Local Matters

By Matt Lomas, botanist and Wayby Valley resident I own an 81-hectare farm forestry block two-kilometres further up Wayby Valley from the proposed landfill site....

Watercare is reminding people to keep an eye on what they’re flushing down the toilet or sink to save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars...

Four local farming families have made it to the regional finals of the 2019 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, which celebrate good farm practices and promote...

Paparoa A&P Show is bucking the trend of cancelling cattle sections due to Mycoplasma bovis disease and will proceed with all the usual cattle and...

Kowhai Swimming Club made a resurgence at the Auckland Swimming Junior Championships last month, grabbing five medals across the strokes. The event was held for...

Two Mahurangi College students showed grit in their national U12 tag title victory with Hibiscus Coast last month. Ava Jane-Rashleigh and Louise Makin played the...

Almost 100 players came together to play at Bowls Warkworth to celebrate the club’s new carpet green, laid earlier this year. Bowlers came from Warkworth,...

Two consecutive one-point losses saw the Mahurangi College Mixed Touch team fall just short of a national podium place. The side finished fourth at the...

Warkworth RSA Darts Club president Craig Brown beat fellow club player Grant Dixon in all three of the club’s major finals this year to take...

After nearly 20 years in the beauty industry, mainly on the wholesale and distribution side, Grace Beauty, run by husband and wife team Jason and...