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Orewa (New Zealand)

Type: City

Name: Orewa (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

Latitude: -36.790001

Longitude: 175.449997

population: 6,588

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Sideswipe: June 19: Man in the moon

A reader spotted this on Google Maps and writes: "Bunch of guys going fishing in Green Bay, see Google car approaching, so one of them moons it. As car drives past it takes another photo of their faces. Classic." (If that's you and you want copies of ... [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Orewa (New Zealand), Hibiscus, John Key (NZ Politician)

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

War vet visits Korea

John Ziegler will be in Korea to mark 60 years since the Korean war's end.The Orewa man will be among 30 veterans aged 73 to 88 who served in the war and set to leave Whenuapai airbase on July 23. They will attend commemorations over eight days and will ... [Published North Harbour News - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Jim Newman, New Zealand, Orewa (New Zealand), Royal New Zealand Navy

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Purple represents respect

Elder abuse is more prevalent in our community than most people realise, Age Concern New Zealand says.It's time to stop that, Age Concern Rodney chief executive officer, Catherine Smith, says in the lead-up to the seventh annual World Elder Abuse Awareness ... [Published Rodney Times - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Catherine Smith, Elder Abuse, Orewa (New Zealand), Abuse

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

NBR TOP PROPERTIES: Biggest house sales by auction this year

These are the five biggest house sales by auction this year, across the whole of New Zealand. The data, provided by Property IQ, reflects sales which are been settled and recorded with the relevant council.The five auctions which fetched the top prices ... [Published National Business Review - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Auckland, Cedar, Orewa (New Zealand), Grey Lynn

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

Orewa College

The Future has won

Press Release – Auckland CouncilA team of Orewa College students, called The Future, has won first place and $3000 in the Auckland Unitary Plan youth video competition, after notching up 5,643 views for their film on how Auckland should grow. Media r ... [Published Scoop - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Auckland, Orewa College, Ian Neilson, Orewa (New Zealand)

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association

Veterans honoured

Two men with returned services connections received Queen's Service Medals in the Queen's Birthday Honours yesterday. James Jim' Arthur Newman of Orewa gets his for services to veterans and business. Mr Newman has been the National President of the New ... [Published Rodney Times - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Associ..., Jim Arthur, Tribunal, Orewa (New Zealand), Scott Base

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Arise, Sir Lockwood

Lockwood Smith can now add Sir to his long list of achievements.He has been awarded a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday honours list for his services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Re ... [Published stuff.co.nz - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, London, Orewa (New Zealand), Warkworth (New Zealand)

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Landmark buildings up for awards

New Zealand's finest developments for 2013 will be announced on June 7 from 78 finalists.Among them are Countdown Warkworth, which opened in October, and the ongoing Kensington Park residential development in Orewa.Judging has spanned more than three ... [Published Rodney Times - May 29 2013]

Entities: Orewa (New Zealand), Property, Arrow International Inc

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Getting to know the Brosnans

Tom Brosnahan may soon outshine his more famous relative, Pierce Brosnan of James Bond fame.Both will be at a Brosnan family gathering in Ireland from July 25 to July 28.But Tom - his family kept the surname's original spelling - will be fronting a documentary ... [Published stuff.co.nz - May 27 2013]

Entities: Orewa (New Zealand), Pierce Brosnan, Castleisland (Ireland), Timaru (New Zealand), New Zealand

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Gloria returns bigger and better than ever

Following a fabulous season premiere at the 2011 New Zealand Fringe Festival, Amy and Catherine Waller’s solo show GLORIA is set to paint the Hibiscus Coast red with the redeveloped work in its season at Centre Stage Theatre next month.GLORIA tells the ... [Published The Big Idea - May 27 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, Orewa (New Zealand), Hibiscus

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Auckland mayor stands firm against urban sprawl

Auckland's mayor is standing firm against urban sprawl in the face of calls for development outwards to help cope with population growth.Auckland Council's Draft Unitary Plan emphasises creating high density housing with apartments, rather than building ... [Published ONE News - May 26 2013]

Entities: Auckland, Phil McDermott, Urban Sprawl, Orewa (New Zealand)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Cyclists balk at bridge walk

Signs urging cyclists to dismount along the Hibiscus Coast Highway bridge are "insufficient and not good enough" for cyclist safety. She sees cyclists missing or ignoring the "cyclists dismount" signs daily, displayed either sides of the bridge at the ... [Published Rodney Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Auckland, Orewa (New Zealand), Transportation, Hibiscus

Quotes

But Mike says: "The supermarket I worked at had a policy that until you paid for it the product remained the property of the supermarket and one could be prosecuted for shoplifting if caught eating it in the shop." Ollie Sutton, 10, who plays for Hibiscus Coast FC, Team Cantona, was a bit confused by this bin at Orewa

Sideswipe: June 19: Man in the moon [Published New Zealand Herald - Jun 18 2013]

Mr Ziegler joined the navy at age 15 and says his duties never involved any extra close warfare. "We mainly spent time patrolling the Han River, which was the border between North and South Korea. At times that was a bit of a challenge. We had a few incidents like covering the Royal Marines when they did a landing."

War vet visits Korea [Published North Harbour News - Jun 14 2013]

"They may make decisions for an older person without asking them what it is they want."

Purple represents respect [Published Rodney Times - Jun 10 2013]

The winning filmmakers ended their video with the words: "We want to be the ones to write our own future."

Orewa students win Auckland Unitary Plan video comp (Fuseworks) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Jun 06 2013]