Local Matters

Former Mahurangi Rugby Football Club player Michael Tuiloma will be the head coach of the Mitre 10 Warkworth Mahurangi Premiers next season. Tuiloma has played...

Wellsford’s Rene Ranger is back on the rugby field after spending a season recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. Colorado Raptors announced last...

The Independent Police Conduct Authority have found that two police officers were justified in a shooting a man on State Highway One who advanced at...

The Representation Commission – responsible for reviewing New Zealand’s electoral boundaries – is proposing sweeping changes to the Rodney electorate. The proposed changes, released this...

Changes proposed to national electoral boundaries before the general election next year include replacing the name ‘Rodney’ with ‘Whangaparāoa’, as well as making changes within...

Santa will arrive in style at the Ōrewa New World Santa Parade on Saturday November 23, starting at 4.30pm. Organisers say that Santa’s mystery new...

Demand for food parcels, coupled with a drop in donations, has left the shelves and freezer at the Hibiscus Coast Community House’s foodbank in Orewa...

The new Hibiscus & Bays Local Board chair, Gary Brown, takes up the role with no political experience, but says logic and commonsense are what...

A pet turtle that escaped its enclosure in Manly nine months ago has been reunited with its owner. Samantha Draper has had her eight-year old...

Teacher aides care for some of the most vulnerable kids in schools, yet 90 percent of them are paid less than the Living Wage. It...