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Young golf champs

More than 100 young golfers took part in the second annual North Harbour Lydia Ko Age Group Championship, held at Gulf Harbour Country Club on...

School building on bike skills

Gulf Harbour School’s cycle and pump track has been a resounding success with students, if the amount of hands up at its recent ‘naming ceremony’...

Celebrating RDA’s volunteers

Recently Riding for the Disabled national ambassador Melanie Kerr of Little Manly had to “pop out of her gumboots and into a posh frock” when...

Adventure club hosts Light Up Your Bike

A club that members describe as “the best kept secret in Auckland” is bringing a cycling event to Orewa that is open to everyone. The...

Building up to Cross and Switchblade production

Local builder Ken Brown will exchange his tool belt for a cassock when he takes on the role of country preacher David Wilkerson in the...

Lodge continues Lexia support

Positive feedback from local schools has encouraged Orewa Freemasons Lodge to continue its support for dyslexic students into a third year. Lodge Orewa has been...

Giant app gives cheque bounce

The Rotary Satellite Club of Orewa-Millwater is moving with the times, as well as making some generous community donations – last week, the club presented...

Toilet sign causes discomfort

One thing that hasn’t been taken into consideration as it becomes more common for men to play an equal role in caring for young children,...

Novel approach to history

Chris Curtis has been writing since 2009 and has self-published several memoirs and “pocket romances” but Exits and Entrances is her first historical novel and,...

Subdivison keeps Kelly Park Film Studio

A piece of land in Wainui that came to the public’s attention in 2008 when it had a special zone created so that it could...