Local Matters

An Auckland Council decision to replace rates remission on privately-owned conservation land with a grants system is being challenged by the QEII National Trust (QEII),...

A Pakiri School student who heads up a school enterprise to make and sell beeswax food wraps has received national recognition for her leadership skills....

The simple act of taking a stroll while talking to others has become a valuable source of support for dementia patients and their carers. Two...

Opposition transport spokesperson Jamie-Lee Ross had a first-hand experience of Rodney’s traffic issues on July 15. He turned up more than an hour late for...

Several support services in Rodney are calling for changes to the way lawyers are assigned to represent children in the Family Court, claiming the current...

The cockle beds of Whangateau are unlikely to reopen in the foreseeable future. Surveys in January 2016 and again in March this year indicate that...

New Zealand’s largest and rarest whitebait species was given a helping hand to re-establish in the wild on July 14 when 140 adult fish were...

Nominations are open for the inaugural Mayoral Conservation Awards with a finals ceremony to be held on September 20. The awards will recognise projects that...

The future of Westmount School students in Maungaturoto is unclear, following a discovery that the school is breaching its resource consent. The privately-run Brethren school ...

The owner of the first petrol station north of Auckland’s regional fuel tax border has voiced his frustration, after booming sales stalled when a wholesale...