Local Matters

Takatu trappers, from left, Stewart Halliwell, community pest control coordinator Ngaire Wallen, Richard Robson, Bill Switzer and Jeannette Switzer install a possum trap on Whitmore...

Two years after its introduction, New Zealand’s plan to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is on track, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor. A key measure of success...

Figures released by Statistics NZ show the worldwide effects of Covid-19 have cut export meat prices. Export lamb and beef prices fell in the March...

Hiring is underway for the 2020 General Election with people needed to fill over 25,000 roles. A variety of positions are available, including working in...

Te Arai’s Ryan Lazenby took the top prize of $1000 after pulling an 85cm snapper out of the Kaipara Harbour with a 10kg line for...

The Coresteel team has won the Warkworth Tennis and Squash Club’s business house tennis competition for the fifth year in a row. It was extremely...

Warkworth Hockey Club is calling for teams for the season staring July 20. The 10-week competition will run until September 21. Registration closes June 30....

Northland Rugby paid tribute to former North Auckland player and coach Lindsay Townsend, who died this month. In 1957, Townsend was part of the Otago...

Soccer clubs across the north are seeking member feedback about whether players want to participate in the Rodney Otamatea Soccer Association’s (ROSA) revised season. Secretary...

Food writer Lauraine Jacobs told a gathering in Matakana this week that the general discovery of the fun of cooking was one of the positive...