Local Matters

Mahurangi College staff made a special effort for Pink Shirt Day this year. A Zumba dance class got a little pinker than usual. The College’s...

Studying at Mahurangi College’s International department, from left Angelina Yu, William Yu and Marin Nakaura. Border closures in the wake of Covid-19 have left Mahurangi...

Music lovers will hear chamber music masterpieces alongside the best of New Zealand composers when the Jade String Quartet performs at the Warkworth Town Hall...

Marianne Weitenberg After growing up in the Dutch province of Friesland, it’s unsurprising that Louis and Marianne Weitenberg have a strong affection for the horses for...

Kirsty Williams receives the returned cash from Andrew Johnson. Kirsty Williams, of Snells Beach, was last week reunited with $700 that belonged to her mother,...

Junior netballers, many playing their first ever game, were excited to get on the Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre courts for the start of the season....

Exquisite artworks by some of New Zealand’s finest pastel artists will be on show at the Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa this month, when Auckland...

Auckland Councillors last month approved a “recovery budget” that will increase rates by 5 percent from July, but both Albany Ward Councillors Wayne Walker and...

The decision on a massive landfill proposed for the Dome Valley has again been delayed. Commissioners were originally due to make their announcement on May...

Congratulations to Irene Rockell, of Wellsford, who is a recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Irene was nominated by Tania Hamilton, who wrote:...