Devonport Auckland Blog

Devonport's Visitor Information Centre gets a Hip New Look!

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:29:47 +1300

The Devonport Business Association (DBA) in partnership with the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and Devonport Rotary Club are excited to announce the debut of the Devonport Visitor Information Centre Caravan. Five years in the making, the idea of a caravan was born not long after,...

What's Open in Devonport at Alert Level 3

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:10:53 +1300

Living at Alert Level 4 has been a challenging time for many in our community. We've missed our beaches and maunga, our favorite takeaways, shopping our beautiful boutiques and retailers and the safety and comfort in visits to our professional services. But Devonport...we are almost...

Frank Pilates for the Festive Season

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:10:28 +1300

One of our best kept secrets is upstairs inside Devonport's bustling little Arcade. For those on a fitness quest, find time in your lives for Frank Pilates . why frank? Strange things will happen to you after your first session with Frank...

Gifting for Good: Anglican Op Shop

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:03:52 +1300

If one million people bought their next item of clothing second hand instead of new, we would save 6 million kg of carbon pollution from entering the atmosphere. Our growing environmental consciousness and our desire to ‘marie kondo’ our existence has meant our op shops play...

Inside the Arcade: Eva & Elle

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:59:43 +1300

One of the latest retailers to open up inside The Arcade is Eva & Elle, a cute boutique selling clothing and gifts for those that love colour. Owner Eva Lourenco tells us a little more about the treasures to be found in her adorable store… ...

Loving our Heritage Buildings

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:22:28 +1300

(image by Kevin Hill) Devonport, known for its quaint Victorian and Edwardian buildings that line the main street, has one particularly unique commercial property that speaks to a totally different era; it’s the beautifully restored art deco Post Office. Eddie and Sharon de...

Kim works on women's well-being...

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:03:39 +1300

One of the secrets to living the good life, is giving. Whether it’s giving time, giving support, donating money, or in the case of Kim Pausina from Devonport’s Premium Real Estate , giving clothing. A long-time Devonport local, Kim is passionate about seeing...

When Brolly Sheets was Born

Mon, 13 May 2019 08:57:47 +1300

BROLLY SHEETS For those of you with little people out there, you will be familiar with the early morning bed stripping stage following the dogged pursuit of potty training. It was this challenge that gave Diane Hurford a lightbulb moment in 2005 and Brolly Sheets was...

Vondel - A Zero Waste Business Champion

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:58:19 +1300

The Zero Waste Devonport Initiative is a partnership between community stakeholders who all want to see Devonport moving quickly towards a zero waste future. This year the Devonport Business Assocation has signed up with the Community Recycling Centre to offer Devonport's...

Happily Hammer Hardware

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:37:27 +1300

9 years ago Hammer Hardware Devonport sold to new owners and at the time a certain Matt and Carly Senior after hearing about the sale thought, ‘We could do that.’ And so, proving the idiom ‘good things take time’ to be a truth, they seized the...

MOVE - That's All the Motivation You Need

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:33:02 +1300

Some people were born to make a difference; impacting others lives and helping them to find their own personal strength. Hugh Biss, the man behind Devonport's new fitness studio MOVE is exactly that type of person and his enormous list of training credentials is enough...

It's Better than Fiction

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:32:38 +1300

It was local journalist Rob Drent who said he felt a “village bookshop is an indication of a civilised society” and indeed an hour spent pouring over the array of delicious publications now domiciled at Paradox Books , is a particularly civilised (albeit indulgent) way to...

Sorting Your Computers: Bit by Bit

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:47:11 +1300

Given the dependency people have on technology, it ought to be mandatory for every town centre to have a local tech-fix-it guy. Ours is the self-described ‘big-hearted Northerner’ Karl, who probably knows almost every local who has previously suffered an urgent...

Feeling Right @ Soulsprite

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:13:24 +1300

For many of us there comes a time when we reflect upon the lives we have led and question if there was something that we might have done differently; more time with the family perhaps, looking after ourselves better, taking more risks, not getting too stressed or wishing we...

Devonport Perfumery has the Power of Persuasion

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:03:57 +1300

Perfume has, ‘a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power … cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for...