Local Matters

For most of his 77 years, Guy Hopper has lived on Whangaparaoa Peninsula. He grew up here with his family when the peninsula was farmland,...

Louise Nicholson is passionate about education and science. A former teacher at Mahurangi College, she is now Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of...

Personable, talkative and enthusiastic are fitting descriptions of Rodney’s new deputy mayor. Since taking office just over a month ago, Orewa’s John Kirikiri has been...

Thirty years as a topdressing pilot has given David Starr a different perspective on the Warkworth area. The most dramatic change he has seen is...

Matakana Village has undergone big changes in the last few years but down the road from the upmarket development at the cinema complex, butcher Steven...

They say luck has a peculiar habit of favouring those who don’t depend on it and in Harry Cammish’s case, this would appear to be...

Warkworth vet Ross Lynch spent a good part of his youth sailing yachts around the Pacific and might still be at sea if not for...

A feature article on New Zealand in a Mercedes Benz company magazine in the late 1970s was to have a profound affect on the life...

For most motorists on State Highway 1, Hatfields Beach is just a picturesque place to zip through on their way north or south. But for...

Warkworth’s River View Plaza is a successful commercial proposition, but its popularity as a place for people to meet, shop or enjoy a coffee overlooking...