Local Matters

Colour, laughter and music filled the Mahurangi College Hall at the annual Pasifika Festival, organised by the Mahu Community Vision Trust, on Saturday November 25....

The audience at the Warkworth Town Hall Talk last month on urban design and the Warkworth Structure Plan were the first to benefit from the...

Matakana School field was full of fun-loving families enjoying food, music, games and gift shopping on Friday, November 23, for the school’s inaugural Christmas Fair....

The Christmas spirit has reached the Mahurangi River Restoration Trust this year in waves –  $1.5 million has been donated towards the project already. Since...

The Wellsford Santa Parade reaped the benefits of taking a ‘do or die’ approach to their event on Saturday November 24. Despite looming storm clouds...

Optimism and determination won the day in Maungaturoto on Sunday, November 25, when a debatable decision to go ahead with the primary school’s annual Car...

Rodney women who have lost a loved one received an early Christmas gift when two charities – Harbour Hospice and Feeling Fab – hosted a...

The much-anticipated Big Dig on Orewa Beach will be held on Saturday, January 19. First held in 1979, the event is organised by Orewa Lions...

Carols on the Canal was first held in 1995, and the highlight remains the same – Santa cruising up the Gulf Harbour canal on a...

Last time celebrity chef Michael Van de Elzen was in Pakiri, he was frying up a fish after proposing to his wife. This time he...