Off Pat with Pat Booth

OFF PAT

By PAT BOOTH


North Shore Times

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Underage joyrider sends woman into shock

A joyride in his parents' car cost a 15-year-old a hefty repair bill and reprimand from the police.

Job loss a big blow

SARAH CODDINGTON - North Shore Times

A 90-DAY trial left a man out of a job he had been in for almost two years.

Everything but the kitchen sink is needed

MICHELLE ROBINSON - North Shore Times

While other kids were raising money for World Vision, Gina Boniolo saw a need closer to home.

Special rate gets year's extension

JODEAL CADACIO - North Shore Times

The Albany business improvement district scheme has been extended for another year.

Take time to remember

SARAH CODDINGTON - North Shore Times

TWINS Jack and Roxy Murphy are lucky enough to have two great-grandmothers.

Manurewa down but not out after final

Manurewa is disappointed at losing the Auckland women's rugby final to defending champions Marist in Panmure last Saturday.

Loss puts Mangere on notice

A football tournament in Fiji last weekend might just have cost Mangere United a place in the Northern Region Football League's first division next season.

Tauhir lives hoop dreams

Bay Olympic head south for cup clash

Making the most of Eden Park loss

Papatoetoe High School might be crushed at losing Auckland schoolboy rugby's 1B championship by one point to Onehunga High School.

Is this ruckus the first of many?

A public dispute over Civil Defence planning for the not-so-supercity is the first of many matching scraps we can expect in coming months.

Crowd spurs Warriors on to thrash Broncos

Give yourself a big pat on the back if you were one of the more than 21,000 people who turned up to cheer on the Vodafone Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium on Friday night.

John Key keeps kicking to touch

Stopping Stealing

$1.6 billion bail-out - just like that!

It's amazing how much money the government can come up with when they think the country might be facing a crisis. Certainly that seems to be the line being run following the $1.6 billion bail-out of South Canterbury Finance.

Space - the final frontier

SPACE agent Katrina Cole has a fair idea of what propels people into the outer reaches of our atmosphere.

Artwork finds a home

Arts patron James Wallace is breathing a sigh of relief.

Water baby trains for Fiji ocean swim

Birdman festival really takes off

Rome 1960: Kiwis win Olympic gold

Fifty years ago today two Auckland athletes, Peter Snell and Murray Halberg, won gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Green Bay resident Vern Walker, who competed and trained alongside the pair, provides his insight and memories of what made it such a momentous occassion.

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