 tier-one tests before their historic first loss to Ireland in Chicago, will irk some rugby diehards.
However few would...
Reigning world cup champion Mathieu Biazizzo (France) and top Australian Lucien Delfour are among the top international talent taking on canoe slalom’s New Zealand Open near Palmerston North this weekend.
It’s the start of a big week for the sport in New Zealand, with the Oceania Championships in Auckland five days later at the new Vector Wero Whitewater Park in...
The Marie Raos Ray White HPCC Premiers beat Eden Roskill CC in a limited overs match at Lloyd Elsmore Park on Saturday.
HPCC 338/5 in 50 overs (Bill Walsh 50, Daniel Young 171, Liam Winn 67).
Eden Roskill CC 286/9 in 46 overs (Karan Banker 57, Barrington Rowland 115 *retired hurt, Jashanjot Bhangu 43; Cody Andrews 2/47).
--
The Marie Raos...
The cause of the blaze which killed three family members in their home three days before Christmas is indeterminable, investigators say.
The investigating Fire Risk Management officer Phil Faidley says the cause of the fire “cannot be conclusively determined.”
The fatal fire gutted the two-storey house in Plantation Ave, Flat Bush. There were three survivors.
The house was engulfed in flames in...
The troubled upmarket supermarket brand Nosh – which has a store in Pakuranga – has been given a little leeway by its bank involving the sale of the business or winding the business down.
NZX-listed Veritas Investments, which owns Nosh Group, this week announced ANZ had agreed to extend delivery of a proposal until January 31.
Over the Christmas/New Year period,...
Well-known local businessman and broadcaster Humphrey Beale has died, aged 90.
Mr Beale’s family said in a death notice he passed away peacefully on January 13.
Daughter Helen Beale described her father as “the most amazing man I have ever known”.
“He had a wicked humour, an incredible memory, unlimited knowledge of New Zealand's history, and a particular interest and knowledge of...
