Tabitha Becroft: Following in Mum’s boots

Many hats… Tabitha Becroft has many roles working for the environment, but restoring Lyford Reserve is what she does for fun

An early memory of sailing out to protest the arrival of a
nuclear-powered US warship planted a seed… more

Fire a setback for Kennedy Park stairs

‘Incredibly disappointing’… A fire that damaged Kennedy Park stairs is yet another delay for WWII trust chair Chris Owen

A Guy Fawkes night fire is an “incredibly disappointing”
setback to the reinstatement of the… more

Super City protestor heartened

Taking it to the top… Milford’s Susan Wann is happy her protest against the Super city is being reported to Parliament

A Milford woman is hailing progress in her fight against the
Auckland Super City, with a committee’s… more

Hard yards pay off for teen mountain-biking champ

At just 16 years of age, Westlake Boys’ Sam Buckley punched above his weight in recent national mountain-biking national champs, winning the under-20 category. Sam took the title at the National Schools Mountain Bike Championships,… more

David Aston: From The Matrix to the PumpHouse

Learning lines and finding the character are the biggest challenges faced by Milford actor David Aston, and both are put to the test in Heroes, currently showing at the PumpHouse. The comedy centres on a trio of World War I… more

Slim pickings for Castor Bay clean-up crew

Plastic rubbish, a rope and some seaweed
for the garden were all that was collected by
around a dozen people who turned up for a
Castor Bay clean-up over Labour Weekend,
organised by the Shore’s The Clean-Up
Crew.

On the… more

From Taka stormie to national surf champ

A Hauraki teenager has overcome a fear of waves to win a national longboard title. Ben Counsell, 15, took out the National Scholastic Surfing under-18 longboard championships in three-metre-high waves at Raglan. “When I started,… more

Kindy marks global awareness with costume walk

Sister act… Nina, Hayley (2) and Shannon (4) Helly

As part of a cultural awareness week to celebrate the diverse cultures represented among its children, Milford Baptist Kindergarten children dressed in national costume… more

Native eels on slippery slope, children learn

Children from Takapuna Primary prepare to perform in Mama Longfin, a puppet musical at the PumpHouse this week. Created by Toro Pikopiko, the musical focuses on the longfin eel, which are struggling to survive, in part because of… more

Masses of masses: St Joseph’s celebrates 100 years

Takapuna church (the old chapel) on its new section 1930.

Takapuna’s St Joseph’s Church, on land in Catholic church hands since the earliest colonial settlement of Auckland, is celebrating 100 years since it was formally… more