Tag: Cockle Bay School

The Times is giving local youngsters who want to write stories – which we’ll publish on our website and in our digital publication –...

East Aucklanders turned out in their droves to celebrate the launch of the Times’ new digital publication under the leadership of the company’s new...

Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon received a rapturous welcome from excited pupils during his first visit to his old school since winning this year's general...

Fire and Emergency NZ is responding to a blaze that broke out at Cockle Bay School in east Auckland. News media reported the school’s pupils and staff were evacuated after the roof of a building caught fire.

The National Party will rewrite the school curriculum to raise educational standards for Kiwi pupils should it be elected to Government at this year's...

UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 1 On February 1, the Secretary for Education lifted the direction made two days prior that schools and other education providers...

As part of Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakukranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from is...

The Minister of Education has recently announced that public consultation has opened on a proposal for primary schools to only offer healthy drinks. "We know...

Susanne Dell and Lynnette Leggett are preparing the next generation of talented young Kiwi performers for careers on stage and screen. The experienced pair behind...

A roundabout installed as part of a $300,000 upgrade to an east Auckland intersection is drawing criticism from motorists who say it's hard to...

East Auckland’s two National Party MPs are tight-lipped on who they believe should replace ousted former leader Judith Collins. Collins was dumped by her party’s...

Traffic congestion around an east Auckland primary school is so heavy its principal considered changing the time its pupils are let out to make...

Kevin Peterson often described himself as a "collector of happenings and experiences." It was his formative years in the harrowing days of depression that led...

A raft of changes worth almost $300,000 is proposed for an east Auckland intersection that hasn't seen a vehicle crash in the past five...

Two of the opponents of a proposed east Auckland apartment development say they're as determined as ever to stop it from going ahead. Box Property...

With most school carnivals being cancelled due to Covid-19, Cockle Bay School is probably one of the few that will be going ahead with...

Between his wife Dawn and him they have taught for 101 years, says Kevin Peterson on the eve of his 93rd birthday. Just a year...

By Jim Birchall Eugenie Sage, the Minister of Conservation and Land Information, has been spreading the message of conservation with a local school. She recently visited...

THEATRE By Allan Shi Who took the picture? Whilst rehearsing for the Cockle Bay School production The Mystery of Magpie Manor, the main prop, the pitcher, disappeared...

Cockle Bay School’s junior students have two final shows to perform of their production, Pirates vs Mermaids, so if you’ve got no plans tonight,...