Hibiscus Matters

A Year 12 Whangaparāoa College student wants to spread the word about the environmental impact of single use vape products – most of which she...

Two years since he took up the sport, 12-year-old Levi Gear is making his name as a mountain bike cross country competitor. Last month the...

A mash up rugby game, Half League Half Union, is proving a crowd pleaser on the Hibiscus Coast. On Saturday, October 15, a large crowd...

Ōrewa Surf Lifesaving Club’s 156 patrollers are back on duty at the beach. Their patrol season began on October 22 and the beach will be...

After a two-year absence owing to Covid-19, the Asian Food & Cultural Festival will be back on Moana Reserve, Ōrewa on November 19. The festivals,...

Twenty years ago, when Sofia McDonald started dancing at the Lea Sandford School of Dance in Red Beach, at the age of six, she discovered...

You may not think about JPs – until you need one. They witness signatures, certify documents, take statutory declarations, hear oaths for court affidavits and...

The floating inflatable obstacle course, Waterworld, will be back on the Hibiscus Coast this summer, for a five day stay in Stanmore Bay, and Hibiscus...

One of Silverdale’s biggest attractions, Snowplanet, closed this week, on Monday October 31, for major refurbishment. It will be closed until next April. Snowplanet sales...

A journalist who escaped Afghanistan on the last NZ Defence Force flight out is now one of the Hibiscus Coast’s premier cricketers. Wasim Bahawalzai, aged...