Local Matters

  A local business owner is pushing for more widespread use of environmentally-friendly disposable coffee cups after discovering that they cost the same, if not...

The 9000sqm Mighty Ape distribution centre in Silverdale is on a scale not seen before on the Hibiscus Coast. The building dominates the landscape in...

Orewa’s St John’s Catholic church will serve up a free community lunch every month, starting on February 26. Church volunteers are working with Love Soup...

The new shopping mall in Silverdale is nearing completion. Recently Farmers advertised jobs within the complex, saying it expects to open in March. The new...

The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board has got tough with freedom campers who were taking up a large number of car parks by Orewa Surf...

A Waiwera developer who damaged seven protected native trees – six pohutukawa and one totara – has been sentenced to two-and-a-half months imprisonment. Augustine Lau,...

Whangaparaoa dancer Bianca Lungu has been selected from more than 100 applicants for the key role of Flora McGrath in the Royal NZ Ballet company’s...

Red Beach Surf Life Saving Club came out on top at a stormy Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) Junior Championships at Omaha on February...

New Zealand top 20 tennis player Matthew Alexander brought his full skill set to the court when he won two events at the 68th Otamatea...

The Kaukapakapa Library will hold a special ‘then and now’ photo exhibition on Sunday, February 18. An organiser, Megan Paterson, says it will be a...