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Huge Day Out volunteers needed

Organisers of this year’s Golden Kowhai Festival are appealing for locals to step forward and help during the Huge Day Out on Sunday, October 13....

Local women to participate in gold paint exhibition

Mahurangi women are invited to become part of feminist art history by covering their torso with golden clay and posing anonymously for the Every Body...

Drug addiction help at hand

A new Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting has started in Warkworth for those suffering drug addictions or wanting to get clean. The meetings are held at...

Cooks rise to feelgood baking challenge

Most people wouldn’t take being called a “head bitch” as a compliment, but Warkworth teenager Pippa Plummer is wearing the title with pride. Pippa, 15,...

Harbour Hospice honours dedicated volunteers 

Volunteers who have collectively given more than 1,000 years of service to Harbour Hospice were recently honoured in three community celebrations.   The hospice recognised...

New Lions president wants the power

Snells Beach resident Arthur Hopkins has been named the new president of the Warkworth Lions and he’s already taken charge of a new fundraising initiative....

Waste reduction efforts win Trish a Trail Blazer award

Matakana permaculture and waste minimisation guru Trish Allen has won the Trail Blazer Award at the 2019 Auckland Community Zero Waste Awards. She was one...

Daffodil Rally Jag stirs fond memories for cancer widow

A Jaguar featuring in the Wellsford Warkworth Vintage Car Club Daffodil Rally later this month will always hold a special place in the heart of...

New Mangawhai classic car club keen to show its muscle

Passionate muscle car man Bryan May in his Mangawhai workshop, which comes complete with professional four-post car lift and walls full of auto souvenirs. Fans...

This 1924 Essex has quite a history …

It was built in Warkworth by hot rod enthusiast and current vice president of the Te Awamutu Rod and Custom Club, Chris Hawkings. The only...