Local Matters

Rodney Local Board is “tearing its hair out” after new Auckland Council rules threaten its ability to award community grants. Each year, the board sets...

Esther Richardson, of Warkworth, joined a record number of volunteers to plant an additional 5000 native trees at the Tawharanui Regional Park on Sunday June...

Stanmore Bay School’s proud reputation on the league field got a boost last week from two Warriors and a Kiwi Fern. The Vodafone Warriors’ Manu...

The sight of dozens of orchids in bloom is guaranteed to brighten up a winter’s day, which is why the local orchid society decided to...

Increasing numbers of cars on Rodney’s 600km of unsealed roads will lead to further degradation of the roads, silt run-off into waterways, more complaints about...

A 1056sqm commercial property at the corner of Queen and Baxter Streets in Warkworth has been sold. The new owners are Darc Investments, owned by...

Hibiscus Coast Quilters (formerly Coast Quilters) was formed 25 years ago, and past and present members marked the occasion on May 28 with a celebratory...

Age Concern Rodney chief executive Catherine Smith began work with the organisation as a field officer, 20 years ago. Those were the early days of...

Free-range egg producer Stephanie Ellett of Stillwater is determined to regenerate the native bush alongside the stream that runs through her property. This winter will...

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has begun making good on his election promise to plant a million mainly native trees and shrubs around Auckland. He launched...