Tag: celebration
60 years of adventure together
Lured by the idea of a tiny country offering a two-year job contract to immigrants, Alan Billings set sail from England aboard the Captain...
Chess club marks 50th
The Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club this week celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The club held a banquet at its clubrooms at Howick Bowling Club on Monday which...
Selwyn House celebrates 15 years
By Sean Rouse
Guests and volunteers past and present of the Howick Selwyn Centre came together recently to celebrate the Centre’s 15-year anniversary.
The milestone celebration...
Mini Mt Everest to celebrate Sir Ed’s centenary
A mini Mount Everest of snow will be dumped at the Auckland home of Sir Edmund Hillary to celebrate his birth centenary on Saturday.
The...
Shelly Park School turns 40
By Hannah Williams
It’s a big year for Shelly Park School as they celebrated their big 40 last Tuesday also known as Foundation Day, the...
Celebrating biculturalism with new whare
There’s a new wharenui in town and it sits proudly in the children’s playground at KINZ Mission Heights.
Youngsters and their parents turned up on...
Youngsters celebrate Chinese New Year
The sound of beating drums filled the air at KiNZ Care and Early Learning Centre at Mission Heights as children, teachers, parents, families and...
But you love me daddy
Once a year, Pigeon Mountain Primary School takes time out to thank the special blokes in their students' lives and enact the school motto...
RSA Women’s Section celebrates 50th
The Howick Returned Services Association (RSA) was abuzz with excitement on Saturday as the Women’s Section celebrated its 50th Golden Jubilee Luncheon.
Howick RSA Women's...
70 years of give and take
It was 1946 in Suva, Fiji, and Shiv Prasad had his eye on Yashwant Chaudhary.
At least, that’s how she likes to start the story.
Last...