Tag: botany

Damien Smith is calling time on his political career after just one term in Parliament. The former business banker stood in the Botany electorate as...

In support of the Pink Ribbon Breakfast campaign, the Robert Harris cafés in Botany are going all-out to help raise vital funds for the...

The Saint Kentigern College Girls Premier Touch Team has won the Auckland Premier Competition. With the draw format changing with 2 weeks of no play,...

The Botany electorate has two additional new MPs who have come in via their party lists. Naisi Chen, who was 38th on the Labour list,...

What a night on the hustings. General Election 2020 saw National record its worst showing since 2002. Labour recorded an historic win claiming 49.1 per...

In my view, this election ultimately all boils down to the economy - how it affects you and who will best lead us through...

Since returning to Parliament at the start of the year, I've spent a lot of time talking to locals and knocking on thousands of...

New Zealanders suffering from cancer shouldn’t have to raise money online or sell their family home to be able to buy life-saving medicines. Too many...

Community safety has improved a lot over the years, mostly as a testament to the professionalism of our local police, but also to the...

One of East Auckland’s busiest roads could be the key to unlocking local residents’ access to fast and efficient public transport. Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross...

There was singing, dancing and cake at a Mid-Winter Festival celebrating the ethnic diversity of Botany and Flat Bush. About 100 people turned out for...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross isn’t giving up his fight to have safety improvements carried out to an east Auckland traffic blackspot. Mr Ross says he’s...

Every week Trevor and Kay Slater would go dancing at the popular Monaco dance club on Federal Street in Auckland City. They say they can...

Police have named the man killed in a crash at the intersection of Botany Road and Ti Rakau Drive, Botany on Monday. He was Zhengwen...

In a sea of cheerful red, around 150 Santas young and old participated in the Great New Zealand Santa Run at the Barry Curtis...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has announced that he will be taking a few months away from Parliament for health reasons. Ross, who is also the...

A new Bill from National would relieve Aucklanders and New Zealanders facing higher fuel prices, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says. The Bill would remove the...

Soprano Kelly Harris debuts in Operatunity’s Golden Era of Musicals, coming to Botany, on Tuesday, August 7 at St Columba Presbyterian Church, 480 Ti...

More than 50 employees of Farmers retail stores of Botany, Pakuranga, Manukau and Papakura staged a walk out from the stores last Thursday. They protested...

With Auckland’s regional fuel tax coming into effect today, National’s transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says the cost of living in Auckland is set to...

The Government’s first Budget came out yesterday and the Times reached out to our local MP's Simeon Brown and Jami-Lee Ross to see what...

The Auckland Council has now voted to open their final stage of consultation on the proposed Regional Fuel Tax for Auckland. If this is...

The Prime Minister has repeatedly misled New Zealanders by claiming the previous Government was planning a 20 cent per litre fuel tax hike, as...

Harcourts Preet & Co, whose principal Preet Grewal 17 months ago was lauded as one of the youngest Harcourts business owners in the country,...

Botany Town Centre is keeping the identity of a new major tenant under wraps for now as it begins a massive multi-million dollar development. AMP...

The Botany electorate's sizeable Chinese community is fond of MP Jami-Lee Ross. It was obvious at his victory party on General Election night, and is...

Fiddler Jess Hindin brings Luck of the Irish to St Columba Presbyterian Church in Botany on Thursday 25th Jan at 11am. Operatunity brings its celebration...

      Lawrence Yule, National MP for Tukituki electorate was in Botany recently to share his experiences with the SuperBlues in the area at the invitation...

Jami-Lee Ross says he feels a bit like ‘mother hen’ during his first week back in parliament. The Botany MP has been re-elected by a...

Last year she raised almost $1400 for the Breast Cancer Foundation, but this year Arishma Singh has her sights set even higher. The Botany local...

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...

The grass may not be greener, but it certainly will be longer in the Howick Botany ward parks and reserves. Grass will be allowed to...

Respectful. That’s the impression that around a 100 people who attended the Meet the Candidates Night  (Botany electorate) on Monday evening, got. The event organised,...

Sitting in the front row and swaying to the rhythm of the beat at the Koanga Festival hosted on Saturday at Somerville Intermediate School...

Police responded to an incident on Ti Rakau Drive where two vehicles had collided, resulting in one vehicle rolling onto its roof. The incident occurred shortly...

A group of politically-minded students from East Auckland visited Parliament recently. The East Auckland Youth Forum consists of two senior students from each of the...

UPDATED 2:25PM: Peter Dunne is done with politics. The United Future leader has announced he will not seek re-election in the upcoming General Election. Dunne has been...

Labour Party candidate for Botany Tofik Mamedov knocked on 500 doors in and around the Golflands area, on the weekend. The hard-working candidate, who arrived...

Jami-Lee Ross is no stranger to politics.  He’s confident, he’s determined and he knows what he wants. He first stood for local council in 2004...

Get to know your local candidates ahead of the general election! Here at the Times, we're taking a slightly different approach to our election coverage...

Shoppers at PAK’nSAVE Botany will notice the store has a shiny new van that’s a little different to your average petrol car. It’s part of...

People continue to flog their cars along Cascades Rd despite signs prohibiting them from doing so. Some residents say selling cars on the busy...

On the July 1, a number of initiatives came into effect which will benefit the Botany community. These are initiatives that deliver for New Zealanders...

Over the last week, 265 checkout operators from New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square stores across the Auckland region took to the tills onstage...

Two new high-end car brands will soon call Botany Downs home as the finishing touches are put on a large new dealership on Ti...

New Zealand has proudly been a significant attraction for tourists from all over the globe. Total international visitor spending reached $10.1 billion in the year...

The Botany-Pakuranga branch of the Green Party has kicked off to a grand start after the first public meeting was held on February 16. It...

Darren Blomfield's cartoon takes a look at the issue of window washers which has made the news pages of the Times in recent weeks. Botany...