Local Matters

Existing areas serviced by Army Bay Wastewater Treatment Plan (in orange) and planned future development areas (in green). Residents attended two open days to have...

Hibiscus Coast Forest and Bird volunteers are getting started on pest control around Orewa Estuary. The project follows the release last September of the Orewa...

Visitors from the international science community attended the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Forum, held at the radio telescope station in Warkworth on February 14. Among...

Work is underway constructing the long-awaited pedestrian and cycle bridge between Matakana Road and Tamahunga Drive in Matakana. The design features two methods of getting...

Volunteers make up more than 85 per cent of New Zealand’s fire service and responded to some of the 77,465 call-outs nationally between July 2016...

Local principals are crying out for government funding with predicted growth pushing classroom and teaching resources to the limit. Wellsford School has 383 students, 27...

Budding junior gardeners could get a funding boost in future, thanks to a new small grants scheme for schools and preschools from Matakana Community Garden....

A Rodney Local Board proposal to introduce an annual targeted rate of $150 per dwelling for transport improvements will be up for discussion at a...

A dog that allegedly attacked a woman in Warkworth in late January remains in an Auckland Council shelter. Council animal management manager Nikki Marchant-Ludlow says...

A fifth-generation Kaipara local, Dr Jason Smith, has become the new Mayor of Kaipara District Council in a by-election that concluded on February 17. Dr...