A favourite pastime of Aucklanders is slagging off the council, particularly for lack of meaningful consultation.
I have attended two meetings where candidates for the Waitemata Local Board have spoken about their policies. The second one included Bill Ralston and Mike Lee, candidates for the one Waitemata Ward council seat.
Imagine life without flowers.
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Named after Major General Sir Francis Hepburn, born 1779, the Scotsman who commanded the Battalion of Guards at Waterloo in 1815.
Organic growing is something that we often aspire to, if only it weren’t so difficult.
Damon Fee is a Grey Lynn-based house painter. He is the director of AAA Painting Solutions which works around the greater Auckland area.
The Sauce Shop’s website says that the Ponsonby-based agency is in the business of “adding flavour to food, lifestyle and design brands”, and founder Jo Bell is definitely adept in the area of spreading the word when it comes to what’s new, fresh and pretty damn exciting to boot.
The newly renovated West End Lawn Tennis Club clubhouse was officially opened in July realising a fantastic new facility for all the community to enjoy.
How did you come to teach others to garden?
In the Grey Lynn Farmers Market I was involved with teaching children things like Easter egg painting, growing microgreens, entering veggies in the Ponsonby News veggie and more. As a community gardener, children sometimes arrived with their parents to garden and loved being involved.
“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people who are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand.
“I'm a happily married father of three, eldest daughter Gabby (13), and identical twin boys Ben and Josh (12). So my wife Kimberly and I are about to embark on a house full of teenagers soon.