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Community co-ordinator to support fundraising events

Fundraising groups throughout Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast could get a boost in future, thanks to a new regional role created by real estate group...

Mortgage broker says ‘you have options’

By Neville and Keagan Modlin, The Lending Team Hibiscus Coast-based mortgage brokers, The Lending Team, say currently, homeowners with mortgages are more overwhelmed than ever...

Plea for stormwater to be factored into developments

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board has asked for stormwater disposal constraints to be considered when resource consents are granted for development.  Currently Auckland Council’s...

Cyclone fallout: homeowners demand help

Homeowners who live on Marine Parade, Ōrewa are feeling angry, left out and ignored as Auckland Council’s sand replenishment and plans for other parts of...

Poses with purpose: yoga raising fundsfor disaster relief

Yoga House studio owner Sophie Rado has put together a yoga class and raffle event to raise funds for disaster relief in NZ following the...

<strong>Whangaparāoa College looks forward with VR & AI</strong>

Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is entering the classrooms of Whangaparāoa College as part of a pilot programme that is a first...

Community groups seek more cat control

When cats were first captured on camera on the chenier (shell bank) in the Weiti River, last October, environmental group Friends of Okura Bush (FOOB)...

<strong>Book encourages businesses to back themselves</strong>

Business coach Natalie Tolhopf runs a successful business but underneath it all, she says she was full of self-doubt. “I was doing well, but it...

Ducks in a row for derby race

It is 14 years since Ōrewa Beach Kindergarten held its first Ducky Derby fundraiser, and the idea of racing plastic ducks down the estuary with...

Ōrewa meeting a battleground

A Stop Co-Governance meeting in Ōrewa last Saturday highlighted divisions within the community, sparking an angry protest. The co-governance that meeting organiser, Julian Batchelor, is...