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‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

June 11, 2025

By Aisha Campbell, RNZ News intern Ponsonby’s post office is shutting shop next month despite push back from the local community. A sign on the storefront, which is at the College Hill end of Ponsonby Road, said the closure would take place on 4 July but the post boxes would be “staying put”. Ponsonby local ... <a title="‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/gutting-the-ponsonby-community-locals-say-post-office-should-stay-open/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open">Read more</a>

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Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

Asia Pacific Report The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time in the iconic and historic Auckland inner city suburb of Ponsonby. A local author and founder of Greenstone Pictures, John Harris, has led a pushback against plans to close the ... <a title="Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/07/ponsonby-community-up-in-arms-over-impending-post-office-closure/" aria-label="Read more about Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure">Read more</a>

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Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism

October 14, 2022

SPECIAL REPORT: By Tony Fala Community organisers representing multiple Aotearoa struggles gathered at the Ponsonby Community Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau last Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Ponsonby People’s Union (1972-1979). Organised by former PPU activists, representatives of many Aotearoa social justice movements and struggles from around the country came ... <a title="Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/honouring-the-peoples-fight-against-hardship-repression-and-racism/" aria-label="Read more about Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism">Read more</a>

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Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby

March 23, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The massive gathering in Christchurch’s Hagley Park has reassured and uplifted their shocked community, say New Zealand Muslim leaders. About 20,000 people gathered in Hagley Park to observe two minutes of silence and the Muslim call to prayer on Friday along with thousands more at other events across the country, including ... <a title="Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/23/gallery-christchurch-terror-prayers-and-hijabs-for-peace-at-ponsonby/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby">Read more</a>