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Ditch targeted rate, says Sayers

Rodney councillor Greg Sayers is appealing to the Rodney Local Board to withdraw its planned targeted rate to fix Rodney’s Transport woes after what he...

Mahurangi wins big under Land Transport Plan

The newly released draft Auckland Regional Land Transport Plan has allocated about $1.3 billion to transport-related projects in the Mahurangi area of Rodney alone. Rodney...

New bus service for Warkworth

Auckland Transport will introduce a new bus service for Warkworth in September. The connector bus will take Warkworth commuters as far as Silverdale and from...

Tide turns on North Rodney house prices

The tide has turned on North Rodney house prices, which were heading for a million dollar average, but the market is still looking no brighter...

An eye on the pie prize

Bunnarith Sao and Navy Keo, owners of Dairy Flat Bakery, plan to give their prize money ($1000 for a Gold award and $7500 for a...

Fire walk raising funds

The firefighters from Manly Volunteer Fire Brigade who are taking part in the Sky Tower Challenge this week took to the streets to raise funds...

Hospices combine for show

Hospice’s popular wearable arts competition is spreading its wings this year with a new partnership and a new venue. Catwalk Arts will be staged at...

Successful rat catch at Stillwater

The Stillwater community held its first Great Knockdown rat catching competition recently, bringing in a grand total of 13 rats. The competition was held on...

Sweet Appreciation – Pat Marks

Congratulations to Pat Marks, of Warkworth, who is a recipient of a gift basket from Chocolate Brown. She was nominated by Jules Palmer, who wrote:...

Kiwi death rate causing concern

The introduction of 40 little spotted kiwi to Shakespear Open Sanctuary has not been an unqualified success, with five of the adult birds now dead,...