Local Matters

Members of Warkworth Kowhai Art & Craft are hard at work with kilns and canvas as they prepare for the organisation’s upcoming Christmas Fair. The...

Anyone keen to have a go at printmaking should head to Snells Beach next month, when a delayed community art workshop will be held over...

Countdown has put out a call for customers to return any green shopping baskets that they have taken home, so that they can be made...

Warkworth painter, printmaker and sculptor Ursula Christel currently has an exhibition in the Mokopōpaki gallery in Auckland’s Karangahape Road, which celebrates diversity, inclusion and accessibility....

Horizon School – a state-integrated Christian School in Snells Beach – opens its doors to college-age students next year,  making it Rodney’s newest secondary school....

Two women with a strong pedigree in managing markets are behind Whangaparaoa’s latest market, which began last weekend in Karepiro Drive. Michelle Vaughan and Leanne...

Cigarette butts, single use plastic bags, cans and bottles formed the bulk of the rubbish collected last week by G J Gardener staff in Orewa....

Nearly three years ago, a small group of Matakana parents decided to put together a community cookbook as a school fundraiser. But they wanted it...

The Snells Beach Garden Circle Spring Flower Show was timed to perfection this month when the doors opened on the annual one-day event at the...

Auckland schools have signalled teacher shortages as a major challenge for delivering mainstream education, but it’s also a problem for teaching te reo. The government...