Helping society’s forgotten women is something a committed pair of Howick and Botany residents have in the bag – the pikau bag.
Mary Ann France and Kim Callard formed Comfort Kidz, an organisation dedicated to helping traumatised children, and they have harnessed the energies of prisoners and retirees to help them do it.
Male prisoners at Northland’s Ngawha have been taught...
How does a young, local artist get commissioned to do a series of artworks for the 50th
anniversary of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA), that too sitting at his home studio in Eastern Beach?
For Jeremy Kyle, the 23-year-old commercial artist and graphic designer, it began with saying yes to opportunities.
Working on global campaigns with powerhouse brands...
Having dealt with some of the myths surrounding this aromatic herb, and considered some of its uses in cooking and herbal remedies, readers will want to know how best to grow this plant of many benefits.
Where, when and how to plant
Said by some to be one of the easiest plants in the world, parsley thrives in well-drained, moisture-retentive, nutrient-rich...
A man has been charged in relation to the death of Josh Martin, the Year 13 Pakuranga College student killed on his motorbike in a crash last year.
Police have confirmed a 45-year-old man has been charged with careless driving causing death relating to the crash near the school on October 15.
Josh, who also used the surname O’Hanlon, was just...
The latest from Blomfield (Darren Blomfield), a cartoonist for more than 30 years and now part of the Times Newspapers team. Born in west Auckland and living his life out west with a background in graphic design and print.
He targets a Times story from last month in which anger, frustration and a sense of camaraderie were the feelings of...
Today we publish the first cartoon from Blomfield (Darren Blomfield), a cartoonist for more than 30 years and now part of the Times Newspapers team. Born in west Auckland and living his life out west with a background in graphic design and print.
A new generation of illustrator from a long line of Blomfield artists, Darren brings a style very similar...
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 to the school in Willoughby Ave at about 12.30pm today after it received a call similar to those made around the country yesterday including Dunedin, Wellington and Napier.
Principal Leyette Callister said she could not reveal...
IT HAS been five weeks since he resigned, but it’s difficult for Ken McKay, the former
principal of Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Howick, to get a break.
It’s obvious that he’s left a deep imprint on the minds of the students and staff, as he gets lots of hugs the minute he steps into the school for...
A MAN who lived in the historic Guy Homestead in Ti Rakau Drive for the first five years of his life was visibly overcome as he took in progress on the ambitious renovation project of his old home.
“It gets you inside after all these years,” Graham Guy said.
“I congratulate you all for what you have done to make it...
A HOWICK resident who publicly campaigned to have Guy Homestead restored is calling for changes to legislation involving foreign ownership of heritage homes.
Nick Neben, one of several people instrumental in saving the 116-year-old heritage home in Huntington Park, believes foreign investors should not be allowed to purchase registered New Zealand historic buildings without conditions.
“Overseas investors aren’t likely to share...
A COUNTRY-inspired rustic theme providing urban children with tactile activities, such as growing their own organic veggies, will be the aim of the operators of a new child care centre planned for the historic Guy Homestead.
The prominent Ti Rakau Drive property has been sold to business partners JP and Kuljet Singh.
They’ve signed an agreement with Riaz Daud and his...
The old lady of the landscape, 116-year-old Guy Homestead, has new owners who want to give it a new lease of life, with the fresh breath of preschoolers. MARIANNE KELLY meets the new owners.
FOR the past 15 years, JP Singh has regularly driven past the historic Guy Homestead in Ti Rakau Drive and pondered about ways of returning it...
There are some who are passionate about gardening and some who are no strangers to fruit. This week, SANDRA (Sandy) JOHNSON from McGregor’s offers us the best of both worlds, as she explains.
Passionfruit is one of my favourite fruits but they can be quite expensive. However, armed with a few tips and a little perseverance, Kiwi gardeners can enjoy...
Kikuyu is a grass species which prompts strong reactions, both positive and negative with many people happy to ‘kik-yu’ out the door for suggesting it has its merits!
But, during this long, dry season it is easy to see its positive attributes, especially in sandy areas.
That’s because any green patches seen are likely to be kikuyu (pennisetum clandestinum), which can...
A BLAZE at an historic homestead has left its owners and civic officials working out how the property, protected by two covenants, can still be classified as a heritage building.
Police are appealing to the public for information about who may have started a fire inside the 114-year-old Guy Homestead in Botany last Saturday evening.
South-East Auckland firefighters extinguished the blaze...
