Local Matters

The A&P Show has been a fixture on the Warkworth calendar for nearly 150 years, but that longevity hasn’t made organising it any easier.It costs...

Nominations for candidates in this year’s local body elections close on August 12 at 12noon. Any NZ citizen who is enrolled to vote and is...

Danielle Searle hugs her daughter Sandy, 2, and son Ashton, 9, at the charred remains of their cottage in Big Omaha. Danielle Searle is lucky...

Inge is a well-established flame artist in the area after settling in Puhoi six years ago Inge Chappell ditched a high-pressure job as a marketing...

What’s special about Puhoi? Jenny Schollum “We just celebrated 153 years since Puhoi was settled in 1863. We went all the way through the weekend...

Puhoi in te reo Maori means slow water and refers to the Puhoi River, on which the town is located. According to the Puhoi Historical...

History abounds in the village of Puhoi, giving visitors a welcoming, homely sense of place, even on the coldest days. One of the first historical...

Rising 100 metres above the historic Puhoi village is the Puhoi Track and Puhoi Loop Track, which form part of the national Te Araroa walkway....

The Puhoi area had 789 people at the 2013 census, up from 684 in the 2006 census, or a 15 per cent increase. There were...

By George Driver Three new footpaths will be built in Warkworth over the next year as part of a $2 million Rodney Local Board project,...