Local Matters

Harbour Hospice has reacted strongly to the suggestion that the relationship between the organiser of its charitable exhibition, and Estuary Arts Centre has ‘soured’ over...

Creative writing advice from an award-winning novelist and short story writer will be shared at a free workshop being run at Whangaparāoa Library on the...

It is now a year since the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board opened its workshops to media and the public. However, although that was a...

The renovation of Whangaparāroa School’s community hall is making good progress. Work began towards the end of last year (HM March 4 and October 14,...

A wide range of local organisations benefited when the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board handed out grants. Successful applications in the Local Grants (Round Two),...

A long-awaited footpath and road safety improvements outside Dairy Flat School have finally been fully-funded and should be in place by the end of July....

A public meeting will be held next Wednesday, June 9 to get the ball rolling on forming a new Warkworth Heritage and Culture Group. Organiser...

Tapora School children, representatives of the IKHMG and Tapora Landcare Group, and the Taumata Council of Elders gathered for a planting day at Manukapua. The...

The Abuse Prevention Services clinical team, from left, Milly Darling, Suzanne Stewart, Alex Morgan-Murray and Liz Cole. Many people hear the term domestic violence or...

Leonie Meredith and Keiko Pogoni. Peter Hooper and Jono Boundy. After being cancelled due to Covid-19 last year, an over-35s tennis tournament was “resurrected”, with...