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NEW BUSINESSES INTO PAPAKURA · We welcome into Papakura Town Centre Global Mac in East Street, Crush Fit Gym located inside Counties Care, Triton Hearing on the Great South Road and Wholesale Meats Direct in East Street and KML Maintenance in East Street. · All our businesses in the town centre are listed in www.papakura.co.nz under the Directory Tab · PAPAKURA STREET FEST – ON SATURDAY 4TH OF MAY 10 AM TO 2 PM: · WHAT AN AMAZING DAY. What…

The high winds over the last couple of weeks have been a stark reminder that winter is just around the corner. After one of the best summers and autumn periods we can remember, it is safe to say we are due some bad weather in the near future. With such a wet end to last year and a long hot period straight afterwards, the tree and hedge growth has been immense with a lot of our clients commenting on the record amount of growth around their…

PAPAKURA STREETFEST – SATURDAY 4TH OF MAY 10 AM TO 2 PM · We hope to see you all at our upcoming StreetFEST on Saturday 4th of May 2018 · Free Family Fun Day with lots of stalls, community groups and initiatives, local entertainment, fun for the kids and activities, Facepainting, Chill Out Zone, great food specials and so much more. Check out the entertainment for the day: · St Mary's Catholic School Kapa Haka & Pacifika Groups Manukau…

WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUSINESSES IN TOWN: · Flavours of the Pacific who have opened in Broadway. Baby and Me Café who have opened in O’Shannessey Street. Counties Hand Clinic who have opened in Counties Care in O’Shannessey Street. Azumaya Sushi and Café who have opened in Averill Street. · If you need contact numbers for these businesses – or any of our businesses in town please go to www.papakura.co.nz and find them in the Directory Tab. ·…

With New Zealand’s largest solar-powered swimming pool heating system now installed at Massey Aquatic Centre, Papakura Local Board have more reason than most to enjoy the sight of a hot sun beating down on the town. But the tightwads at the Papakura Local Board have even more reason than most to enjoy the sight of a hot sun beating down on the town. · Having coughed up $170,000 for New Zealand’s largest solar-powered swimming pool heating…

Do you have numb fingers, sore arm & tight shoulder that have been bothering you? If so, you might be suffering from cervical radiculopathy. Numbness in the fingers, sore arm and tight shoulder sound like there are three different pains in three different spots but have you think about they can be related and caused by the problem in your cervical (neck) and/or thoracic (upper back) spines? We usually diagnosed this as “cervical radiculopathy”.…

For most of us new is so appealing, even the idea of new carries a certain mystique. What will be new, fresh, in this otherwise familiar product? It doesn’t matter whether it is clothes, cars, cameras, jewellery, guns, boats, tennis racquets, a smart phone or even houses. Today of course it is not just the newness that has appeal it is the integration of functional design for today’s lifestyle, today’s technology and today’s styling. · The…

Shop locally and support the businesses in Papakura! Did you know that in Papakura we have… • Sushi places • Cafes • Bakeries • Barber Shops • Gym/Rec Centre • Health places including Physio, Doctors, foot clinic, Massage places, Lab tests, Family Planning, Medicine clinics, Chiropractic clinic and more. • Dental Clinics • Accountancy Firms • Banks • Finance Companies • Valuers • Design and Architecture Firms • Optometrists • Churches •…

It took six years to install the new skate park at Ray Small Park, much of that time used to stabilise the land, once part of the old Papakura dump. · But Papakura Local Board chair Brent Catchpole says since it opened last year the doubters have been proved wrong, with the facility well-used and incident free. It took six years to install the new skate park at Ray Small Park, much of that time used to stabilise the land, once part of the old…

Buyers and sellers can only feel a degree of comfort at the continuing low mortgage interest charges. The Reserve Bank in its November 2018 Monetary Policy Statement indicated a clear intention to hold the Official Cash Rate at 1.75% throughout 2019 and 2020. Buyers and sellers can only feel a degree of comfort at the continuing low mortgage interest charges. The Reserve Bank in its November 2018 Monetary Policy Statement indicated a clear…