Who was Peter Whitehead? That’s the question posed by locals trying to trace the man behind a plaque bearing his name found in Meola Creek behind Mt Albert Grammar School. The plaque was embedded in concrete and carried the simple description: “Peter Whitehead Memorial Tree”. It’s not known when the tree fell or died, but…
Team-building is not just reserved for corporate and sporting groups, and the chance to build a better way to work together was welcomed by Mt Albert Grammar’s new prefects. The school’s 33 prefects for 2018 headed off to Onemana on the Coromandel Peninsula for three days of bonding, each giving a three-minute speech, taking part…
Auckland Council seems to be ducking and weaving in defence of its decision to allow a subdivision on the Unitec land without the full traffic impact assessment the rules apparently require. Against the advice of its own transport agency and with the misgivings of a lead planner, the council last month granted Ngāti Whātua the…