Local Matters

Restaurants have an unenviable reputation for failing within their first two years, but the Wharf Street Bistro, which celebrates its third birthday this month, has...

Wellsford sharemilkers Guy and Jaye Bakewell were running along nicely selling the milk from their 150 cows to Fonterra. But at the same time, they...

Fish and drink are two summer favourites for many people in the Mahurangi and it’s no different for Matakana resident, builder and Master Chef contestant...

Callum Cradock, of Ahuroa, never thought he would make the finals of Registered Master Builders Apprentice of the Year, but is now competing to be...

Five years after deciding the tired old kitchen in their 40-year-old building needed replacing, Leigh Volunteer Fire Brigade has ended up with a completely revamped...

The race is on for the Mangawhai Activity Zone (MAZ) to get a completed skatepark ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. The...

Three members of the Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade were honoured for their 25 years of service at a ceremony on September 15. Harendra Sundar, Peter...

It was Jonny Chapman with a speech on soap who snatched first place at the Primary Inter-school Speech Finals last month. The Snells Beach student...

A Spirit of Spring Fair is being held at the Kaiwaka War Memorial Hall on Saturday, October 13 from 10am to 4pm. Various readers and...

Firm favourites on the Whangateau Folk Club calendar Albi & The Wolves will return to the Whangateau Hall on October 29. Pascal Roggen on fiddle,...