Tag: Bruce Kendall

East Skate Club founder and chairperson Aaron Martin is calling out the Howick Local Board for failing to deliver for east Auckland’s skating community. Martin...

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter funded by New Zealand on Air Howick Local Board members have called for urgent action on Tāmaki Estuary...

The first Windsurfer LT class regatta in New Zealand was held recently, starting and finishing at Big Bucklands Beach. Organiser, Bruce Kendall, the windsurfing legend,...

What began as a small shed stored behind a post office in 1949 has evolved into one of New Zealand’s most respected and successful...

Two key community events in east Auckland won’t be going ahead with the Howick Local Board voting to scrap their funding. The issue arose at...

A Kitchen’s place is on the podium. Despite an uphill climb, a dedicated local sportswoman is finally set to follow in her father’s wake...

When New Zealand sailors return from France following the Paris Olympics we could well expect medals to be included in their luggage. In particular,...

East Auckland residents are pleading for rubbish bins removed from the community as part of a $10 million cost-cutting exercise to be returned. But before...

Bruce Kendall MBE is an outdoors man. Although he’s accustomed to meetings indoors – whether with the Howick Local Board, Tamaki Estuary Environmental Forum,...

Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has been exploring the Hauraki Gulf with an east Auckland businessman and an Olympian. On February 18, Howick-based...

Two environmentally-minded east Auckland community leaders are encouraging the public to help protect precious local waterways. Tamaki Estuary Environmental Forum co-ordinator Nichola Painter and co-chair...

The Friends of Mangemangeroa, along with around 120 volunteers from various organisations including Rotary, Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association, Pakuranga Chinese Association, Botany...

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter Funded by New Zealand on Air The Howick Local Board fears pest species could reach the Tamaki Estuary as boat-cleaning...

An east Auckland sports club is asking the Howick Local Board for support to upgrade its ageing facilities and says the work is needed...

An alcohol ban is now in place at a troubled east Auckland location where a man was fatally stabbed last month. The Howick Local Board...

There's been an explosion in the amount of graffiti vandalism needing to be removed from across east Auckland. Beautification Trust staff Daniel Barthow and Dawn...

One of the contenders to become the new Howick Local Board's deputy chairperson says the community's two ward councillors encouraged him to go for...

By Simeon Brown Auckland has a new mayor, Wayne Brown, and a new majority centre-right council following the recent local elections, the first time Auckland...

Former United Future political party leader Damian Light is the only newcomer joining the membership of the incoming Howick Local Board. He's been elected to serve...

Based on progress results released this afternoon it looks like there’s going to be just one new face on the Howick Local Board for...

Mike Turinsky, Howick Local Board candidate, Botany subdivision Mike Turinsky is standing in Botany for re-election to the Howick Local Board along with Olympian...

By Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, and Zoe Garden Funded by New Zealand on Air An Auckland councillor is calling for stronger protections for...

Work is under way to prevent the ecological damage that's contributed to the deaths of aquatic life in east Auckland's waterways. About 30 eels were...

Volunteers were left shocked by what they discovered during a major clean-up at an east Auckland waterway. About 40 people turned out recently for a...

Tamaki Estuary is slowly showing signs of ecological recovery after several decades of poor health. One of most encouraging signs appears to be the gradual...

There’s strong disagreement over how a historic east Auckland community asset should be managed. In the first half of 2020, the Howick War Memorial building,...

Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Rear Commodore Power Wayne Huang has been busy introducing the local Chinese community to sailing via a new YouTube channel. On...

People are being asked to have their say on a proposal to create east Auckland's first enclosed dog park. Public submissions close on July 25...

Wayne Huang, Rear Commodore at Bucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC), recently became the number one sports reporter for the America's Cup in the Chinese-speaking...

Calls are growing for action to be taken over what people say is a lack of safe and easily accessible skate parks in east...

Members of the Howick Local Board were divided over a plan to raise money by selling a number of Auckland Council-owned properties in east...

Two new local body politicians have emerged following Local Elections 2019. For the Howick Local Board, we see Howick businesswoman Bo Burns take one of...

Masooma Mehdi Standing for Howick Local Board Botany Subdivision Kia ora, my name is Masooma Mehdi. I am a business owner, a mother, and a proud New Zealander...

Erosion may be a slow process but the progress of local bodies to stop it in its tracks can feel slower still. Although the wheels...

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...