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Listen to the music of a spider’s web. Tell me what do you hear?
It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine.
April 15, 2021Youth Fest
Youth Fest is a Free event – Come and join for a great day out! Youth Fest started last year and it was created out of a conversation with young people and youth workers.
April 13, 2021Racist graffiti at Auckland Kāinga Ora social housing development ‘grossly unfair’
Racist graffiti on signs outside one of Kāinga Ora’s Auckland developments has been condemned as “grossly unfair” to those in need of social housing.
April 8, 2021CCTV shows couple in Seoul daubing over $500,000 graffiti artwork
A couple in South Korea accused of damaging artwork by American graffiti artist JonOne said they had mistakenly thought they were allowed to daub paint on the piece as “participatory art”, the head of the exhibition said on Friday.
April 6, 2021Be at peace, meditate, Trump Buddha statue designer tells former president
Chinese furniture maker Hong Jinshi first created a couple of pint-sized statues of former U.S. President Donald Trump meditating in a Buddhist pose as a fun project for himself last year.
April 1, 2021Devonport Market Easter Market
Bring the whole family for a day out at Devonport and visit the Devonport Market on Windsor Reserve.
March 29, 2021Egyptian Messi lookalike thrills soccer-loving orphans
They may not be meeting the real Lionel Messi, but Islam Battah’s resemblance to the Barcelona footballer is so uncanny, that the children at an orphanage in the Egyptian city of Zagazig swarm around him in delight anyway.
March 25, 2021I Love Takapuna Easter Carnival
The I Love Takapuna Easter Carnival is back for 2021!
March 23, 2021Eye on Nature Whānau Day
South Auckland’s signature environmental event, Eye on Nature, is back for 2021!
March 21, 2021Million dollar dumps: Auckland’s derelict properties worth millions of dollars
Property demand continues to outstrip supply, driving record median prices even higher. In Auckland – where the average house price is over $1m – there’s a jarring number of empty derelicts.
March 21, 2021Hong Kong emigration wave takes toll on its least political residents – its pets
Aircraft mechanic Don Yip is one of many thousands leaving Hong Kong after the imposition of a new security law last year and 2019’s pro-democracy protests. Unlike many others, he won’t leave without his pets.
March 18, 2021Tertiary students could be next for cut price public transport in Auckland
With the Auckland Council announcing cut price fares for trains and buses for people on low incomes, it now appears tertiary students might be next.
March 17, 2021Fernglen Native Plant Gardens Open Day – EcoFest North
Fernglen Native Plant Gardens – Take a botanical tour around the gardens to the coprosma collection at Ben’s Ridge, or meander at your own pace past the vast and unique collection of native plants, collected from all over New Zealand.
March 15, 2021Faceplanting to fame: New Zealand livestream catches albatross in awkward landing
A livestream camera at a New Zealand nature reserve has caught a Royal Albatross making an awkward landing, with the video of the faceplanting now propelling the bird to fame.
March 11, 2021Covid-19: Vaccinations start for border workers’ families as first vaccine clinic opens
New Zealand’s first large-scale Covid-19 vaccination clinic has opened in Auckland, as health workers roll-out jabs to border workers’ families.
March 9, 2021Big Beach Day
Be apart of Waterbourne’s biggest day with more than 5,000 people enjoying New Zealand music on Takapuna beach.
March 7, 2021Gorilla loses appetite, lions develop cough after catching COVID-19 at Prague Zoo
A gorilla and two lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Prague Zoo, which is closed amid lockdown restrictions in the country.
March 4, 2021More than 200 code browns recorded at Auckland public pools in three months
Auckland’s public swimming pools have been closed more than 200 times because of contamination from faeces and vomit since the region came out of level 3 lockdown in October.
March 3, 2021Race Days by the Sea
Race Days by the Sea is bringing the best of local artists, community groups and businesses to Windsor Reserve. There will be activities, entertainment and food to be enjoyed all afternoon, as well as watching America’s Cup racing on the big screen from the shade of the pohutukawa trees.
March 1, 2021Covid-19 boosts case for Kiwibank branch closures
Kiwibank says seven more of its branches may close after Covid-19 accelerated the trend towards digital banking.
February 25, 2021Jab but no tab: Israeli bar offers free drinks with vaccine shots
An Israeli bar doubled as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday, with free drinks given to those who got the shots.
February 23, 2021Beginner Crochet Course
This Beginner Crochet Course is perfect for those who have never picked up a crochet hook or for those who have just started.
February 21, 2021Ukrainian man lies about murder in effort to get police to plow snow-covered road
A Ukrainian man really wanted his road cleared of snow, so he reported a fake murder to the police.
February 18, 2021Silver monolith torched in Congo after mysterious appearance
The latest in a series of mystery monoliths to capture the imagination of science-fiction fans around the world met a fiery end in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday when it was torched at a roundabout in the capital.
February 18, 2021Covid-19: Auckland schools to reopen on Thursday after move to alert level 2
schools said they were prepared if alert level 3 was extended (File photo).
Schools in Auckland can reopen on Thursday following Cabinet’s decision the region will move down to alert level 2 at midnight on Wednesday.
Waterbourne Beach Festival
Waterbourne is New Zealand’s biggest beach festival, embarking on a journey to provide memorable experiences whilst protecting and rebuilding New Zealand’s coastline through a range of initiatives.
February 15, 2021Auckland high schools short 30 teachers this year, 4000 students could go without
Forecasts may show Auckland’s secondary schools being short of just 30 teachers in 2021, but those in the sector say any shortfall is a concern.
February 11, 2021COVID maths: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can
All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles.
February 10, 2021COVID maths: All the virus in the world would fit in a coke can
All the COVID-causing virus circulating in the world right now could easily fit inside a single cola can, according to a calculation by a British mathematician whose sum exposes just how much devastation is caused by minuscule viral particles.
February 10, 2021
