Local Matters

Environmentalist Russell Cullen wants to bring more native birds back into Warkworth and has a master plan to eliminate all the rats that feed on...

This year’s Dairy Flat School Agriculture Day, on October 19, will be held in memory of Charlie and Dalice Earwaker. Principal Debbie Marshall says the...

Silverdale School’s hall was packed with spectators for this year’s Tu Maia festival on Friday September 13, where 14 groups performed kapa haka. The line-up...

Last month, Watercare reported that its largest Auckland water supply dams had reached 83 per cent capacity, up from 65.6 per cent in July. The...

Playing to hundreds of people at Auckland’s Bruce Mason Centre is certainly a highlight of Ben and Brody Glanfield’s already promising music career. The Stanmore...

Depending on your perspective, Mady Jessup is known for entertaining or terrorising residents of Mangawhai with his daily jokes on the town’s Facebook pages. Jonathan...

There were two candidates meetings for the Warkworth subdivision of the Rodney Local Board this month. They were attended by Beth Houlbrooke, Paul Manton and...

Congratulations to Pat Moss, of Summerset Falls Retirement Village, who is the recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. Pat was nominated by Robin...

Police are warning residents to be on the alert after two elderly Mahurangi women had tens of thousands of dollars siphoned out of their bank...

The Mahurangi River Restoration Trust, desperate to find funding to continue dredging the Mahurangi River, got no joy from a Mayoral Candidates meeting at the...