Local Matters

Auckland Council today voted to support Mayor Phil Goff’s 3.5% general rates increase. Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers was one of three Councillors who voted against...

Five weeks in November and December have been set aside for the hearings into private plan change and resource consent applications by Waste Management NZ...

Pharmacist Anthony Wentworth, owner of Life Pharmacy Orewa, and most of his 32 staff worked through the lockdown. Trade was down, but not enough to...

Rough sleepers at Hatfields Beach have been given their marching orders. Auckland Council has moved a small ‘tent city’ of homeless people from the beach...

There is a new sports club in town offering football to local players, which members say has brought it into conflict with the Northern Football...

Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird fears that the last remaining stand of undeveloped wilderness on Whangaparaoa Peninsula could fall out of public ownership. Branch co-chair...

A book that provokes people to think about end of life issues and find out the facts before voting in the upcoming binding referendum has...

Voting aged New Zealanders are encouraged to check their enrolment details ahead of the September 19 election. Personalised enrolment update packs were sent to 3.27...

It is 10 years since Gary Brown put down the first star plaque on Orewa Boulevard commemorating Kiwi entertainers and, for the past six years,...

Craftsmanship and quality are two jewellery trends that never go out of fashion, according to the owners of Diamond Design, Tina Lawson and Chris Barstow....