Te Āhuru Mōwai to Build 10 Rental Houses in Paekākāriki
Waipuna Grace, Press Release April 2025 Hui 6pm on Wednesday May 7th at St Peters Village Hall New Zealand’s largest Māori-owned Community Housing Provider (CHP), Te Āhuru Mōwai, is excited to announce the development of 10 new rental homes on Beach Rd, Paekākāriki. The project aims to increase the supply of quality rental housing for […]
ANZAC Day 2025 Memorial Address
I am honoured to give the memorial address at this ceremony on the 110th anniversary of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915.
ANZAC Day 2025: A glorious day for a commemoration
David Apare plays a conch and Rob Pearce carries a photo of his grandfather at the Paekākāriki ANZAC Day service. – Photo Bob Zuur On a perfect autumn day in Paekākāriki, residents joined a parade of Scouts and Army personnel to march along the seafront to the Memorial Hall, where they were welcomed with […]
Book review: Sea Change by Jenny Pattrick
On Sunday 6 April Jenny Pattrick launched her latest novel Sea Change at Paekākāriki’s St Peter’s Hall. Local resident Steve La Hood ploughed through the book in a day and came up with this review. (Photograph courtesy of Deanna Walker, www.birdie.co.nz)
The ship in a bottle
Read this classic ship-in-a-bottle tale by long time Paekākāriki resident and former journalist (among many other things) Mark Te One. Here he brings to life one of The Bowler’s talented old characters, Bob Upham.