Reading Time: 2 minutes Onehunga Jewellers experienced a traumatic end to their final closing down sale with a bold daylight robbery in July. The owner and staff praised the police and community following the heist, which occurred just after 4pm on Tuesday, 9th July, when two youths, armed with hammers and wearing dark clothing, sunglasses, surgical masks, and hoodies, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes One Tree Hill Kindy received an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in June, thanks to the Embracing Hearts Charity. The charity has donated 91 AEDs to educational institutions across New Zealand since July 2019, enhancing the safety of children with congenital heart conditions. One Tree Hill Kindy’s own heart kid, George Dye, knows the importance of this ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes A desire to give back to the organisation that helped her and her mother years ago, has earned Linda-Lee Odom a prestigious King’s Service Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours. Linda-Lee was born with the rare condition, Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, and endured numerous surgeries on her legs and ankles as a child. She wore leg ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes The highly anticipated Kāinga Ora housing development on Jordan Avenue has been postponed, and faces an uncertain future. Kāinga Ora planned to build 185 apartment-style public homes, spread over the 1.57 hectare site, in a bid to address Auckland’s ongoing housing crisis, by providing a mix of terraced houses and apartments. The government housing agency ...