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Celebrating a Decade of Charitable Giving at Motat
Sparkling lights festoon the historic buildings, carollers are warming up and the Lolly man is planning festive treats to whip up – Christmas Lights, MOTAT Nights is almost here again!...
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Glad To Be Grey
There aren’t many suburbs in New Zealand that could sustain a book all of their own - but in writing The Grey Lynn Book, Matt McEvoy found enough material for...
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Waitemata Local Board Report
So it’s game on for the Auckland mayoralty next year. Inaugural Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown has achieved much despite the occasional but noticeable misstep, a too easy readiness to...
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Miss Lolo Opens Her First Flagship Store
New Zealand designed and manufactured furniture brand Miss Lolo is finally about to open her very first flagship store located in Herne Bay. Something her 32,000 Facebook fans have been...
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NZ Sotheby’s International Realty Acquires Milne & Co
Leading real estate agency New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty (NZSIR) is strengthening its position in Auckland with the acquisition of top property company Milne & Co.
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Ponsonby Market Day - the final one of the year
Don't miss the final Ponsonby Market Day of the year. Diary Date: Saturday 5 December
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Ponsonby News Readers Are Everywhere
Cherie Bolesworth teaches Maths to Ponsonby Intermediate pupils. She tells us that a group of 24 students and three teachers from Ponsonby Intermediate went to China recently for a cultural...
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A Festive Grey Lynn Street Party - Sunday 13 December 10am – 2pm.
Put down your kale, turn off your quinoa and get up to the West Lynn shops this Christmas!
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Saving the Beautiful Monarch Butterfly
Maurice Mehlhopf has lived at 4 Collingwood Street, in Freeman’s Bay since 1978. Recently this local resident has been doing his bit to save the beautiful monarch butterfly which is...
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Grey Lynn Park Proposed Pump Track Making Progress
The Pump Track planned for Grey Lynn Park is making good progress.
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Ponsonby Author is super-cali-swagalestic-hella-sexy-dopeness
You'll find International Author and Columnist, Emma Mildon, aka The Spiritual PA sipping organic Kombucha at Ponsonby Little Bird, shopping at the local lululemon athletica Ponsonby, getting her facial at...
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Festive Flavour Launched For a Hoppy Christmas
Auckland bar Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen is cracking into Christmas with the launch of a special edition ‘Franklin Road Christmas Ale.’
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My Homies - Marie Dyhrberg
Marie Dyhrberg, QC is a Queen’s Counsel specialising as defence counsel in criminal law trials and human rights law. Her practice is located in Franklin Road and she works from...
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Fiona Hayvice - YOYO Furniture Design
Fiona Hayvice is a self-confessed ultra marathon junkie, and maintains a whole-food diet and balanced lifestyle to support this.
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Ponsonby Central Founder Shines a Light for Furs
Aside from the beautiful new dog mural outside Ponsonby Central, there are many clues that its owner Andy Davies is a major animal lover so we had to go and...
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Exciting Times Ahead At St Paul’s College - New Buildings and New Headmaster
St Paul’s College in Richmond Road has a new ambitious strategic plan for the redevelopment and revitalisation of the college.
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House of Travel celebrates 10 years with Hospice New Zealand
Last month, House of Travel celebrated 10 years of supporting Hospice New Zealand with a function at Mercy Hospice in Ponsonby.
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Susan Frear - Square Inch Functional Furniture
Susan Frear describes herself as a bit of a Jack of all trades. She’s had an eclectic background and says that like most small and medium enterprise owners, she needs...
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From The Creators Of Cafe Hanoi
Sann - a new Thai restaurant opens in Ponsonby
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One Bistro Breathes New Life Into Old Ponsonby Fire Station
Located in Williamson Avenue in the old Ponsonby Fire Station, One Bistro is the latest addition to Ponsonby’s gastronomic offerings.
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News From Grey Lynn Farmers Market
Debbie Majurey from Paradiselost Gardens is at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market on the second and last Sunday of the month.
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Spring Festival at Kelmarna Gardens
On Sunday 11 October, Kelmarna Gardens held their Spring Festival.
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The Birdcage
The former Rob Roy Hotel, renamed The Birdcage in 1981 was designed by prolific architect Edward Mahoney whose work remains evident in many commercial, residential, school and church buildings still...
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A Tragedy On Brown Street
Ponsonby local personality, 71-year-old Valerie Gibson died on Friday 2 October late at night when her house was engulfed by flames.
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Freemans Bay Playcentre - 40 years young and still playing strong
Ever walked passed the vibrant mural on the corner of Collingwood and Wellington Streets and wondered how a playcentre, a non-profit organisation run entirely by parents, could come to take...
