Local Matters

Tui House, the new home for Hospice in the Warkworth Wellsford area, is delivering on its promise to provide more services to the local community....

Communities in the Mahurangi region have been invited to join a conversation on how best New Zealand can plan for an ageing population. Around 750,000...

A Mahurangi West resident is horrified at the amount of rubbish washing up on what was once a pristine beach on the peninsula. Diana Winter...

The fountain on Moana Reserve in Orewa, which has not worked for around three years, is finally set for renewal after persistent lobbying from Destination...

Robin Davis-Symington, of Wellsford, has a big cardboard box at home labelled “precious memories – do not destroy”. Inside is every letter she received from...

If anybody wants to know the secret to long life, enduring marriages and getting along with the in-laws, then members of the Kelsey family are...

A new pontoon will be put out at one of the Hibiscus Coast beaches this summer, at a cost of $20,000. This cost includes the...

An ageing population, a declining birth rate and a deepening skills shortage means a perfect storm is brewing on how New Zealand manages its ageing...

Before buying an apartment in a retirement village, it’s a requirement under the Retirement Villages Act 2003 to secure independent legal advice – a reflection...

Once restoration work on the Warkworth Hotel is finished, The Oaks plans to display old photographs of the building showing its history. But finding the...