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Mahurangi sports turn on

The Mahurangi Community Sport and Recreation Collective’s long-awaited Great Turn On event will be held at the Warkworth Showgrounds on May 19, starting at 4.30pm....

Long wait for toilets over

Much-need upgrades to public toilets at the Warkworth i-SITE, Kowhai Park and Leigh Hall started this month. Auckland Council originally planned to start the work...

Meeting rejects Matakana link road options

Auckland Transport’s (AT) Matakana Link Road team may be forced to return to the drawing board after people at the first public consultation meeting were...

Council withdraws support for local civil defence

Health and safety compliance has been blamed for Auckland Council Civil Defence leaving Community Response Groups to fend for themselves. The groups are reassuring the...

Vale – Betty Paxton 1926 – 2017

About 200 people attended the Mahurangi East Community Centre in Snells Beach to pay their respects and celebrate the life of Elizabeth (Betty) Paxton who...

Desperate plea for food answered by community

The value of the free pantry outside Whangaparaoa Hall was highlighted earlier this month when a woman in desperate need left a note inside. The...

Pink fundraisers taking off

Locals are getting behind Pink Ribbon Breakfast month in a big way this year, with breakfasts (and lunches) being held all over the Coast to...

Do we want the soap box derby?

Unless an organisation steps forward to take over the running of the local Soap Box Derby, it may have run its last race. This year’s...

Lack of volunteers sees Red Cross close

The local branch of the Red Cross will close at the end of this month, and long serving members say it is sad and disappointing...

Vinyl comeback on Coast

It started as two mates listening to records over a beer at a local bar, but a few more fans of the way music sounds...