Local Matters

Forest & Bird’s Pest Free Hibiscus Coast Project teamed up with Gulf Harbour Marina, starting on September 1, to expand its Pest Free Boaties initiative...

Arkles Bay resident Josh Chase spends a lot of time and effort focusing on fitness – and even more so this month, when he takes...

Counsellor and director of local organisation Youth In Transition, Tina Jones, has advice to help build mental and emotional resilience: The re-emergence of Covid-19 has...

Work on a watermain alongside busy Hibiscus Coast Highway, near the BP petrol station, has reduced speeds and lane width on the highway, causing significant...

Junior netball is likely to be one of the winter sports hardest hit by lockdowns. The first lockdown restricted play to a 10-week season and...

Aucklanders are being invited to have their say on what they want from their regional parks. Over the next six weeks, Auckland Council is asking...

Cross-country running events at local schools were disrupted by the Covid-19 lockdowns – in Wentworth College’s case, this happened twice – and Wentworth came up...

Two leading shaving razor brands, Gillette and Venus, have joined forces with TerraCycle to launch a free national recycling programme for all brands of razors...

Sharley Haddon fears she may lose her beloved horses and riding business after nearly 40 years. Mahurangi businesses are putting on a brave face but...

Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith supervises tanker-to-tanker drought relief last summer. Auckland Council says there is no money for similar relief operations for houses...