Jannette Thompson

This month marks this newspaper’s 20th year in business – 20 years of keeping a watchful eye on the news, views and information that matter...

Observer’s quick call to 111 credited with saving two lives Two sailors are lucky to be alive after their 32-foot catamaran suddenly capsized off Tawharanui...

Mahurangi Matters founder Ray Chappell with the very first copies of the paper, printed in 1989. Ray printed his newsletter/paper for nearly six years before...

Embarking on a building project is exciting, but can also be daunting, particularly if it is your first build and you have little experience of...

Regular readers of this paper will have noticed that over the past three years, we have run many Auckland Council stories written by journalist Laura...

While waiting in Queenstown for the transit van that would take us to Te Anau, one of our guides remarked that, “the risk of visiting...

Work continues on the Te Honohono to Kai – Matakana Link road pavement, with 70% of footpaths completed, kerb is 90% complete, cycleways are being...

CHT chief executive Carriann Hall says Auckland Regional Public Health is currently assessing if there is any risk to visitors to its Amberlea rest home...

The Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed that there is a positive case of Covid-19 in Warkworth. This follows the news that...

Covid has changed our lives in many ways. We travel less, we sanitise more, we organise events with trepidation and understand that goods from overseas...