Newmarket cameras keep troublemakers away

Reported crime in Newmarket is down by almost 30 per cent thanks in part to a new closed circuit camera system keeping an eye on the popular shopping haunt.
Newmarket Business Association general manager Cameron Brewer is delighted with the impact the cameras have had. “It’s certainly exceeding our expectations, but such positive statistics will be [...]

Newmarket mainstreet comes out on top

The Newmarket Business Association has come up trumps in a mainstreet perception survey commissioned by the Auckland City Council.
The survey is conducted every three years and covers 17 mainstreet areas across Auckland.
Ninety-six percent of survey respondents rated the association’s overall performance as excellent, very good or good.
In 2005 the Newmarket Business Association was ranked [...]

Yescho vodki at the Russian Club

You don’t need to speak the language to have a great night at Newmarket’s Russian Club.
In fact, three phrases will see you safely through the night: privyet (hello), spacibo (thankyou) and yescho vodki (more vodka please).
The club is tucked away behind a parking building at 88 Broadway and, while signage is scarce, it [...]

Misery in Newmarket

An art show featuring an energetic mix of the cute and the macabre is on show at Webb’s Art Gallery in Newmarket.

Auckland artist Tanya Thompson, aka Misery, is showing 68 pieces of artwork in a collection named Holly Melancholy and the Night That Saved the Day.

Misery says the collection is based on a fairy tale [...]