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Youth voice – Holiday helping hands

Wed, 12 May 2021

The school and university holidays are around the corner. For school students this means six weeks of freedom and university students are more spoiled, with...

Mahurangi Matters, 18 November 2020 – You Say Online

Wed, 12 May 2021

We asked our Facebook followers if the public sale of fireworks should be banned in New Zealand. Here are some of the responses … Jennie...

Mahurangi Matters, 18 November 2020 – Readers Letters

Wed, 12 May 2021

Save the weir Despite the objections of many locals, Auckland Council intends to destroy Warkworth’s iconic weir without public notification (see story). The reasoning is...

Book Reviews – Pull No Punches

Wed, 12 May 2021

Pull No PunchesBy Judith Collins, Allen & Unwin, rrp $36.99 Judith Collins and the National Party obviously didn’t win the 2020 election, but no doubt...

Your Opinion – Hibiscus Matters letters – October 14, 2020

Wed, 12 May 2021

Mail delays Jean Whitehouse, Red Beach Has anyone else had incoming mail go missing? In December, before the pandemic, about six of my letters from...

Viewpoint – Council rebuffs water saving suggestion

Wed, 12 May 2021

In my last Viewpiont (HM June 17), I wrote about the idea of ratepayers being able to install a water tank (or a second tank),...

Youth voice – Forward thinking programme

Wed, 12 May 2021

You have probably heard it said before that school is not for everybody. You have also probably heard it said before that education is a...

Mahurangi Matters, 30 September – You Say Online

Wed, 12 May 2021

On September 19, the Labour Party announced that if re-elected it will double the current sick leave entitlements to 10 days a year. We asked...

Mahurangi Matters, 30 September 2020 – Readers Letters

Wed, 12 May 2021

Black lives matter Thank you for the story you wrote (Campaign helps free American black man after 44 years (MM Sept 16). I have received...

Your Opinion – Hibiscus Matters letters – October 1, 2020

Wed, 12 May 2021

Open the bridge Ken Littlejohn, Orewa The Council has indeed made a great job of upgrading the main track through Eaves Bush (HM September 16)....

Viewpoint – Funding pressures felt

Wed, 12 May 2021

What a crazy time we are living in! Your local board is heavily restricted for our funding by the local authorities, which are wrestling with...

Coastguard – Coastguard on Skype

Wed, 12 May 2021

When I sat down to write the last article for Coastguard back in March, who would have predicted the events that have unfolded over the...