When Victoria Stratton left Cockle Bay for America in 2012, she was looking for an opportunity to get out of her comfort zone.
Five years later, it is safe to say the 24-year-old hockey player has long buried that goal in the back of the net.
Last year, after four years playing for the University of Louisville in Kentucky, Stratton was...
Cameron Brown, honoured in the New Year’s Honours List, will look to further his world records after being awarded number one seeding for the 33rd Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IRONMAN New Zealand in Taupō next month.
Brown, 44, FROM Dannemora, is chasing his 13th victory in Taupō and a win will extend his global record for the most wins of the same...
Khanz restaurant has a head chef, who has cooked for royalty and in leading hotels throughout the Middle East. The new Highland Park eatery offers an exciting Middle Eastern
and continental menu to suit all tastes.
Opened just before Christmas, the restaurant is owned by a dynamic young businessman, Kamran Khan, who also owns one of Auckland’s leading meat companies, Premium...
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 voted in the Botany by-election.
Voting closes at noon tomorrow.
Of the 10 people who said they had voted, six had chosen Mike Turinsky to fill the vacant seat on the Howick Local Board. Two said they...
Local residents are calling for potential new owners of 149 Bucklands Beach Road to keep the renowned Eastern Beach Motors in full operation.
The 2744m2 site up for sale on Bucklands Beach peninsula is the current home of Eastern Beach Motors, a business built from scratch by the landlord’s father 65 years ago.
The site was originally listed with Barfoot and...
Residents in the former Manukau City Council area will say goodbye to rubbish bags this year as Auckland Council introduces rubbish wheelie bins for a new service starting in September.
Ian Stupple, Auckland Council’s general manager Waste Solutions, says almost 110,000 wheelie bins will be provided to houses in the Manukau and Howick wards.
“We’re pleased that residents in Manukau and...
A plethora of horse trucks and floats crowded onto the grounds of Papatoetoe Pony Club over the weekend as Equestrians and horse lovers alike gathered for the Brookby Showjumping Veterinary Associates Grand Prix Show, held at Papatoetoe Pony Club in Brookby.
Photos Wayne Martin (Unless otherwise stated).
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...
A children’s book printed locally in Pakuranga has been featured in the Australasian National Geographic Kids magazine, distributed throughout primary schools in New York and photographed in Bogota, Colombia.
Minty wants to go to New York City tells the story of Minty the Whale, who dreams of travelling from New Zealand to the Big Apple.
“Lots of publishers wanted to...
One of East Auckland’s premier dance schools have taken out top spots at an Australasian Dance competition in January.
More than 16,000 acts competed at this year’s Showcase Dance Nationals held at Jupiter’s Casino on the Gold Coast.
A team of 38 students from Howick’s Storm Dance Studio travelled to Australia to compete in the week-long competition, ranging from seven to...
Pakuranga resident and former Air New Zealand pilot Guy Clapshaw has reached an impressive 3000 sales of his latest book, Tasman Echo Alpha: When flying was dangerous and sex was safe.
Released in late November, the book focuses on Mr Clapshaw’s embellished recollections of 30 years’ flying experience with Air New Zealand during a time when enormous industry expansion was...
Times Newspapers’ owner and managing director Reay Neben has seen a good deal of change since founding the Howick & Pakuranga Times 45 years ago.
Howick and Pakuranga Times is celebrating its 45th birthday, prompting me to reflect on what it has meant to be the publisher of such a long-standing local newspaper.
My first thought is that we wouldn’t have...
Electoral officials will be showing the love on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14, with a One Stop Shop at Botany Library from 10.30am to 1pm for the Howick Local Board Botany Sub-division by-election.
Anyone who hasn’t received a voting pack or who hasn’t yet enrolled on the electoral roll for the Botany by-election can be enrolled and issued with a...
This week’s appeal has reached $30,000! Thank you Howick!
We still need more donations as the fight is still ongoing and we must win! Please send donations through www.givealittle.co.nz (key word “Stockade”) or straight to our bank account ASB Highland Park 12-3089-0123712-02 (Name and email please for receipts). (If you don’t have a receipt you probably did not put your name...
Former Times reporter Marianne Kelly offers her personal recollections.
Regional immigrants to Auckland, as I was in the early 70s, will remember their first visit to Howick village through the country paddocks of Pakuranga on a narrow two-lane concrete road.
These days, as I cover well-worn tracks, my thoughts often drift to the way places or landmarks looked then compared with...
