Hibiscus Matters

The 9th annual Ōrewa Beach sandcastle competition, held on Easter Saturday, April 8, saw 28 individual sand sculptors and teams turn cordoned off sections of...

Audience and protestors at Julian Batchelor’s Stop Co-Governance meeting in Ōrewa last month.  Stop Co-Governance activist Julian Batchelor has weighed in with his views on...

Crosses like these now bear the names of local men who served in World War I and II thanks to careful research by Frank Rands....

Ōrewa Croquet Club member Luke Rive, who only took up the sport during Covid-19, recently won a prestigious national trophy. Luke took up croquet when...

Good numbers in Hibiscus Coast Basketball Club’s Junior Jammerz and interclub sessions are encouraging for the growth of the sport locally. Junior Jammerz is for...

This is the area that will be covered by the new BID. Silverdale is to get its own Business Improvement District (BID), following a ballot...

Members of a local basketball team are working hard to raise funds, including undertaking an extensive beach clean-up after the Anniversary Weekend floods. The team,...

Crime affecting retailers in Ōrewa town centre, which Destination Ōrewa Beach says is a daily occurrence, was the topic of a meeting held by the...

The potential impact on health of repeated blows to the head in sport has been in the news recently, with confirmation in February that rugby...

It is hoped that the community will get behind an Auckland Council initiative that encourages people to take photos of Stanmore Bay Beach from the...