Meet Colin Mathura-Jeffree
He’s a green-eyed charmer and dashing dresser, regularly snapped sipping champagne and mingling with A-listers at all the right events.
A peaceful haven on the edge of the motorway and Chamberlain Park – Meola Creek at Rawalpindi Reserve. Picture: Bruce Morris
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New principal’s aim – ‘choose us’
The new principal at Mt Albert Primary School is no stranger to the local community – and her goal is to make it “the school of choice” for parents and pupils. Marian Caulfield, who took up the reins at our oldest primary school at the beginning of the fourth term, spent several years at Gladstone Primary…
Muchas gracias – pass the chilli!
Marcelo Bianchessi came all the way from Brazil via Portugal to bring Mexican cuisine to Mt Albert. It may sound an odd trek to deliver one of the world’s most popular food choices to a local audience. But Marcelo (pictured here), one of the two Brazilians behind Taco Loco café at 847 New North Rd…
Opinion: standing up for causes
We can be a sedentary lot when it comes to standing up for ourselves. Of course, some people are better at getting off their backsides to fight for their corner than others. But the Facebook era (“give ‘em a spray and I’m away”) has allowed too many to sit at their keyboards and imagine they’re…
TRAIN RUNS AWAY. COLLISION AT MT. ALBERT. FIVE WAGGONS SMASHED, PASSENGER SERVICE DELAYED.
[June 10, 1911 – New Zealand Herald] A train of 18 ballast waggons, drawn by a heavy engine, broke away as it was running down the grade from the scoria pit at Mount Albert yesterday morning, and crashed into eight stationary trucks on the siding above the Mount Albert station. Five of the trucks were destroyed, some damage was…
Final result widens Ardern lead
Jacinda Ardern picked up a swag of special votes to sheet home her dominance in the Mt Albert seat in the 2017 general election. Ardern built on her election night majority – and Labour’s share of the party vote in the electorate – and left National’s Melissa Lee a distant second. In the final result…
Margi’s day as pathway opens
When it came to the final hurdle, well, what could Margi Watson do but throw up her arms in delight. It had been a long, long mission. Really, you couldn’t call it a hurdle after what went before. Simple stuff actually – grab the scissors, cut the ribbon and join the march down the Waterview-Owairaka…
Q and A: spotlight on Zoe Nash
Zoë Nash is an artist and lives in a creative Mt Albert household – sharing with a partner who writes children’s stories and works in radio, two children, a Siamese cat, and a “rather naughty terrier” fond of chasing rabbits down Oakley Creek. As well as working on her own multidisciplinary projects, Zoe teaches part-time…
Hiccups on HNZ Asquith site
Housing NZ staff working on the Asquith Ave development initially raised the prospect of up to 90 units being built on the prime inner-city land.
Key issues at heart of board plan
The future of Chamberlain Park and the Aquatic Centre, and a commitment to the Mt Albert civic square stand out as key features of the annual plan adopted by the Albert Eden Local board. Hardly a surprise, but the board is moving ahead with its steps to implement its Chamberlain Park masterplan – aiming to…
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