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Each month, new businesses choose to become part of our bustling community but this time we have more greetings to extend than usual. Recently opened, Broadway Food Company is proving a hub for dining. Its fabulous menu of outlets includes BigSmokin’Mo Barbeque, Smashed As Smashburgers, India Rocks Eatery, Woodspirit Turkish Pide, Kebab on Broadway and Hei Hei Chicken. · Open from 12pm, seven days, this popular food hall has indoor and outdoor…

Real Estate Love, Passion and Obsession From an early age I have nurtured an unshakable love for Real Estate. Discovering how real estate creates that special type of shelter that everyone yearns to possess; it evens generates the brand of wealth that most cannot amass by simply working a job; and it gives great power to its owners who are fortunate enough to hold on to it at the right time and wise enough to let go when necessary. Whether you…

Established in early 2007, Callander Constructions is based in Pukekohe and provides residential and commercial building and construction services to the wider South Auckland and North Waikato regions. · Because they are a small local company, they offer a more personalised approach to all clients. They also offer quality workmanship by qualified builders, job opportunities and, by sourcing and buying from local suppliers, we help strengthen…

Mark Davie from Sepio Insurance Management provides a highly professional service to our clients. Not only do we have the experience and backing to secure appropriate cover in terms of price and security, but also offer comprehensive risk and claims management services. From Personal, Business, Rural or other Insurance we obtain insurance cover for you by assessing your specific needs and recommending value insurance based solutions for your…

Daniel Newman is the Manurewa-Papakura Ward councillor who voted for a balanced budget while rejecting a big borrow-up and 14 per cent rate increases. He is also the deputy chairperson of the Wiri Licensing Trust and is focussed on delivering a range of renewed community assets for families throughout Manurewa and Papakura. By a majority decision, Auckland Council has balanced its budget and is addressing a $325 million deficit. It is a painful…

There is a small town in western Arizona, relatively close to Fort Yuma, named Oatman, in honor of a girl of the 19th century named Olive Oatman. Most of her family lost their lives to Native Americans in 1850, and Olive went on to live two separate existences. In her “first” life she spent five years living among the Mohave, who took care of her. They inked a tattoo on her face and counted her as one of their own. In her “second” life, when…

Quitting antidepressants is challenging for about half of people who take them, particularly if they’ve been medicated for prolonged periods. Danish data show that one third of people taking antidepressants continue to do so for the next decade. · For some it can take over six months to slowly taper off the pills, for others, they struggle to stop entirely. That’s because these psychoactive drugs alter the levels of neurotransmitters in the…

When a road is covered in snow or obscured by fog, the navigation systems of self-driving cars may have trouble seeing where that road is. Specially equipped pavement markers could soon help, by continuously transmitting radio signals to passing vehicles. · Currently being developed by scientists from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Western Michigan University (WMU), the technology incorporates raised…

Researchers have transplanted cells capable of forming specialized brain support cells into mice brains and found that they not only competed with and replaced unhealthy cells but aged ones, too. The findings open the door to developing an effective treatment for a range of conditions like multiple sclerosis, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and schizophrenia. · ‘Glial cells’ is an umbrella term for the cells that are a support system to nerve…

Earlier today, I was sent a statement which read: · “On 9 July, an FTA [Free Trade Agreement] between Aotearoa and the European Union was signed. As part of our mandate, we prepared a Te Tiriti o Waitangi assessment of the FTA. We found that: · ‘The Crown continues to exceed its authority as kawanatanga in the negotiation of trade agreements and deny Maori the right to exercise our rangatiratanga in the process, the content and the…