Devonport home of frequent flyers

Devonport residents are among the nation’s keenest travellers, taking on average more than one overseas trip per year, with London a leading destination. New data from Statistics New Zealand shows people living in the… more

Interview Journalist, filmaker Irene Chapple

The one-night, short-film event at the Victoria Theatre later this month will be another high point in what’s been a very good year for Devonport storyteller, journalist, television producer and filmmaker Irene Chapple. Her… more

TGS fashionistas show true colours

Hitting her stride… Emily Clark (right) in the final parade

Yes to the dress… Isabella Pezza modelling her own design

Designer models from Takapuna Grammar School make a splash

Top this… Sylvie Porter… more

Belmont win national squash championships in thriller

A team from Belmont Park Racquets Club won the national D-grade squash champs in Whangarei last weekend in a nail-biting finish. In a dramatic final against Mt Maunganui, with the scores locked two-all, Jua’ Lin Ganess saved two… more

Loss of a Devonport friend brings musical to life

The composer of a Kiwi musical found the motivation to get it finished and on-stage following news of a close Devonport friend’s premature death. Chris Williams, a pianist, has a busy life running an advertising agency and being… more

Interview: Guitar-maker Graham Rowe

Visiting the Martin & Co workshops in America set Graham Rowe on the path to making his own guitars

He learned to play
guitar as a child, but Graham Rowe only decided to start making them as
retirement beckoned. He tells Helen… more

Cloud with a gold lining for BIS cyclists

Gold medalists… (above, from left) Dan McClune, Jodie Blackwood, Jack Gerken and Ben Bowen and top left the Belmont Intermediate Year 8 team in action in Taupo

Years of training and sticking to their race plan paid off
for… more

Downton comes to downtown Devonport

They’ve got the look… Dorothée Basel with children Lucie (right) and Claire in period costume at a screening of the Downton Abbey movie at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday, September 12.

Class acts… Dani Gardiner (left)… more

Millington mountain men maul biking rivals

Family affair… The mountain-biking Millingtons, (from left) David, Joe and Charlie

Joe Millington, 13, didn’t think he would get into mountain
biking until he competed in his first race last year and won it.

Now… more

Election sign complaints

Removed… the sign on NZ Defence property at the corner of Lake and Montgomery Rds, which has since been taken down

A Devonport-Takapuna Local Board ticket has had two
complaints lodged about its signs.

Danny Watson,… more