As the first construction crews prepare to move on to Housing New Zealand’s Asquith Ave land next week, the project continues to raise questions. The recent history of the substantial Mt Albert development has been marked by delays at all stages. But now, on the verge of a start, a new issue has arisen: why,…
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is promising to crack down on illegal rubbish dumpers – and Mt Albert will test his resolve as a prime place to start matching words with action.
Everyone enjoys a good mystery, so perhaps it was no surprise the Mt Albert Inc post to draw the biggest response so far was the story behind the plaque found in Meola Creek alongside the Roy Clements Treeway. Fifteen hundred people read the sad story of Peter Whitehead and the website was able to trace…
Mt Albert Inc is 10 days or so shy of its three-month anniversary – so perhaps a little early, you’d think, to take a break. But we’re shutting down your local news and information website for a month or so to take a breather. Well, not exactly shutting down – because all the stories and…
Jeanette Amies, the English wren who made her life in Auckland after playing a secret role in the code-busting mission that helped to beat Adolf Hitler, has died at her home in Mt Albert. Jeanette kept her war-time project secret for 30 years and only broke her silence when a television documentary focusing on the…
The pre-Christmas real estate market in Mt Albert is far from the hotbed of a year and more ago, and it has taken a couple of old dames stuck in the same families for decades to show there’s life in the old girl yet.
Tony Mayes is a guy who puts his hand up when others keep their heads down. He’s one of a small band of volunteers who keep things ticking over at sports clubs, special interest groups and community organisations. Without them, our community would be bereft.
The sad story of a young life lost is behind the plaque retrieved from the mud of Mt Albert’s Meola Creek.
Mt Albert advocates say Auckland Council’s rigid response to criticism over the decision to allow the first sub-division on the Unitec land could be “the thin end of the wedge”. The Mt Albert Residents’ Association (MARA) and local town planner Craig Magee say council statements virtually concede a mistake has been made – but nothing…
Ask Lucy Frost to list her top-10 wishes for Christmas and right up there will be something quite simple for a 21st century kid – playing games on the iPad with her friends, going to the movies or watching TV. So why is that so special – what’s stopping her from doing that right now?…
Who was Peter Whitehead? That’s the question posed by locals trying to trace the man behind a plaque bearing his name found in Meola Creek behind Mt Albert Grammar School. The plaque was embedded in concrete and carried the simple description: “Peter Whitehead Memorial Tree”. It’s not known when the tree fell or died, but…
Team-building is not just reserved for corporate and sporting groups, and the chance to build a better way to work together was welcomed by Mt Albert Grammar’s new prefects. The school’s 33 prefects for 2018 headed off to Onemana on the Coromandel Peninsula for three days of bonding, each giving a three-minute speech, taking part…