Sign In / RegisterFurther overflows keep oyster farms closed
Fri, 5 Dec 2025
When it rains it pours: Oyster farmer Tom Walters is facing a prolonged closure because of another wastewater overflow, from November 18 to 19. Just...
/BusinessLack of planning leaves locals paying price
Fri, 5 Dec 2025
Members of Mahurangi Community Planning Group paid for concept designs to illustrate alternatives to a proposed retirement complex on Bowls Warkworth land. Members of a...
/BusinessCall for citizen scientists
Tue, 2 Dec 2025
A citizen science project is taking flight across the Auckland-Northland isthmus, calling on locals to report the eerie night-time calls of tītī/Cook’s petrels, better known...
/EnvironmentLaw change for pets in rentals
Mon, 1 Dec 2025
Pet owners looking to rent may start finding it a little easier, with a pet-bond law coming into force on December 1 as part of...
/Health & LifestyleContaminated sand recall disposal guidance
Mon, 1 Dec 2025
The recall of children’s coloured play sand products potentially contaminated with asbestos was expanded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) last week....
/Hibiscus NewsMajor new chapter for Waiwera
Mon, 1 Dec 2025
Waiwera Thermal Springs is rising from the ashes, with a concept design for a proposed $50 million new resort revealed to the local community last...
/Auckland Council
