Hibiscus Matters

The Special Olympics NZ board has been forced to postpone its National Summer Games, which were to be held in Hamilton in early December. The...

Running a 50km ultra marathon is a big challenge for anyone – particularly if, like Greg Shaw of Ōrewa, you are 67 years old and...

Silverdale Rugby Club’s Snails team was undefeated this season – which long-standing members say is very rare. The team consists of over 35-aged players –...

Thank you to everyone who entered Hibiscus Matters’ Father’s Day photo competition. Congratulations to Anaru Bickford who won a hamper full of prizes from Berlin...

Entertainment is even more essential in lockdown and one staff member at Evelyn Page Retirement Village in Ōrewa came up with a novel idea.  Marien...

Hibiscus Coast village residents Kathy and Tony Farr had planned to shout drinks at the village bar and enjoy lunch at a restaurant with family...

Auckland Council’s plan to improve life for older Aucklanders drew a mixed response from Hibiscus and Bays Local Board members, who discussed it at a...

The removal of two of Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre’s light poles during lockdown has the centre worried about how to replace them. Auckland Council contractors...

While this region largely escaped unscathed compared with further west, where flooding caused a lot of damage, residents of Dairy Flat were awake during the...

The Covid-19 lockdown has increased the demand for vaccinations, with people’s experiences of the process varied – from straightforward and quick, to long wait times...