Local Matters

Less than three months after Millwater shop The Goldsmith was ram-raided, the jewellery store was again targeted by thieves last week. Jeweller Geoff Morris had...

Getting more females into football is a key focus for Hibiscus Coast AFC, which held some sessions for girls aged 7-10 at Metro Park on...

The path will run from Broadlands Drive to the golf club and community centre. Omaha is set to get a long-awaited 850-metre footpath along Omaha...

If you live in Mahurangi and turn the radio on first thing in the morning, there’s a good chance you will be listening to Brent...

Residents are being asked to rummage through their cupboards and drawers for spare balls of wool. Warkworth pensioner Sandra Haycock (pictured) is using the wool...

Northern creatives are encouraged to “get weird” as registrations open for the Whangarei Fringe Festival, which will run from October 1 to 17. The festival...

“A year ago, a fine young constable went to work and never came home”. With these words, Inspector Mark Fergus began a memorial service in...

The first Pasifika school festival, or Fiafia, to be hosted on the Hibiscus Coast turned Whangaparāoa College’s auditorium into a little piece of the Pacific...

Following the announcement last month that the projected cost to build the Penlink Road and bridge from  Whangaparāoa to Redvale has blown out to more...

Stanmore Bay School may lose its pool, which has been out of action since 2018. It is one of only a small handful of local...