Test driving the AUDI Q5 2.0 TDI Quattro Design S Tronic 2018
I have owned four Audis in my driving lifetime and loved them all. My favourite was an A6 wagon.
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Taste of Auckland turns 10 with move to Waterfront
Celebrating 10 years of Auckland’s best food and drink, Taste of Auckland presented by Electrolux, is turning things up a notch with a move to Auckland’s waterfront.
Our Grey Lynn Urban Centre strategy is nearing completion
Our Grey Lynn Urban Centre strategy is nearing completion with the board receiving a briefing from First Retail at its monthly meeting.
The versatile Grey Lynn Community Centre
Strolling through a farmers market on a Sunday morning became the highlight of my week, set in the Grey Lynn Community Centre, the market seemed to overflow with sights and sounds that I had never come across before.
Ponsonby Park update
The LandLAB design for the whole of the site civic open space at 254 Ponsonby Road, aka Ponsonby Park, has been shortlisted in the ‘Future Civic’ category at the World Architecture Festival this year.
Pippa Coom - Waitemata Local Board
One of the most important roles of the Local Board is to act as kaitiaki for our parks. As guardians we want to ensure we maximise the valuable benefits our parks and green spaces provide.
Catching up with a good Ponsonby bloke
I regularly see Elias Hanlon around Ponsonby. For some years I have been flattered to receive a nice card at Christmas time from Elias, and a voucher for an hours’ pool play at Ponsonby Pool Hall, in Ponsonby Road.Beautiful rugs for sale
Forty years ago I bought three short runner rugs up in the hills in Turkey.
Daffodil Day - Friday 31 August 2018 Sharing hope for the 1 in 3 Kiwis affected by Cancer
Please keep the Cancer Society and Daffodil Day in mind for your mid-late August planning.
Smarter New Kid on the Block
Even in a flat market, licensed real estate agency Property Ventures has boomed. So much so that the business has moved from Newmarket to bigger premises right in the heart of Auckland’s Ponsonby Road.
Demand soars for creative media programmes
Demand for education programmes at SAE Creative Media Institute has reached new heights in New Zealand, with the Auckland campus filling its enrolment quota for the year.
MOTAT brings the wonder of flight to life with Above and Beyond
It’s all systems go at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) as the Auckland institution prepares to put aviation and aerospace innovation firmly in the spotlight this summer by hosting the blockbuster flight exhibition, Above and Beyond.