Local Matters

Drought conditions that have devastated farms in much of the country have proved a major boon for Matakana vineyards. Matakana Winegrowers president Hegman Foster says...

About one-third of Mahurangi College students are expected to walk out of classrooms on Friday, April 3, to demand more action on climate change. The...

Ten months after Waste Management lodged its application to build a landfill in the Dome Valley, the public looks set to be able to have...

Professor Simon Thrush briefs Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage while watching a live camera feed on marine activity surrounding the mussel bed. Divers Mallory Sea, left,...

Proposed location of the sun shelter. A gift of a sun shelter to the Snells Beach community has erupted into a bitter row, with a...

Mahurangi residents popped the Champagne corks when it was announced that Auckland Transport had settled on a design for fixing the infamous Hill Street intersection...

Auckland Council held a drop-in session at the Warkworth Town Hall recently to gather feedback for a review on Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs), and residents...

Volunteers helping volunteers – Mahu Community Trading Post president John Carr and secretary Desiree Hoey presented a cheque for $6000 to the Highfield Garden Reserve...

A new twilight market, a Maori wearable arts show and a winter food festival are among a number of new public events being planned for...

The NZ Transport Agency is warning drivers to beware of “summer ice”. The “ice” appears when rain hits roads after a long dry spell, creating...