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Thank you for visiting our website. We are currently preparing to launch a whole new site on March 1, so in the interim, this site is not being updated. We apologise for this inconvenience, but please come back and visit us again next month. It will be the same address, with a whole lot of new features.

Welcome to the Local Matters community newspaper site, incorporating Hibiscus Matters, Mahurangi Matters and Northern Matters.

Here you'll find information about the people, places and happenings in Rodney and south Kaipara. This diverse region, just north of Auckland, spans from the Tasman Sea to the Pacific Ocean encompassing farmland, bush and beaches as good as any you’ll find anywhere in NZ. It is  one of the fastest growing regions in NZ and at the time of the last year's Census, Rodney alone was home to nearly 90,000 people.

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Orewa fish release country’s first

A lot is riding on the successful release of 30 native trout, the giant kokopu, into Nukumea Stream in Orewa.

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>> Hibiscus News

Kudos for Warkworth garden crew

Warkworth’s Hill Street intersection is a nightmare for motorists, but it holds a prize for garden lovers.

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>> Mahurangi News

Surf, sand and Santa Claus

Santa will be including Mangawhai on his rounds this year.

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>> Northern News