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A Refreshingly Curious Journey with Hendrick’s Gin & Love Ponsonby!

Until 15 December, dive into the whimsical world of Hendrick’s Gin as we wind up to Summer!

Win a $200 George & Edi prize pack from Ligne Roset Auckland

Christmas gifts sorted - or a treat for yourself! George & Edi offers a collection of NZ made perfumed soy candles, room sprays, reed diffusers, soaps and washes offering luxury for every day. Entries close 11.59pm on Sunday 15h December 2024.

Franklin Road Christmas Lights 2024: A Sparkling Tradition with a Few Changes

The Franklin Road Christmas Lights are set to return this December, bringing holiday magic and community spirit to Auckland once again. Now marking its 31st year, this beloved tradition transforms Franklin Road into a dazzling display, delighting children, families, and visitors eager to embrace the Christmas spirit.

Herne Bay Residents Association says...

A recent Environment Court (EC) decision has threatened thousands of “Special Character Homes” in our local areas by allowing owners to demolish their houses without input from the community.

Letter to the Editor: The Leys Institute Library to our community

Please reopen Leys Institute. I would be happy to sign a waiver to utilise the building (in case it collapsed in an earthquake in Auckland).

Letter to the Editor: Coxs Bay helicopter application

Coxs Bay helicopter application to be publicly notified due to impacts on valuable foraging habitats and potentially repetitive adverse effects on the environment of the surrounding coastal area.

MOTAT celebrates 60 years and calls on local support to help preserve history

For as long as the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) has been entertaining and educating Kiwis, local tram enthusiast Alan Curtis has been a familiar face on museum grounds.

Nutritious free range eggs available at Kelmarna Farm in Grey Lynn

There’s a little path in Coxs Bay reserve that winds between Parawai Crescent and the bottom of Bayfield Road with native bush and birds on one side and the paddocks of Kelmarna Community Farm on the other. It’s a small but perfectly formed slice of country in Grey Lynn.

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Welcome to our new e-mag

Ponsonby News has been published on the first Friday of every month - excluding January, since 1989. The magazine is A4 in size, full colour, and usually around 100 pages in length.

Ponsonby News is a community magazine that includes: local news, views and events, personalities, celebrities and local people, shopping, fashion, food, wine, cafes, restaurants and bars, relaxation, arts, theatre, music and motoring, accommodation and hotels, architecture, conservation and real estate, home, lifestyle, diversity and pets, wellbeing, mind, body and spirit, community, education, sport and travel.

Effective February 2025 we are online only

About us

Learn about the team who put the magazine together!

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  • Andrew Tindall and Caitlin Worth

    Andrew Tindall and Caitlin Worth sent us this photo from their recent holiday in Iran. The photo was taken by a local boy in Naqsh-e Jahan Square (also known as Imam Square) in Esfahan, Iran.

  • Trudi Nelson

    Local resident Trudi Nelson tells us, “As usual, a mighty fine Ponsonby News read. I was at the Vietnamese temple before the moon season celebration in Hanoi.”

  • Kelly Brown

    Kelly Brown is part of the Foxes Island Wine team tells us, “I have been meaning to send you this photo snapped of me at home in New York, standing in front of the World Trade Center Memorial Reflection Ponds. A special place for me - this photo reflects my two homes - New York City and New Zealand.”

  • Emma Badeia

    Emma Badeia of the Depot Artspace in Devonport loves reading Ponsonby News. During her lunch break, she took a moment to check out the Depot ad and article in the September Ponsonby News Arts + Culture section.

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