Local Matters

On the first day it was open, almost 50 Hibiscus Coast residents took the opportunity to drive through a Covid-19 Community testing station that was...

The sound of car crashes is all too familiar to residents of a stretch of Whangaparaoa Rd that has become notorious since the New World...

Many projects designed to improve the appearance, safety and accessibility of local streets will be deferred, as the budget is cut to the bone. Each...

Local investor Dr Cyrus Varan, says buying historic Orewa House was “an emotional decision”. The Red Beach professor of applied science, author and inventor, also...

People have come up with many inventive ways to keep themselves busy and productive during this Covid year, including two Coast families who did a...

While New Zealanders are currently using masks and sanitiser to fortify themselves against the spread of Covid-19, earlier generations of Aucklanders were also facing threats...

The first walkers were invited back into Eaves’ Bush in Orewa on August 31, with the fence taken down from the Old North Road entrance...

Tracey Currington ‘Hydrostatic’ Painting Merit award: First time winner Tracey Currington’s experimental style includes encaustic (hot wax) painting but she says this abstract work was...

Whangaparaoa boxer Nik Charalampous will have to wait for his shot at the cruiserweight NZ title, but he gets to compete instead for the North...

It’s not an easy time to be planning an event – so things are challenging for business organisation Destination Orewa Beach, which always has several...