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25/07/2025

I heard it through the grapevine that you like sweet soul music yeah yeah. Spotlight on Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding and James Brown y'all and lots of others too. Well the producer and I have that soul kind of feeling and have put together a four hour soul music special (about 50 tracks) for this week's Budget Breakfast, Saturday at 8am. Tune in to East FM locally and available Worldwide on iHeartRadio. BTW I don't have a producer – I wish! Also a reminder that Wednesday night's Buried Treasure Special with 2 hours of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne tracks repeats on East FM at midnight tonight (Friday).

23/07/2025

We've grown to 72 pages! It's out - the latest super-bumper Eastern Times - in digital edition today, and in hard copy printed edition tomorrow Friday, available at all the usual collection stands across east Auckland. We sincerely thank all the advertisers who are supporting our top-quality news and information publication, as well as our readers, friends and contacts in the community. Enjoy the reads and highly valued advertising. There is definitely something in it for everyone.

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23/07/2025

Howick Art Group is six decades old and is acknowledging the milestone appropriately:

A much-loved art institution is celebrating six decades of producing works that have inspired their creators and fellow east Aucklanders. Howick Art Group, established on February 11, 1965, marks its special 60th anniversary with its annual Spring Exhibition from Sunday August 3 to Sunday August 10....

23/07/2025

https://www.times.co.nz/business/half-moon-bays-new-electric-ferry-launched/

New Zealand’s leading electric ferry design and technology company has launched Auckland’s first fully electric passenger ferry. The new vessel will operate between downtown Auckland and east Auckland’s Half Moon Bay. It’s the first of the EVM200 class, a series of battery-electric fast ferr...

23/07/2025

Putting this on your radar - elections for school boards are being held this September, if you're considering standing as a candidate or voting:

Almost all of the more than 40 schools in east Auckland will conduct triennial school board elections this September. For every school there will be a returning officer, a pivotal role in managing a successful election. Pakuranga-based returning officer Bernardine Vester has long experience in manag...

23/07/2025

Here’s a round-up of news relating to the work of the Howick Local Board:

Here’s a round-up of news relating to the work of the Howick Local Board. Community Grants Community Grants are open for applications and are intended to help groups in east Auckland make a positive impact. Local groups in the Howick Local Board area can apply for a minimum of $3000 in funding thr...

23/07/2025

And the winners are...

By Tyra Harrison, AUT student majoring in journalism The Malcolm Smith Gallery at Uxbridge Arts and Culture in Howick recently hosted the 19th annual Estuary Art and Ecology Awards, celebrating the intersection of contemporary art and environmental awareness. The accompanying exhibition is open to t...

22/07/2025

Sad day for many, what say we put together a couple of hours of Black Sabbath and Ozzy (solo) tracks together tonight on the Buried Treasure program? Starts at 7 on East FM and available as a stream from our website and on iHeartRadio. Maybe repeat it Friday at midnight?

22/07/2025

Reason given for earlier SH1 motorway closure:

Counties Manukau Police say an operation has been completed on a walkway near Highbrook, East Tamaki. At around 11.30am today July 22, police say they were advised of a sudden death near a walkway running adjacent to the Southern Motorway (SH1). On attendance, police staff located a man’s body off...

22/07/2025

Just in:

Counties Manukau Police say they are closing a section of the Southern Motorway (SH1) due to an “ongoing operation”. Southbound motorway lanes between Princes Street East at Otahuhu and Highbrook Drive, East Tamaki, are being closed, police say. “The incident is occurring in a walkway adjacent...

21/07/2025

Classic Rock Floydian Slip 7:00 am - 8:00 am more_vert Floydian Slip A weekly journey through the history of Pink Floyd Syndicated Pink Floyd radio show close

21/07/2025

Police arrest a counterfeiter:

Police say they have “landed the jackpot” by taking a wad of counterfeit cash out of circulation in Auckland. Counties Manukau West Police’s enquiries team has been investigating a spate of “dodgy” Facebook Marketplace purchases in recent months, police say. “Police have received reports...