Want to win a $50 Countdown voucher? Send through your photos for our Women's Health annual report!
Want to be featured in our Women’s Health Annual Report and get a $50 Countdown voucher? We’re looking for photos of Mama/whaanau and baby to feature throughout the report. It could be of you/family member with baby at home, out and about in our rohe, or when you just had baby at Middlemore Hospital/at one of our birthing units/at home. If your photo gets chosen you’ll get a $50 Countdown voucher! If your photo gets chosen for the front cover of the report, you’ll get a $75 Countdown voucher!
- The photos need to be clear and not blurry/pixelated.
- You must live and have birthed in the Counties Manukau area.
Send through your photos and contact details to Lyn.Stark@middlemore.co.nz by Friday 12 March, 12pm. To view last year’s report: bit.ly... We look forward to seeing your photos!
Terms & Conditions
- By sending through your photo/s you’ve consented to have them included into our Women’s Health Annual Report 2020/2021 if chosen.
- The photos will only be used for the report if chosen.
- If you’re photo/s is not chosen you will not receive a voucher.
- No photos sent through after Friday 12 March, 12pm will qualify.
- All photos and contact details sent through are kept private by the Women’s Health Division, Counties Manukau Health.
Poll: 🗑️ Would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.
We want to hear from you: would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Keen for the details? Read up about the scrapped collection trial here.
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83.1% Same!
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16.9% Would have liked to try something different
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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79.3% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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20.7% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
By-election for Otara-Papatoetoe area
Just to let everyone know that we have another by-election happening, and here is the reason why. Below are details and dates, so keep an eye on your letter boxes.
The Manukau Court’s Ruling
The Manukau District Court determined that the Papatoetoe subdivision result of the Ōtara–Papatoetoe Local Board election was invalid, ruling that the outcome had been “materially affected” by voting irregularities. Judge Richard McIlraith found that the scale and nature of the irregularities met the legal threshold required to void an election under New Zealand’s local electoral laws.
In his decision, Judge McIlraith stated that the evidence presented — including reports of stolen voting papers, fraudulent use of ballots, and other procedural irregularities — was sufficient to conclude that the integrity of the election had been compromised. The court noted that at least 79 voting papers were identified as having been cast without the rightful voter’s knowledge during a judicially supervised examination of ballot boxes.
While the judge acknowledged that the election had been administered “properly and in accordance with all requirements” by Independent Election Services and the electoral officer, he concluded that the fraudulent activity originated outside the official process and nonetheless impacted the final result to a degree that required the election to be voided.
As a result of the ruling, the court ordered that a new election must be held, with Auckland Council confirming that the fresh poll must be completed by 9 April 2026
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