Local Matters

On a day last week when everyone was cursing the rain, the Matakana Market Kitchen was using a hose to douse a fire in its...

Plans to build a large “retirement resort” on a site in Orewa that is adjacent to native bush, a stream and historic buildings is opposed...

Joan Hamilton’s ‘cloak’ is cleverly constructed of used teabags, with the herbal ones creating the pinkish tinges. Paintings and drawings encompass both traditional and modern...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has removed the health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish in the Whangaparaoa region due...

A former employee of Auckland Transport and Rodney District Council has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption and bribery in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO)...

The NZ Transport Agency today announced it will enter into preferred bidder negotiations with the Northern Express Group (see below) for the Puhoi to Warkworth...

As Olympic fever grips the world this month, Leigh resident Wendy Brown has more insight than most into what the athletes will be going through....

NZ’s ever-expanding aged population has prompted the Government to update its Health of Older People (HOP) Strategy and the community is being asked for feedback....

Alyssa Gordon Alyssa Gordon has returned to Mahurangi to take over the Active + physio centres at Warkworth and Snells Beach. Alyssa grew up in...

Landlords and property managers are being urged to use only authorised tradespeople to carry out work on their property. The construction sector’s regulator the Plumbers,...