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➤➤Darren and Louise Clark, of Botany Downs went to Nashville, USA, in the hopes that they would return to New Zealand with the beginnings of a family. They left on January 10, having found a proven donor aged 28 who would provide 12 embryos from her first cycle of which the Clarks would share half with another childless couple.
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➤➤Shona Maiden of Howick, who told media she was bashed for speaking Maori outside a bar in the early hours of New Year’s Day, pleaded guilty to assault in the Manukau District Court. The incident occurred outside the 123 Karaoke bar in Meadowlands, Howick on January 1 and a decision was made to prosecute the 46-year-old female and a 43-year-old male.
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➤➤Bird carer, Mandy Robertson of Wild Bird Care Charitable trust said the Whitford’s Wild Bird Care Centre was shutting its doors. The rescued birds were moved to the Green Bay Rescue Centre.
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➤➤Diners and a bride-to-be were left in the lurch when the popular Beach house waterfront restaurant in the Parade, Bucklands Beach closed unexpectedly. It had been void of activity for about a month but a faded chalk board advertising Christmas events remained.
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The historic Gillard farm house, one of the last farm houses left in the Flat BushEast Tamaki area was set to make way for a 21st century subdivision. Auckland Council approved consent for bulk earthworks on the privately-owned site where Gillard House sat at 39 Flat Bush School Road. Removal of the house was a permitted activity and subdivision consent was lodged with the council.
➤➤The Howick Local Board threw out a request to approve installing a storm water pipe on a public reserve to service a neighbouring private residential development. It deferred approval to run the pipe through
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Bucklands Beach Domain, a request from former Pakuranga Community Board chairman Ross Warren and his wife Shirley, a former Community and Howick Local Board elected member. They had resource consent for a three-lot subdivision at their property in Devon Road, Bucklands Beach and wanted approval to install a public storm water pipe through the park land from their Devon Road property to connect the site with existing lines in Bucklands Beach Domain. ➤➤Plans got underway to raise $3 million for construction of a climatecontrolled facility to house the Howick Historical Village’s textile collection and other artefacts. The delicate garments were stored in boxes on the second floor of the Puhunui
Homestead and 15,000 other items were in cupboards and drawers in buildings around the village. As well as providing more appropriate storage, the facility would allow many of the items to go on public display.
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➤➤Counties Manukau East crime prevention manager, inspector Jared Pirrett, said vehicle crime had dropped significantly. Police officers and partners all worked together smartly and did a lot of work around public reassurance and crime prevention, he said. The partners include volunteer groups such as patrols, volunteers from the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple and Asian Council on Reducing Crime
(ACRC). Monthly statistics showed that the number of vehicles stolen in the Counties Manukau district in December 2015 were 304, down from 391 during the same period in 2014. ➤➤An arsonist was believed to have started a fire that consumed a Flat Bush School Road house earmarked for demolition. The vacant property was illegally used as a rubbish dumping site. ➤➤The Tamaki River Festival had loads of activities for children to do on the water, in the water and by the water. They had a go at sailing, kayaking, learnt more about the river and native skinks and geckos. There was also a raft race that had some adults having more fun than their kids!
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A university student who spent his childhood years using the London Underground rail system campaigned for a new South-East Auckland light rail line, catching the ear of Auckland Mayor Len Brown and his transport advisers. Nick Meyer, 18, of Botany Downs, was to meet with Mr Brown, having already run his ideas past Rory Palmer, the council’s senior adviser for mayoral initiatives. Photo supplied