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6 days ago | times.co.nz | Chris Harrowell

A person has been injured after falling down the cliff at Musick Point in Bucklands Beach today, June 2. The Times understands the woman fell onto rocks and was airlifted to hospital by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The incident was also attended by police and firefighters from the Howick and Mount Wellington stations. It was reported to Fire and Emergency NZ at about 3.55pm.

6 days ago | times.co.nz | Phil Taylor

How long have you been an educator, and where did you train? I’ve been an educator for 22 years, starting my career at Auckland College of Education where I was the 2002 student president and later completed my honours at the University of Auckland in 2008. I began teaching at Willowbank Primary, moving to Bucklands Beach Intermediate and Cockle Bay School where I was deputy principal for the past 11 years. When did you become principal of Pigeon Mountain Primary School? Five weeks ago.

1 week ago | times.co.nz | Chris Harrowell

Two men are behind bars for their roles in the 2023 aggravated robbery of an east Auckland gaming lounge. As the Times has previously reported, police were called to the premises of Nitefun 98 in Highland Park at about 1.37am on September 28 after a group of offenders armed with weapons entered the business. “The group have threatened at least three employees who were in the premises at the time and have taken an amount of cash from the till,” a police spokesperson said at the time.

1 week ago | times.co.nz | Phil Taylor

It was well overdue that Kelly Flavell and PJ Taylor, legal man-about-Howick and seasoned newshound respectively, had a good long talk. They’ve had brief chats down the years, and Kelly’s always been very supportive of community initiatives especially with the Times, and East FM. Kelly’s a radio man, after all, remembered as a popular, long-running legal expert on talkback radio with Radio Pacific and Newstalk ZB.

1 week ago | times.co.nz | Chris Harrowell

A police presence remained at an east Auckland sailing club this morning, May 31, after a person’s body was found in the water. The incident happened near the Pakuranga Sailing Centre building in Bramley Drive, Farm Cove. A police spokesperson says: “At around 7.30am emergency services received reports of a body being found in water near Farm Cove. “A canoeist in the group that she was with helped to bring the body to shore.