Tag: Howick Local Board

The Howick Local Board has a sizeable treasure chest of close to $3m and it’s not rushing to spend it. It’s not quite a...

  The Moon Festival will feature a range of cultural performances while also celebrating the full moon. The Howick Local Board is partnering with the Pakuranga...

In an age of short attention spans, gardening in schools is making a huge comeback. Friday morning was evidence of that as students and teachers...

It’s one of Asia’s biggest celebrations and now local residents get to enjoy an evening of culture and tradition at Howick’s first Moon Festival. Howick...

Two people have been injured falling from a crumbling seawall next to relatively new pedestrian pathway at Little Bucklands Beach, two residents claim. Bob and...

Last week the young people of Howick had their voices heard by the Howick Local Board. The Howick Youth Council presented young people’s solutions to...

Dozens of locals say the Auckland Council’s Regional Fuel Tax (RFT) will be detrimental to those in lower income brackets. A public consultation was held...

Two youngsters are on a mission to make Lloyd Elsmore park litter-free. At a recent local board meeting the Farm Cove Intermediate School students appealed...

A revised plan to repair erosion damage at Cockle Bay is the result of input from local residents, concerned about wave reflection and sand...

Are moth plant and rhamnus weed out of control in your backyard? Howick Local Board wants you to help it win the battle to rid...

A local business owner is calling for more security cameras to be installed on Picton Street after one of his employees was grabbed by...

Two local board members have expressed exasperation over the return of illegal dumping in the Flat Bush area. Howick Local Board member Mike Turinsky noticed...

Monday night’s Howick Local Board meeting was met with an outpouring of concern from parents over the proposed changes to school bus routes. About two...

Howick Local Board is bringing the area’s history in to the 21st Century with the launch of the Howick’s Heritage mobile app. The interactive walking...

Parking in Howick could be about to get a whole lot harder, thanks to new plans from Auckland Transport (AT). A bus network overhaul is...

There will be a buzz of excitement and activity in front of Pakuranga Baptist Kindergarten as the children, families and community of the kindergarten...

Attracting more people to the Howick area to enjoy the local sites, shop and do business is at the heart of a plan developed...

Food trucks have been rolling around Auckland for a while now, but they’ve recently been making their way out east and causing debate around...

Transport Minister Simon Bridges was in Pakuranga on Tuesday to talk about transport issues in east Auckland. Bridges met Howick Local Board chair David Collings...

Olympic gold medalist Bruce Kendall recalls walking along the beach in the 70s from his Bucklands Beach home to the Old Bucklands Beach yacht...

It’s the plant nobody wants in their garden – an unwelcome house guest, to say the least. Moth plant, otherwise known as ‘cruel plant’, has...

I’ve often wondered about road names. More specifically, I’ve often wondered how to get my name on a road name, and the magnificent depth of...

BY MARIANNE KELLY Residents who believe their long street is turning into an arterial road are locked in a battle with Auckland Transport (AT) to...

BY MARIANNE KELLY Three years after an action plan was formulated to clean up the seriously-polluted Otara Lake, the Howick Local Board (HLB) is considering...

Decisions have been released on a total of 53 community grants reviewed this month by the Howick Local Board as part of the 2016/2017...

A move from Auckland Council to hold maintenance contractors more accountable in new contracts has been well-received well by local resident Mark Hanson, who...

It’s been years in the making, and now the $5.9 million brand new ferry pier at Half Moon Bay has been officially opened by...

With mounting frustration over increasing traffic congestion, there is a dire need for a central transportation hub featuring a park and ride facility, according...