Off Pat with Pat Booth

OFF PAT

By PAT BOOTH


East & Bays Courier

Quay St

The Quay question

Commuters may have to find a different route to work if an Auckland Council proposal to make Quay St a pedestrian-focused boulevard goes ahead.

Outrage over booze store

Booze Store Angry notices have been put up on a vacant shop in Mt Wellington which could become a liquor store.

Playwright looks at homlessness

playwright She's a scriptwriter, director, producer, actor, trumpet player and language scholar.

Brothel moves next to school

The same brothel removed from operation in suburban Remuera last year has moved into an apartment block bordering a primary school in Ponsonby.

Lilo the way to go

In a bid to raise awareness about depression, Jimi Hunt is about to take to his lilo and cruise down the Waikato.

Mock fire but it's taken seriously

Firefighters from across the Shore raced to put out a major school science block fire.

Hospital ship on Mercy mission

Seeing a child smile properly for the first time keeps Liz Irwin coming back to help on Mercy ships.

Home on the buffalo range

Crackdown on synthetic drugs

Time to support Auckland wharfies

Willie Jackson strap I had a raging argument with former local government minister Rodney Hide on radio last week over the Ports of Auckland.

Warriors pre-season on the horizon

Things are heating up as the NRL season approaches.

Trades teaching and classroom danger

Tapes, votes and oldies' worries

The double sorrow of parting

A caregiver's views: "The column comments on CYF came at an appropriate time.

Halbergs turn All Black

The RWC-winning All Blacks have cleaned up at the Halbergs, with top Auckland athletes Valerie Adams and Jacko Gill also being honoured.

Ko honoured with No 1 medal

Lydia Ko's startling progression through the ranks of women's amateur golf was recognised ahead of today's Australian Open.

Jacko Gill's national dilemma

Anthony pays for night out

Full strength All Whites named

Ryan Nelsen headlines an 18-man All Whites squad to play Jamaica in an international football friendly at Mt Smart Stadium.

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