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Bunnings helps local prepare with Shakeout

The National Emergency Management Agency Te Rākau Whakamarumaru team up with Bunnings from October 12th – 18th for this year’s ShakeOut Bunnings will be promoting...

Northland Waste vexed over recycling centre upgrades

Northland Waste’s state-of-the-art recycling centre planned for Sandspit Road. Northland Waste has blasted Auckland Council for allocating millions of dollars to upgrade recycling centres in...

Waste Management defiant over landfill

The prospect of a landfill in the Dome Valley has sparked relentless opposition. Waste Management remains committed to its plans to construct a landfill in...

Veteran finally honoured

Annie May Ballantine, centre, with RSA women’s section president Diane Wilson and Warkworth RSA president Bob Harrison. It took a long time in coming, but...

Strong easterly winds see godwits blown way off course

Godwit 13 touches down in Snells Beach after stops in China and Alaska. Juvenile godwits embark on their first 12,000km journey at just 14 weeks...

Emergency Wrap Up

The back of the bus had melted by the time fire crews arrived. Sizzling stagecoach extinguished The driver of the 995 bus from Warkworth to...

Nukes visit Warkworth

The Nukes Ukulele trio The Nukes will run workshops at the Warkworth Town Hall on Sunday, November 1, for all interested in getting together to...

Lions accept eftpos

No spare change? No problem. Warkworth Lions Club will this year accept eftpos payments for street sales of its raffle tickets. The Lions are currently...

Carpark charges gone after AT bows out

There is free parking at Sandspit Car Park, but for how long? Visitors heading to Sandspit to launch a boat or catch a ferry now...

Movie night saved

A band of children seek a long-lost fortune in The Goonies. Despite the cancellation of the Kowhai Festival’s Huge Day Out, the festival committee has...