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Samoan trip spurs charity

If anyone can be forgiven for taking their work on holiday, it's Ascot Park couple Byron Williams and Celeita Chippindale.

1900 super-city submissions

JIM CHIPP - © Fairfax NZ News

Nearly 1900 of the region's residents have made their views known to the four-council working party on amalgamation.

Porirua Little Theatre gets lifeline

Porirua Little Theatre supporters - it's time to put your money where your mouth is.

Train station park due for upgrade

BY LAURA MACDONALD - Kapi-Mana News

Porirua train station Commuters fed up with the conditions at Porirua train station car park may not see improvements for at least two years.

Mega build under way

BY LAURA MACDONALD - Kapi-Mana News

21-KPN-underwaySTRAP Work is under way where Porirua Placemakers once stood for a new Mitre 10 Mega.

Make your home winter healthy

heater So what images of your Porirua home does the thought of winter bring to your mind?

Budget a bitter pill for caregivers

The government's budget announcement of funding for 1600 family carers for the disabled was actually bad news for some.

Points scoring over power policies

Workplace safety under scrutiny

Rising star juggles books and golf

21-KPN-golfSTRAP We might be heading into winter but that doesn't mean the golf stops for Te Rongopai Clay.

Sporting success at club level

Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini, managers of Manchester United and Manchester City respectively, epitomise the vagaries of top sport.

Ferguson's glories kicked off by luck

Tawa defeated by slick attack

Team shows no fear despite defeat

Western Suburbs took plenty of positives out of their 5-2 Central League football loss to Miramar Rangers on Saturday, with coach Lloyd O'Keefe promising his team remain title contenders.

Dance shows colourful culture

21-KPN-colourSTRAP Two dancers from the Porirua basin will show off their talent in an upcoming performance in Wellington.

Coastal quilters display wares

Plimmerton Coastal Quilters are thrilled to be celebrating their 25th year making quilts, with an exhibition at Pataka.

Artist of many talents

Artist debut at Mana show

Film review: Snitch

Snitch takes a scathing, if sometimes unbelievable look, at some of America's extreme laws and its government's war on drugs.

Competition heats up at Le Cordon Bleu

Le Cordon Bleu Competition in the kitchen heated up as the Wellington city's mayor and parliamentary representative went head to head in a cook-off at Le Cordon Bleu, and I was lucky enough to see it. 

The joy of cook books

My blog is called In My Kitchen because it's about all food related things, not just recipe-sharing.  It's the same as when you sit around your kitchen table at home and talk about all sorts of things.  

In My Kitchen turns one

A sausage, by any other name...

Welcome to Hell's Kitchen

I'm not much of a baker, but found a recipe that very tasty so thought I would have a go, only to find things weren't quite so simple.

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