19 days ago

Warren’s Bus Shelter Mission

Edmund Hillary Retirement Village

A six-year campaign to get a bus shelter installed on a busy Auckland road has finally come to fruition - and it’s all thanks to the one-man mission of Edmund Hillary Retirement Village resident Warren Barrett.

It was no mean feat, with the 88-year-old retired engineer collecting hundreds of petition signatures from fellow village residents and writing dozens of emails to 80 different people at Auckland Transport over that time.

“I just wouldn’t let it go,” he grins.

“Most people would have given up I suppose. I had nothing else better to do!” he laughs.

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2 days ago

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Beautiful sunny room for rent in Lovely 4year old Pakuranga Heights home with 3 females in their 20's.
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Buses 5 minute walk, run every 10 mins. Very central and easy access to everywhere.
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