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New parking in Warkworth

Warkworth is getting a brand-new town centre carpark this month aimed at businesses and people who work in the CBD. The 34-space facility will be...

AT gets new buses for Warkworth services

Auckland Transport (AT) has secured four new Enviro 200 buses from England to service its new Warkworth bus routes due to start this month. The...

Changing Places – Mahurangi Oysters

After farming oysters for 25 years and selling to restaurants, online and at various markets, Lisa and Andrew Hay, of Mahurangi Oysters, have acquired a...

Mahurangi skipper sails luxury superyacht home

Mahurangi Matters will let readers know when the Aquijo is off our coast so keep an eye on our Facebook page (Mahurangi Matters) around September...

Five-year plan to cut Kaipara sediment

A major new scheme aimed at stopping thousands of tonnes of sediment from flowing down the Hoteo River and into the Kaipara Harbour every year...

Cattle and horses disappear from A&P

The 2019 Warkworth A&P Show will be run without two of its biggest traditional sections, cattle and equestrian, when it moves to its new date...

NRC biosecurity scoops national awards

Northland Regional Council (NRC) staff have secured two of three national awards made by their biosecurity peers – one for achievement in pest plant education...

Funeral service sheets a valuable resource

The NZ Society of Genealogists has started compiling a database of funeral service sheets, which it hopes will eventually provide a valuable source for people...

Omaha Marae cold case resurfaces

Three men will appear in the North Shore District Court on November 1 charged with arson at the Te Kiri Omaha Marae, in Leigh, in...

High hopes as river dredging starts

Dredging of the Mahurangi River will start in earnest within the next two months with the aim of reaping a host of aesthetic, recreational and...