Howick Women’s Dinner Club
Imagine being told that, as a woman in your mid-30’s, you are too old to be part of a Young Wives Club! This is what happened to Jenny Hough when she moved, with her family, to Howick in the 1970’s. Back then there was really nowhere for young wives and mothers to go, where they […]
The history of Mangemangeroa Reserve
My favourite place to visit in Howick is the Mangemangeroa Reserve with its variety of landscapes, including coastal native bush, salt marsh habitat, farmland and a unique estuary. Such a succession of ecosystems is found nowhere else in East Auckland. I am grateful for work that has been done in the last 20 years to […]
Adele White’s Howick Memories
As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from Adele White My dad’s great, great-grandfather, and great grandfather, arrived in Howick, from Cork in Ireland, on October 11, 1847, after sailing for 90 days on the Sir Robert Sale. […]
The Tapestry Trust – recording New Zealand’s history
The Tapestry Trust Project’s aim is to record New Zealand’s history in a series of embroidered panels. This major project will take some 20-30 years, involving communities around New Zealand. The Trust was inaugurated in February 2010 with the vision of a NZ tapestry that, with time, might become the equivalent of The Bayeux Tapestry. […]
Father’s Day ‘Blokes & Cars/Bikes’ event
Daniel and Cameron Clarke will be displaying a New Zealand-assembled 1978 Mini LE 1000 and 2013 Toyota 86. Photo Winston Penn Young motoring enthusiasts Daniel and Cameron Clarke and their cars will be a feature this year at the Father’s Day community event at East City Wesleyan Church Centre in Botany. Aged 21 and 19, […]
Athletic club got people moving
Photo: Alan Dark, right, in a Times Newspapers t-shirt, and great mate Fred Woods, running on Archie Somerville’s former farm where the Mangemangeroa Reserve is now. The Dark family played a big role in running organised athletics events in Howick By Phil Dark My Dad, Alan Dark, was always sporty, playing rugby as all young […]