Mahurangi residents and visitors can now pick their own flowers at a special garden located behind Charlies Gelato on Sharp Road in Matakana. The idea is the brainchild of Rebecka Keeling. She borrowed the concept from similar gardens in her native...... Read More

  We asked our Facebook followers if Santa should be allowed to enter New Zealand without quarantining this year. Here are some of the responses: Shontelle Kingston He lives somewhere that doesn’t have Covid and he comes to NZ first,...... Read More

Northern Action Group (NAG) took a new tack in its campaign to secure a better deal for north Rodney late last month, with billboards featuring a naked woman “enjoying” a bath in one of north Rodney’s numerous and deep potholes. NAG...... Read More

Community protests over Waste Management’s plan to build a landfill, on the north side of the Dome Valley, were not unexpected, according to the company’s legal representative Balthazar Matheson. On the first day of a five-week resource...... Read More

The findings of a retired chemist may give hope to Warkworth residents who are up in arms about the quality of the town’s water supply. Warkworth switched from sourcing water from the Mahurangi River to an underground aquifer in December 2018. But...... Read More

After several postponements, the Wellsford candidates’ debate nearly reached its 100-person maximum under Level 2.5 when it was finally held on October 1, just as early voting started. The only empty seats were the entire front row. Moderator...... Read More

Snells Beach residents who insist a wastewater project site threatens the safety of children and creates unbearable noise and dust pollution are horrified by a proposal to extend its operations by a further three years.    The site in Dawson...... Read More

When Alert Level 3 lockdown was announced late on Tuesday, August 11, Mahurangi was resigned and disappointed. It had been over 100 days since the last case of community transmission in New Zealand, and life was just starting to feel like it was returning...... Read More

Two military helicopters airlifted tonnes of seashell to a protected reserve in Mangawhai earlier this month in a bid to support New Zealand’s most endangered native bird species. An NZ Air Force NH90 helicopter and a Navy Seasprite helicopter...... Read More

Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers has delivered a broadside against the Rodney Local Board, saying its chair’s “totalitarian style” and the Board’s failure to work alongside him has hurt Rodney ratepayers and scuppered the chance...... Read More