Local Matters

Things can move pretty fast in real estate and plans are now well advanced to build 20 apartments on a busy section of Whangaparāoa Road...

Teenage duo Ben and Brody Glanfield of Stanmore Bay are Smokefree Rockquest winners, placing first in the solo/duo category at the online final last month....

Following the intervention of three councillors – John Watson, Wayne Walker and Greg Sayers – Watercare has approved a proposal for “a new discounted water...

Last week Transport Minister Phil Twyford wrote to Penlink Now chair, Stephen Lyttelton, to say that following advocacy by Labour list MP Marja Lubeck, the...

A Meet the Candidates event designed to attract young voters turned out to be the only chance for locals to quiz candidates this election. Other...

Wiggling towards a more sustainable future, New World Ōrewa has recently installed New Zealand’s first supermarket worm farm. The store’s newest co-workers are responsible for...

The work started in Moenui Avenue. From left, Fulton Hogan project engineer Emily Doyle, Hibiscus and Bays Local Board chair Gary Brown, AT project manager...

Eighty banana palms on a farm at Waitoki are flourishing thanks to food scraps collected from commercial premises on the Hibiscus Coast, which would otherwise...

Auckland Council is calling on the latest technology as it focuses on reducing sediment runoff from land development. Last month Council’s Natural Environment Strategy Unit,...

A Stanmore Bay couple, who were having to adjust their view of the world following a Vector decision to string a 400v line in front...