Thursday, December 11, 2025

Lifestyle

TAB Counties Cup Day returns

Pukekohe Park will be the place to be on Saturday, November 22, as TAB Counties Cup Day returns. This is the area’s premier race day,...

REVIEW: Baby Steps for the PS5

One of the most surprising games this year, Baby Steps, replaces action with just trying to move. Unlike many titles that rely on plot and...

Q&A with Pauline Livesey

Tucked along a quiet rural Waiuku road sits Leafy Hollow Lavender. Helena O’Neill caught up with Pauline Livesey. How long have you been running Leafy Hollow...

Songwriting duo perform in Onewhero tonight

For one night only, New Zealand artist Rosie and international performer Maggie Cocco will perform at the Onewhero Society of Performing Arts (OSPA). Their music...

Pukekohe Travel wins big at annual travel conference

Local travel agency, Pukekohe Travel, won multiple awards at the annual First Travel Group conference held in Auckland this month. The agency’s award haul included...

The Boondocks release new single

The Boondocks, the two-piece, high-energy riff rock band from the Āwhitu Peninsula, are back, this time with a video for their single Hell of...

A perfect family staycation

When you have a family with four young kids, you don't often go away and stay in a hotel. So, when we were offered the...

New Zealand enhances practical co-operation with Iceland

New Zealand and Iceland are deepening co-operation in the areas of working holidays, taxation and geothermal energy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. “New Zealand...

Rockabilling all over Franklin

Ron Allnatt grew up in a little area called Galatea and went to school at Rangitahi College, where he learned to dance, play the...

Water woes

By Natalie Pitfield I woke up one morning to find my header tank empty. Our property has a fairly logical water system. Water pumps from...