About Us

Local Matters Ltd publishes two free community newspapers fortnightly – Mahurangi Matters and Hibiscus Matters. Our head office is at 17 Neville Street, Warkworth, about an hour’s drive north of Auckland, and we also have an office at Unit G Tamariki Plaza, Cammish Lane, Orewa.

The papers report on the gamut of local affairs including local news, coverage of past and upcoming events, and business, history, health, gardening, rural and sports news. More than 30,000 households and businesses in the area from Silverdale/Stillwater north to Maungaturoto receive one of our papers free in their mailboxes twice every month.

The papers are locally owned by Jannette Thompson, of Whangateau, whose family has lived in the district for many generations.

Our papers

MAHURANGI MATTERS is distributed to more than 12,400 homes and businesses in an area from Puhoi to Maungaturoto and Paparoa, including Wellsford, Te Hana, Port Albert, Kaiwaka, Ahuroa, Tomarata, Mangawhai and Pakiri, west to Kaipara Flats and Tauhoa, and east to Leigh including Matakana and the Mahurangi peninsulas.

HIBISCUS MATTERS is distributed to more than 18,505 homes and businesses in an area from Waiwera to Silverdale including Whangaparaoa Peninsula and Orewa.

Subscription

A year's subscription costs $25. If you would like to subscribe, send a cheque to Local Matters PO Box 701 Warkworth. Don't forget to include your name and postal address. But before you part with your hard-earned cash, remember that you can read every issue online, on the day of publication, on this website.

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INSIDE

What's On Calendar
A month to month calendar of what's happening in the Rodney district.

Visitor's Guide
Learn more about the towns and villages in Hibiscus and Mahurangi.

Community Directory
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