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  • Crime-prevention group needs more street co-ordinators
  • Police need residents’ CCTV to help solve crimes in east Auckland
  • Women’s Refuge creates new safe haven

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times.co.nz /4 days ago

Crime-prevention group needs more street co-ordinators

East Auckland resident Gay Sykes is stepping down as chairperson of the Howick Botany Neighbourhood Support (HBNS) after a successful stint in the role. The crime-prevention group’...

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times.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Police need residents’ CCTV to help solve crimes in east Auckland

East Auckland residents who have CCTV cameras operating at their properties are being urged to allow the footage to be used to help solve crimes and keep the community safe. Counti...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Women’s Refuge creates new safe haven

The crucial social service providing security and care for women and children who have left their homes because of violence and abuse, often in a hurry, is opening a new office. Ea...

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times.co.nz /1 week ago

East Auckland Community Noticeboard, May 28 – June 8

U3A Ormiston Our life affirming motto: Learn, Laugh, Live. Are you semi-retired but not ready to retire your brain? Then U3A Ormiston is for U in your 3rd Age to make the most of l...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

East Auckland Community Noticeboard, April 10-30

Free information session Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga invites you to a free information session on ‘Rights and Responsibilities on Tenants’. Topics covered include Tenancy Trib...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Shoplifters targeting east Auckland stores arrested

Police officers in east Auckland got more than they bargained for after nabbing not one but two shoplifters on Monday. Counties Manukau Police say they received a call regarding a...

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times.co.nz /2 weeks ago

UPDATED: Victim hospitalised following east Auckland assault

A person has been injured during an early-morning assault in east Auckland. Police say a man was taken into custody following the assault which happened in Picton Street, Howick, a...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Community volunteers restoring Whitford walkways

A group of local volunteers is making steady progress restoring Whitford’s native bush and removing invasive pest plants. The work is part of the Turanga Restoration Project run by...

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Police ask public for help after burglary in Auckland suburb

An investigation is underway after the occupants awoke to an unknown male inside their home on Chiltern Crescent in Glen Innes.

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Collings: Support invaluable for local board newcomers

By Luke Collings, Howick Local Board member A huge thank you to everyone who voted in last year’s local elections! I’m still a little shocked to be serving on the Howick Local Boar...

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times.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Help keep kids warm this winter

The Rotary Club of Howick’s important annual Blankets 4 Kids 4 Winter project is under way and it needs support from the local community. Winter is almost here and many families do...

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times.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Volunteer has genuine concern for people’s well-being

The Times is recognising the many wonderful people in our local east Auckland community who go out of their way to help others with our regular Community Hero Award. If you know so...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Third Howick 175 plaque installed

The third plaque commemorating the 175th anniversary of Howick has been mounted in Fencible Park. The newest plaque is the third to be installed, after previous ones, marking the 1...

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times.co.nz /2 weeks ago

Reverend willing to help those in need

East Auckland’s many welcoming Christian churches offer much more to their local communities than solely providing a place to practice their faith. One example is the work undertak...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Howick Youth Council hosts annual Principal’s Breakfast

By Howick Youth Council chairperson Alex Lin and secretary Charlotte Hutton A recent Monday saw an early start for the Howick Youth Council’s members, as they got together to host...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Women charged over Botany kidnapping and robbery

Police say two people have been arrested following an alleged kidnapping and aggravated robbery carried out in east Auckland. Detective senior sergeant Dean Batey, the officer in c...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Milestone reached as new temporary library opens

By Peter Young, Howick Local Board member The Howick Local Board continues to be busy across a wide range of work. A major milestone is the opening of the temporary Flat Bush Libra...

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times.co.nz /2 weeks ago

PHOTOS: Howick Anzac Day Civic Service

Here are photos from the Anzac Day Civic Service at Stockade Hill on April 25. Photos supplied by Howick Photographic Society members Doug Mitchell and Bob McCree.   The post PHOTO...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

East Auckland Art Kete: April-May, 2026

This is a shared arts column put together by the Howick Historical Village, Te Tuhi, and Uxbridge Arts and Culture. Events: Thursdays, 16, and 23 April, 2026, 1.30-2.30pm: Join a g...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Big wins, tough calls, and standing up for our community

By Howick Ward Councillor Bo Burns This fortnight has delivered a mix of very positive progress and some firm decisions where I’ve stood my ground on behalf of our community. First...

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odt.co.nz /3 weeks ago

More super-volunteers needed

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Working together to save lives at suicide awareness event

The local community is invited to attend a Picnic in the Park suicide awareness event being staged in east Auckland. It’s on from 10am-2pm on May 9 at Howick Domain and is being ru...

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times.co.nz /1 month ago

Anzac season sweeps across Howick

The spirit of Anzac is alive and strong in east Auckland, with citizens having the opportunity to mark crosses on Stockade Hill with their relatives’ military service numbers, whil...

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times.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Honouring the past, celebrating the future

By Howick Local Board chairperson Bruce Kendall The Anzac Day Dawn Service, parade, and Civic Service at Stockade Hill on April 25, funded by the Howick Local Board, were once agai...

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