March 2023

It ’s more than skin deep. It’s all about you at Cutting Edge Plastic Surgery. Operating from a new building in Roulston Street for just over a year now, Adam Greenbaum and his dedicated team continue to grow this thriving surgical aservice with its focus firmly on personalised care. “I treat you the way I would wish my family or myself to be treated by a surgeon.” says Adam. “The foundation of our success is in partnering with our patients.…

I recently had the opportunity to question Chris Luxton and included a question about trust and what he intended to do about increasing the dismal survey results from a December 22 poll that showed only 39.6% of the poll respondents trusted the government. His response will be published next month, but in the meantime, just how important is trust in our Government and its Ministers? We will never I suspect get to a 100% trust rate, but…

A tree protection group is calling on Tūpuna Maunga Authority to shelve permanently its plans to rid Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s maunga (volcanic cones) of around 2500 exotic trees, saying it would be irresponsible to proceed in the light of severe slip damage recently suffered on several maunga. Ōwairaka Mt Albert, Maungakiekie One Tree Hill and Ōhinerau Mt Hobson all suffered significant slips during the 27 January deluge. Tellingly, all…

WELCOME: New businesses setting up shop in Papakura recently include: Vets at 77 and Uniform Hub (both on Great South Rd), Papakura Op’ Shop (inside the Papakura Anglican Church) and BFT(Body Fit Training) on Railway Street. MOVIES IN THE PARK: On Saturday, February 25 (from 6.30pm) DC League of Super – Pets will be showing on the big screen in Central Park. So, grab a picnic and blanket and head along for a free, fun family evening out…

Auckland saw its median price decrease annually by 21.7% to $940,000 in January 2023. This is the first time since January 2021 that Auckland has had a median price under $1,000,000. The flooding events which occurred at the end of January impacted auctions and open homes. At this point it’s hard to gauge whether people will want to enter the market or whether they will become more cautious in the coming weeks and months following the…

Counties Medical are happy to announce the opening of our newly built medical Centre at Waiata Shores, Takanini. 2 Te Napi drive, Waiata Shores, Takanini. This clinic replaces the previous Takanini clinic on Great South Road. The clinic gives local families the option of two Centres to attend, one in Papakura and Takanini again. We will be known as Counties Medical Takanini (Te Tumu Hauora). Te Tumu Hauora is a maaori philosophy of health…

PART ONE Over the last couple of decades, the world has watched the Middle East as country after country has tried to establish a democratic regime and country after country has failed. The United States and its allies toppled Saddam Hussein and announced that they wanted to see a democratic regime take root in Iraq. The western powers helped to topple Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, and welcomed moves towards democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and the…

Back on the first weekend of February, a grand opportunity arose for me to display my Model A pickup at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona California, USA. This show is the ‘Grand Daddy’ of them all and attracts over 600 vehicles displayed indoors and over 1100 vehicles show up each day to be displayed outside. It has been a bucket list thing to attend all these great USA hot rod events with my own New Zealand built hot rod and the…

Ada Lovelace (1815–52) is now regarded as one of the most important figures in the early history of the computer despite being relatively uncelebrated during her life. Born in the early 19th century, she had a fascination with science and mathematics that defied the expectations of her class and gender at the time. She was introduced at the age of 17 to inventor Charles Babbage, and her work ensured she would become one of the most important…