Local Matters

Hibiscus Coast lobby group Water Warriors plans to take Watercare to the Disputes Tribunal and Commerce Commission over its refusal to lower its fixed annual...

A single pregnant female stoat that got into Whangaparāoa’s Shakespear Open Sanctuary last spring gave birth, resulting in the biggest challenge to face the sanctuary...

Dame Trelise Cooper at Leigh. Servicemen with the NZ Navy and Air Force marched over the Memorial Park bridge at the end of the Puhoi...

Biking across the frozen tussocks of Finland will feature at the Big Bike Film Night. Photo, Chris Prescott. A festival of short films devoted to...

Dedicated community efforts allowed the construction of the current wharf. Plaques honouring those who contributed to the wharf construction.  Auckland Council has started restoring Warkworth...

Rodney Local Board is pushing for more roading projects, renewals and maintenance to be included in Auckland Transport’s (AT) draft Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP)...

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...

Tamahunga Trapper chair Dave Wilson captures a kiwi for a transmitter change. More than a decade of predator trapping efforts and years of negotiations with...

Kawau Bay was filled with coloured sails last week as 200 sailors from all over New Zealand competed at the Team Sailing Nationals competition. Sailors...

Officers learn to float a two-tonne inflatable whale. Mangawhai’s senior constable Rob Cato digs out a 200kg dolphin. In a national first, northern police were...