Kiwi releas On a brilliant sunny afternoon on Friday 16 May on Waiheke Island, a visionary conservation project, 15 years in the making, finally came to fruition. One of the Ponui kiwis about to...
This year was the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings which ANZAC Day was founded to commemorate. From that time onwards thousands of communities, in towns and cities across New Zealand and Australia, have...
On 27 February Council’s Governing Body confirmed the formal agreement between the council, government and the owners to enable the restoration of St James Theatre to finally proceed. Mayor Wayne Brown inviting me to second...
making the case to the Local Government Commission Late last year, as part of a six-yearly representation review, the council’s ‘Joint Governance Working Party’ rejected the council officers’ Initial proposal which was to restore...
– my letter to PM Christopher Luxon As Aucklanders we know the Hauraki Gulf as one of New Zealand’s ‘jewels in the crown’. A scenic masterpiece, an unsurpassed recreational boating paradise and at the...
Advertise with NZME. Home / New Zealand Letter raises complaint to Serious Fraud Office on moving speedway from Western Springs By Bernard Orsman Auckland Reporter·NZ Herald· 2 Feb, 2025 05:00 AM5 mins to read NOW PLAYING • Allegedly fraudulent...
ALL Black rugby great, Sir Bryan (B.G.) Williams with the future of Ponsonby Rugby Club, members of the under 6 team. At left coach Steve Livesay. Those readers who follow local government reasonably closely...
the relentless empire and its ambitions for Queens Wharf Many Aucklanders would have thought ‘Yes!! on hearing Mayor Wayne Brown’s call for the breakup of Auckland Transport. But one shouldn’t get one’s hopes up...
ts time we were honest about what we really mean by marine protection It must be very frustrating for the prime minister that last-minute changes to the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection...
In a recent article entitled ‘An age of discontent growing in New Zealand’, political scientist Bryce Edwards analysed public opinion surveys, revealing an increasing decline in public trust and respect for politicians and the...
