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).
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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...
Three people, two of them juveniles, have been arrested and charged with a string of aggravated robberies at service stations in Pakuranga last month.
Four service stations – three of them on Pakuranga Road and one on Reeves Road – were robbed within four days of each other in December.
Three stolen cars were used in the aggravated robberies and were...
Thousands of local students will today learn how they’ve fared in the NCEA exams.
Almost 170,000 students throughout the country can now view their NCEA results for 2016 on the NZQA website.
Marked exam papers will be returned to students from late January. After receiving marked papers, students can apply for reviews and reconsiderations of their results until Friday February 17.
Students...
Aucklanders are being asked to dispose of their Christmas trees responsibly following a spate of illegal dumping across the region.
In the last week there have been more than 30 incidents of illegally dumped trees - including one hoisted into the lower branches of a much larger tree.
“If you took the time to choose, buy and decorate a real Christmas...
Counties Manukau District Health Board said it has full contingency plans in place ahead of the expected industrial action by resident doctors at a Middlemore Hospital from 7am tomorrow until 8am on Friday.
"Our priority is supporting patient safety through this period," the DHB said in a statement.
It confirmed that more than 600 patients, across a range of services, are expected...
The East Tamaki-based Taiwan Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation has donated a generous $125,000 to quake-affected residents in Hurunui and Kaikoura.
Members of the foundation travelled to Canterbury on December 17, along with Auckland Civil Defence’s Head of Strategy and Planning Craig Glover, to present the cheque.
This comes directly after an earlier donation by the foundation of 504 1.5...
