Local Matters

The Rodney Local Board has voted unanimously to allocate $250,000 towards a $5.1 million project to dredge the Mahurangi River. Once dredged, its anticipated the...

Rodney-based Labour MP Marja Lubeck received a petition on the steps of parliament last week seeking the banning of conversion therapies that aim to make...

With little fanfare, Whangaparaoa Tennis Club quietly became the first club in the northern region to have LED lights installed. The lights were first switched...

One of the Coast’s most established businesses Flowers By Joanne has changed hands, but the new owner Li Gong is promising the same level of...

The saying goes that builders never finish work on their own home – but this was certainly not the case when husband and wife team...

Queues are forming at two local bakeries, which were winners in the Bakels Supreme Pie Awards, announced on July 31. Buntha Meng of Wild Grain...

The Rodney Local Board is looking for ideas from the community as it works on plans for a 154-hectare park proposed for Green Road in...

Women’s Centre Rodney is urging women to thoroughly check potential boarders and flatmates before renting out rooms. Centre manager Colleen Julian says high accommodation costs...

Watercare has successfully floated a new wastewater outfall pipe from Kaiaua to the Tiri Channel, off Army Bay, where it was sunk onto the seabed....

Changes to the boundaries of Auckland Council’s wards are being considered and public consultation is open now. The six-yearly boundary review – Auckland’s first following...