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Metro Law Has Recently Relocated to Ponsonby Road - Above Zambesi
We asked its team to tell us the two things that it loves about Ponsonby.
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Museum Seeks To Restore The Last Remaining Solent Flying Boat
MOTAT is hosting a gala dinner and charity auction, ‘Dining in the Skies, to raise funds for the restoration of the world’s only remaining Solent Mark IV Flying Boat, ‘Aranui’.
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What is ParkBubble?
ParkBubble is a new platform for sharing your unused driveway, empty parks or vacant spaces.
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Iconic ‘Little Big Markets’ to Launch at Victoria Park This Summer
Historic Victoria Park Markets will this summer play host to the established artisan craft and food market - The Little Big Markets - and will feature 50 pop-up crafts, fashion...
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Uptown Art Scene
We are situated in the middle of New Zealand’s most art-laden neighbourhood (over 20 art establishments within 10 minutes’ walk), and although we play down our involvement, lately it’s been...
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Mugged in Ponsonby
Tallulah photographed during the school holidays in Grey Lynn received a free pottery mug of her choice from Auckland Studio Potters Inc during their ARTWEEK awareness raising for handmade vs...
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Ponsonby News Readers Are Everywhere
Good to see great reading material on Emirates EK413, the A-380, enroute Auckland, Sydney and Dubai!
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All Blacks official supporters’ song to cure kids released - All-star Kiwi cast sing for a cure
The official All Blacks supporters’ song, “Team Ball Player Thing”, was released in September by charity partner Cure Kids, that featured an impressive line-up of Kiwi entertainers and the players...
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Freemans Bay Resident, Pamela Wolfe’s ’Savage Beauty’
Just over in Parnell Michael Smither will present an artist talk on Saturday 10 October and local painter, Pamela Wolfe's exhibition 'Savage Beauty' opens on Tuesday 13 October.
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City Vision AECT Campaign Launch
"Auckland's Assets Must Work For All Aucklanders," says Judith Tizard, long-time Minister for Auckland and former Auckland Central MP.
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Ponsonby Fashion Show - African Drums
Diary date: Friday 6 November @ Longroom, 114 Ponsonby Road.
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An "Alfred Hitchcock Moment" in LE MONDE!
I thought I was having an Alfred Hitchcock moment this morning, while delivering Ponsonby News to our friends at Le Monde in Parnell.
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Baroque Music In Ponsonby
Hausmusik NZ will present a concert titled 'Imported from Italy' on Sunday 15 November at 5pm in the Ponsonby Baptist Church.
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Herne Bay Pharmacy's marvellous new wall garden!
Herne Bay Pharmacy's marvellous new wall garden! Geraldine, the pharmacist and owner, stocks a great selection of sunscreens, including several organic brands. Perfect for our holiday protection!
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Uptown Art Scene
I recently asked local artists Gavin Hurley and Sam Mitchell (current Artist in Residence at Whanganui) about their ongoing collaborations and current show at Melanie Roger Gallery in Jervois Road.
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My Favourite Room - Aja Rock
Aja Rock was born in Vancouver, spent her youth in Maui and came to New Zealand in 2004.
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Annie Sloan at Le Monde
The biggest distraction many budding home renovators find is the seemingly endless and mind-numbing prepping and priming that is required before you’re allowed to get to the fun part of...
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Street names: Pollen Street
Daniel Pollen was born in Ringsend in Dublin, June 2 1813. His father, Hugh Pollen was a dock master who according to some accounts helped build the United States Capitol.
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Celia Visser - An Award-winning Local Kitchen Designer
Kitchen designer Celia Visser lives and breathes design. Her exquisitely keen eye for colour and texture was honed while renovating her own homes.
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Entertainment In Your Garden
I’m not much of a morning person during the winter months but now that spring is here, I feel vividly alive. I feel the explosion of life around me and...
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A-Z Guide of Local Childcare Providers
We take a look at some of our local childcare providers for preschoolers.
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Bikram Yoga Britomart’s Rebeckh Burns
I tried Bikram yoga for the first time in my life last month, and found the process both challenging and intriguing. It certainly tested my emotional and physical fortitude at...
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Sea Fever
Mo’ore’a. A heart-shaped island in the middle of the Pacific pierced by a shallow harbour on its northern side and barely a half hour sail from Tahiti’s capital, Papeete.
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Hear Me Roar - Humans Are Nothing If Not Contradictory
There’s recently been one heck of a commotion over the demise of a lion called Cecil and even as a card-carrying herbivore with an endless reservoir of compassion for furry...
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Memo To Auckland Council - Don’t You Dare Privatise Our Water
In her 2004 book, ‘Troubled Water’, the late Anita Roddick quoted a group called ‘Public Citizen’, a not-for-profit consumer organisation set up in America by Ralph Nader in 1971.
