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One of the most-sold properties in Papakura was built in the 1960s, with three bedrooms, one bathroom and a garage. It remained in the same hands until April 2012 when it sold for $208,000. Its price rose for each of the six transactions between then and December 2016, when it was bought for $640,000. The next buyer was in luck however – when it next sold, in December 2019, the last time it changed hands was for $557,000. Its current value estimated by homes.co.nz is between $630,000 and $...

Brenetta Pogi says losing her mum influenced her desire to become a doctor. With her eyes on the future and using her past experience to guide her, medical student Brenetta Pogi has big plans to make a difference to her community. “Tālofa lava, o lo’u igoa o Brenetta Pogi. I am a proud tāma’ita’i Samoa from the villages of Lepā, Saoluafata and Saipipi. I was born in Moto’otua Hospital and grew up in Pālisi, a small village in Apia. I am the youngest of eight children; four brother...

Top cop blames gang tensions, 501 deportees for surging gun violence across Auckland 14 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM 5 minutes to read Police at the scene of a suspected shooting on Johnstone Rd, Otara, in November. Photo / Dean Purcell Police at the scene of a suspected shooting on Johnstone Rd, Otara, in November. Photo / Dean Purcell One of the countrys top cops has blamed bad blood linked to rising gang tensions and an influx of Australian 501 deportees for surging gun violence across Auckland. ...

There are no new cases in the community. There is one new positive case of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report today. February cluster All tests of...

Otara’s South Seas Healthcare is expanding the youth engagement programme it launched in April last year 

No community cases connected to the Valentine's Day outbreak since February 28.

There are six new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation facilities today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

The most solid person whos ever worked for me, employees shock after grisly discovery 10 Mar, 2021 09:41 PM 3 minutes to read Police were called to a property at McNally Rd, Pukekohe, on Wednesday morning. Photo / Google Maps Police were called to a property at McNally Rd, Pukekohe, on Wednesday morning. Photo / Google Maps A man living at a Pukekohe house where a person was found dead and another critically injured is a top employee who was shocked at the grisly discovery, his employer says. P...

Auckland One previously reported case has recovered. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 85. Our total number of confirmed cases is 2,060. The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,801,771. On Wednesday, 6,448 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 7,167 tests processed per day. Today’s managed isolation case numbers again underscore the value of having early testing in place. All people arriving into New Zealand must remai...

All contacts of the Air New Zealand crew member have returned negative results so far, with the remaining results due on Thursday. The crew member tested positive on Sunday after returning a negative test on February 28, the day they returned to Auckland on flight NZ90 from Tokyo, Japan. Its understood the individual contracted the virus due to overseas exposure.  Its believed they were infectious while Auckland was under alert level 3 restrictions last week, likely minimising their number of ...