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...
AT ONLY 13 years of age, Kirsten Dodgen is already a world champion.
The Elim Christian College student is a member of Hip Hop International junior division world champion crew Bubblegum.
Teams from 40 countries descended on Las Vegas last month for the 10th anniversary of the event.
Bubblegum were joined by varsity team Sorority and megacrew The Royal Family as first-place...
THIRTY years after taking a long fight to vindicate the air crew who flew the DC10 in the
tragic Erebus crash, Gordon Vette is adamant he would do it all again.
Former Air New Zealand Captain Vette, of Eastern Beach, is now 76. Six years ago he suffered a stroke which has left him unable to speak, although he is fully...
