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What readers and businesses say …

Susan Ewart, Visiting from Lower Hutt
“I have recently read a couple of issues of Mahurangi Matters and am writing to congratulate you on an excellent publication. I was so impressed to see a local newspaper crammed full of interesting, well-written and relevant local news, supported by a great range of local advertising. So many community newspapers elsewhere have either ceased publication or comprise of a few pages of syndicated general items and almost no local news. It was such a pleasure to read your publication. Congratulations to all of your team.”
October 2025

Ash Nayyar, Kaipara District:
“Thanks, Mangawhai focus! Love to see an independent and community-focused newspaper! God bless!”
September 2025

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Mahurangi Matters

Sales
Marc Milford
022 029 1897
advertising@localmatters.co.nz

Anthony Ord
022 029 1899
local@localmatters.co.nz

Graphic design
Heather Arnold
design@localmatters.co.nz

Hibiscus Matters

Sales
Leigh Cameron
022 096 8517
sales@localmatters.co.nz

Graphic design
Lorry McCarthy
hibiscus@localmatters.co.nz

Mangawhai Focus

Sales
Hayley Bills
022 527 7609
focus1@localmatters.co.nz

Graphic design
Rebekah Augustin
bgraphix@orcon.net.nz

Graphic design
Rebekah Augustin
bgraphix@orcon.net.nz

Peter Christian, Stanmore Bay 
“May I commend your publication for it’s quality standards and it’s quality content. It’s crosswords are excellent and awaited. As a long time critic of social media, specifically Facebook, I appreciate Hibiscus Matters’ local news. Your ongoing coverage of the Weiti River bridge is most enlightening.”
September 2024

Decking Direct Warkworth Branch Manager, Renier:
“As we launched our new direct-to-customer retail concept, it was crucial to convey the purpose behind our brand, not just showcase our decking products and services. We’ve received an incredible response to the Mahurangi Matters’ new business ad package, which enabled us to articulate our brand promise in the editorial while promoting our decking products and services through advertising. We are very pleased with our investment in advertising with Mahurangi Matters.”
June 2024

Little Monkeys Coffee cart:
“Did you see us in the paper? @localmattersnz printed our ad in the Hibiscus Matters March 20th paper The response has been amazing! Thank you everyone who has come to see us and mentioned the ad it’s so good to see the reach it has.”
March 2023

President North Shore Aero Club, David Saunders:
“Thank you for the excellent coverage that you gave the Open Day in the Hibiscus Matters newspaper. The Open Day was a great success and attracted well over 3,000 people from the local community. We were starting to panic as the carparking we had allowed for nearly overflowed such was the number of people that came. A couple of the foodtrucks ran out of food too. It is events like this that make the world of aviation real for so many people and the promotion that you gave the open day really got the message across.”
April 2021

Hibiscus Coast Bridge Club, Jocelyn Avery: “We have had feedback that the classified ad in Hibiscus Matters has been the most often quoted as to where people found out about our Bridge lessons. Well done – we love our HM!”
April 2021

Rodney Surgical Centre (RSC) chief executive officer, Marianne Davidson:
“Marc Milford from Local Matters has been engaging to deal with. He has an excellent grasp on the local communities that the paper covers and what issues in health would interest them. Of all our advertising, Local Matters is the main reason people give for learning about RSC. If you need someone to talk to at Local Matters re. advertising then I highly recommend Marc.”
April 2021