Reading Time: 2 minutesA new pedestrian crossing on Manukau Road allows people to safely cross to and from the Royal Oak Mall and the busy bus stop – and is the third crossing within 350m. Even though the other crossings are within walking distance – outside Cornwall Medical Centre and Royal Oak Primary, Auckland Transport says a new ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of dog lovers in Hillsborough are fighting their local board after a popular off-leash area at Monte Cecilia Park was changed to on-leash. Jonathan Sweeney takes his 10-month old Springer Beagle, Cwtch (meaning ‘cuddle’ in Welsh and pronounced ‘Kutch’) to the park daily, and says the change removes crucial space for dogs to ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe future of the Onehunga Business Improvement District (BID) has been thrown into uncertainty after a dramatic Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board meeting in May, where the board voted to reduce the targeted rate from $1 million to $410,000 – despite the BID area having nearly tripled in size. The original figure for the previous financial year ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen TV producers needed an authentic community theatre for a new series, local institution, The Dolphin Theatre, fitted the brief perfectly. It is just one of many Onehunga landmarks that have been in the background of films or TV shows in the past year. While The Dolphin posed as a theatre based in Tauranga for ...