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Town Hall funds fall short

The Rodney Local Board is being forced to consider its options, following a $250,000 shortfall on funds it is owed on the Warkworth Town Hall...

Introducing: Nought 2 Twelve

A spur of the moment decision to open a children’s boutique in Warkworth has launched recent arrival Niomi Kelly into the world of retailing. The...

Holidaymakers get snapping!

Keep those entries coming in for the Mahurangi Matters/The Camera Shop Warkworth summer photo competition. The winner – as chosen by judges Tony Enderby and...

The Small Town Rake

A short story …. Try to imagine my astonishment when sales for this, my originally-entitled The Life and Times of a Garden Rake, soared to...

New Year list honours locals

From left, the late Russell Kemp, for services to Maori. Vern Dark, for services to business and education. Isobel Greenwood, for services to the community....

Motorway route progresses

The indicative route for the 25km Warkworth to Te Hana motorway is expected to be released by the New Zealand Transport Agency next month. Information...

Country Park sale continues

The Matakana Country Park leisure and retail complex remains unsold a month after tenders closed. Among the tenders was a surprise $6.25 million bid from...

Fickle weather dries up records

The driest December in Warkworth since the year 2000 kept the annual rainfall count from setting records last year. Instead, Warkworth experienced its fifth wettest...

Local Board machinations

Independent Rodney Local Board members have hit out at the Rodney First ticket saying its effective control of the board is undemocratic and lacks transparency....

Work starts on Hill Street

Auckland Transport (AT) will press ahead with temporary improvements to the Hill Street intersection in the coming weeks but remains undecided about a controversial barrier...