Off Pat with Pat Booth

OFF PAT

By PAT BOOTH


North Shore Times

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Trash to treasure

Members of a fringe group known as dumpster divers are enjoying fancy meals – for free.

Robbed at gunpoint

LISA HONEYBONE - © Fairfax NZ News

An Elderly woman was robbed and had what police say was a gun pointed at her in broad daylight.

Runners are heroes for kids like Hannah

Hannah Lacey It's hard to believe little Hannah Lacey can still raise a smile when you consider all she's gone through in her short life.

Thieves steal daughter's food money

MARNIE HALLAHAN - © Fairfax NZ News

Maree Newman felt "kicked while she was down" after her wallet was pinched from Narrow Neck Beach.

Run-off monitored

MARYKE PENMAN - © Fairfax NZ News

Questions are being raised over the monitoring of sediment run-off at a Long Bay housing development.

Weepu at 10 for Blues

Piri Weepu Piri Weepu gets the chance to show his skills at No 10 for his new Super Rugby outfit when the Blues play the Rebels in Melbourne tomorrow night.

Boucher unsure of retirement

In a funny sort of way, Dillon Boucher would not be that upset if his body makes the "retirement" decision for him.

Ko comfortably within cut

Halbergs turn All Black

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.

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

When Helen Dorresteyn sees the expression on someone's face after tasting a spoonful of buffalo yoghurt she knows the risk she took is paying off.

Crackdown on synthetic drugs

Vital service full of drama

Mock fire but it's taken seriously

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

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