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After a day of thunderstorms, two massive waterspouts were spotted off Auckland's coastline near Takapuna and also Piha. Local Aisling Doyle was shocked when she saw one of the waterspouts arching towards land on Sunday afternoon. "Suddenly,...
A severe thunderstorm in Auckland has dissipated, but not before causing havoc.
Not surprised Al Weeks, Ōrewa The recent article on cost overruns on Penlink (HM June 16) must have raised a few eyebrows or even some computer rage. Actually, I don’t think there is any great mystery here. If we look at the numbers, the average cost escalation for a while now has been roughly 10 percent a year to build pretty much anything. I don’t know when the estimate for $400 million came in but let’s just say it takes seven years from ‘hey that’s a great idea – how much?’ to ‘I now declare this road open – snip’. This means that the original $400 million is now roug...
Changing faces: Driving Miss Daisy Hibiscus Coast Dave and Kathryn Tyrrell Companion driving service Driving Miss Daisy has two new faces at the helm on the Hibiscus Coast, with Dave and Kathryn Tyrrell recently taking over the local region. After years of IT consultancy for Dave and child-rearing and craft teaching for Kathryn, the Hatfields Beach couple decided to have a complete change and are already loving their new roles. With five vehicles including one that is wheelchair accessible, they are well equipped to transport anyone who makes a prebooking. Dave, Kathryn and their team are hap...
Winning mum Molly Mennie Congratulations to Molly Mennie of Hatfields Beach (pictured) who won a gift basket full of goodies from Silverdale Mall in Hibiscus Matters’ Mother’s Day competition. To enter the draw, people had to nominate a mum in their life and tell us their favourite thing about her. Molly was nominated by her daughter, Kathy Woomack, who said her favourite thing about her mum is “how hands on and involved she is, not just as a mother, but also as a grandmother to four grandchildren”. Kathy says her mum is available to help 24/7 and always with a smile on her face. Mol...