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For further information or dinner ticket bookings, please do not hesitate to email Gary Bogaart at meremeredragway@xtra.co.nz - Saturday night’s formal dinner is ONLY $55 per head. There will be no door sales for Saturday night and it is limited to 200 people, so get in quick. There will be more information to follow. Back in 1973 a significant milestone was reached when Champion Dragway opened at Meremere. Over the years, many milestones…

Every good relationship is built on knowing the people you deal with well and being able to communicate with them with a high degree of honesty. When you meet Ryan and Raphaëlle it is immediately apparent that they run their business in exactly that way. But who are Ryan and Raphaëlle and why should you reach out to them? Raphaëlle hails from a picturesque village (pop. 800) called Roquebrun, in the south of France. Her parents, now retired,…

The reversal in house prices comes as the Reserve Bank pursues aggressive policy tightening to dampen demand and curb inflation. It delivered a fourth straight half-percentage point interest-rate hike -- taking the Official Cash Rate to 3% -- and signalling more rises to come. Despite the soft July month, some chief economists don’t yet see sufficient cause to change their forecasts for a 12% peak to trough decline in house prices, particularly…

Welcome · We welcome another new business to our community being Crown Cutz Barbershop located on the Great South Road in Papakura. · Papakura Online: · Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram (at LivePapakura) and like us on Facebook with the two fabulous pages that we have: Papakura.Town.Centre and LivePapakura. These pages are all intended to keep locals up to date with events, news and more. And for comprehensive business listings…

When Bayleys Branch Manager Sharleen Buchanan jumped into the driving seat of the local Pukekohe office just over 4 years ago, she set a goal to successfully lead and grow a dynamic sales team and to compliment them with a new modern office and customer focused space in which to work in. As the team grew and their market share increased, it quickly became evident that their current space was not fit for purpose and expansion was necessary. As…

By Maryanne Demasi, PhD In December 2020, the US FDA authorised the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA covid-19 vaccines, claiming “the benefits outweighed the harms.” · Now, a group of international researchers has gone back to re-analyse the original trial data upon which that claim was made. · A valid claim? · A pre-print study (not yet peer-reviewed) by Fraiman and colleagues contradicts the FDA’s claim that the benefits outweigh the harms of the…

A network of 36 cameras including four automatic number plate recognition devices has provided Counties-Manukau Police with leads in two major inquiries and led to many other incidents being cleared up. · Police say the town’s CCTV is proving an effective investigation tool in identifying avenues of enquiry that assists Police and provides reassurance to stakeholders. “Having it located and monitored at the Papakura Police station has been a…

Self-sufficiency is the new ‘en vogue’. Housing shortages, rising costs and a mistrust in the way our food is produced are fuelling a move to the way that our grandparents used to live. Vegetable gardens are popping up in apartments and back yards alike, chickens are becoming more commonplace, and entire groups on social media are sharing and devoting their time and energy to a way of life that promotes the basics and arguable a better way to…

A farmer named Bob was overseeing his animals in a remote mountainous pasture in Canterbury when suddenly a brand-new 2022 BMW iX, advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni®suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and YSL® tie, leaned out the window and asked the farmer “If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?” · Bob looks at the man, who obviously is a…

It was the holy grail to visit the El Mirage Dry Lake with Project 29. This has been the location for land speed racing in California for over 60 years. Hot rodding for me is all about the history and heritage and how that inspires us moving forward. Living all my life a whole world away from the USA motherland of hot rodding in Auckland, New Zealand my influences and inspiration first came from my dad and his rodding buddies. Wherever he…