Local Matters

Costs estimates have skyrocketed for Orewa’s seawall, and work is unlikely to begin for several years. The process of building the wall, between Kohu St...

From left, designer Frank Reardon with Richard Bayes New Zealand’s first electric bus to be built from scratch will soon roll out of a workshop...

A card game invented by a Manly family is focused on having fun, while learning about the ‘super powers’ of various foods. Health coach and...

The local board wants Auckland Council to defer its decision-making on weed control methods alongside roads until the public can be fully consulted. Council is...

Recent drone flights over the Penlink route show the environment that is likely to be impacted when the road and bridge are built.  On September...

There have been plenty of drawings of Penlink over the years, but none of them drill down to street level or provide details about the...

Okoromai Bay’s shellfish population will be surveyed over summer, and results will be out next year. A survey planned for this year was held up...

School lunches like this fed more than 30 children in the first week. Esther Marsters knows from personal experience how hard it can be to...

New restrictions on the sale of vaping products in convenience stores has prompted New Zealand’s largest vaping retailer, Shosha, to plan on opening 15 new...

Hibiscus Coast RSA has entered into an agreement to sell its 5267sqm piece of land at 20 Melia Place to a developer. The site is...