Local Matters

A number of community and sports groups are set to lose long-running discounts on their rates bills due to Auckland Council ending a relief grants...

Hibiscus Petanque is celebrating a win at the hotly contested annual National Club Championships, held last month in Tauranga. Eighteen teams from all over the...

Congratulations to Raewyn Morrison, of Baddeleys Beach, who is a recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Raewyn was nominated by Val Crighton, who...

The Mahurangi College first XI cricket team went through its season unbeaten to win the Wyatt Cup region Twenty20 competition last month. It convincingly defeated...

Auckland Transport (AT) will press ahead with plans to install a “safety” crash barrier on Sandspit Road despite complaints from local landowners who say it...

The principals of Dairy Flat and Wainui Schools have taken no comfort from the Government’s recent proposed Setting of Speed Limits Rule, which it says...

The number of building and trade apprenticeships has boomed in recent months, largely due to the Government’s decision to make all NZ apprenticeships free from...

The effects of Covid-19, problems at Auckland port and the boom in house building are combining to cause myriad supply problems for trades and suppliers...

Special delivery! It was a team effort when Harley-Jean was born outside Dairy Flat Hall. Summer Buckman says the birth of her daughter outside Dairy Flat...

One of the area’s most popular bands, White Chapel Jak, will perform at the Warkworth Town Hall on Saturday, May 29. As usual, the band...