Local Matters

With mini-Polaroid photos, colourful funky furniture and home baked food, Amy’s Café, which opened last month in Orewa is a breath of fresh air. Owner...

Last year’s free Orewa Community Christmas Lunch was one of the biggest and best in its 15-year history, attended by around 170 people who may...

Alan, centre with his family, from left grandchildren Reuben and Amalia, daughter Christina, wife June and son Greg. Alan Sayers with his great friend, the...

The community did not let stormy weather dampen spirits at the annual New World Orewa Santa Parade, with many describing it on the day, and...

Two local artists, Susannah Law and Anna Evans, are collaborating on one of the biggest public murals to be created so far in Orewa town...

These recycled wooden poles add a sculptural element but with the practical purpose of providing a place for skaters to hang their gear.  Wave formations...

Athletes suffering concussion on the sports field may be diagnosed sooner if a device created by former Mahurangi College student Spencer Buchanan becomes commercially viable.Spencer...

After a six-week fundraising campaign, the Warkworth Lions Club has raised about $10,000 for the Kowhai Coast Youth Trust and Warkworth Wellsford Hospice. Lions members...

From left, midwife Kerri Jury, Coast to Coast Health Care manager Nancy Malloy, post-natal nurse Pam Hollis and midwife manager Kate Rankin accept the Birthing...

Tickled Pink volunteers outside the new hospice shop in Argyll Angle, Warkworth. Tickled Pink is the name of a new hospice shop opening in Warkworth...