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In 1923 Elizabeth Welsman Dawson, a Takapuna resident, wrote and sent a humorous poem to the newspaper about the difficulties of travelling on the Takapuna Steam Tram. The noisy, black smoke belching little tram was the main means of public transport on the North Shore between 1910 and 1927. · Now almost one hundred years later Elizabeth Dawson’s grandson, writer Terry Carson has taken the poem and aided by former North Shore retired librarian…

The Spanish Flu The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. · It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became…

If the Winter Olympics, this year to be hosted by Beijing (04-20 Feb), were solely about sport then the only logistical issue would be in regard to Covid-19. However, from the one-day event until 684 BC, when the games were extended to three days, the games were always about more than the games otherwise it would have been deemed unnecessary to extended the games to five days during the fifth century BCE. Although kudos mattered uniforms didn’t…

In a great many ways, New Zealand is an enormously attractive country to live in. We have a temperate climate, largely free of extremes of either heat or cold. We have magnificent mountains, and beautiful and uncrowded beaches. We produce enough food to feed ourselves many times over. In a water-short world, we have more fresh water, per person, than all but two countries in the world. We have abundant open spaces, with just five million…

Like all amazing aestheticians, the staff at HARLEH Laser Clinic are extremely passionate & truly love their work and work environment. They are especially enthusiastic about the industry and how it is continually evolving which is why they are very excited this January to have launched Cutera Enlighten Tattoo Removal & Skin Rejuvenation Treatment. Some of the treatment offerings include Permanent Laser Hair Reduction, vascular treatments,…

WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUSINESSES IN TOWN: National Personnel in O’Shannessey Street Indowestern Fashions in O’Shannessey Street NZ Future Community Trust in Elliot Street Pizza Club on the Great South Road Zaro and Co in Averill Street – inside the Model Room Exit 458 on the Great South Road · COMMUNITY PLACES IN PAPAKURA: Are you aware of all the wonderful community facilities and places we have in Papakura ? Massey Park Aquatic…

Across New Zealand, the number of residential property sales decreased 28.6% in January 2022, from 5,135 in January 2021 to 3,665. While market activity is expected to reduce over the holiday period, when we look at the seasonally adjusted figures there is a 5.3% decrease from December to January. Allowing for the usual seasonal trends, this January is weaker than a typical first month of the year. · Excluding April 2020, which was heavily…

A few days ago the liberal New York Times with a two year history of supporting the official US government Covid narratives published an unusual article “The C.D.C. Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects” · https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/health/covid-cdc-data.html?searchResultPosition=2 · Sound familiar? Here in NZ you have to go through a complicated process of separating historical data from the cumulative reports…

Mat, a Steel Mill worker and father of three talks about vaccine mandates, and making a stand to protect his children's future. Is free-choice free when it jeopardises the life that your family have and the future that you dream of? · Trueworks is a collaboration of filmmakers scattered around New Zealand, dedicated to capturing and sharing the true stories of real New Zealanders living courageously in these challenging times.

Despite the misinformation spread by the nation's media, the Freedom movement is not an anti-vax movement. It is a pro-choice, anti-authoritarian movement. And as New Zealand's freedom fighters descended on Wellington on December 16, 2021, their message could not have been clearer – It's time the government of our country takes its hands off our freedoms. · Trueworks is a collaboration of filmmakers scattered around New Zealand, dedicated to…