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Fundraising concert with ‘family values’

A concert featuring one of the country’s best selling country music artists, Dennis Marsh, as well as The Toner Sisters is being held in Orewa...

Matariki at Tawharanui

One of the most significant celebrations in the Māori calendar will begin with a dawn karakia at the Tāwharanui Regional Park on Saturday June 10...

Local Folk – Peter Shimwell

Peter Shimwell of Orewa is Youthline’s clinical services manager and has built a career on supporting volunteers. Despite the challenges that the voluntary sector has...

Kiwi settling in at Shakespear sanctuary

The 20 Little Spotted Kiwi released at Shakespear Open Sanctuary at the end of April are settling in well. Open sanctuaries senior ranger Matt Maitland...

Electric ATV takes on farming

Gerrard Merrick is not averse to a new challenge or change of career. He has worked as a mechanical engineer, in IT and business services,...

Local Folk – Clynt White

What would Porirua City look like today if Maori had designed it without the influence of colonial New Zealand? That was the hypothetical question asked...

Former Warkworth player selected for Black Ferns

Former Warkworth resident Becky Wood has been selected for the Black Ferns national women’s rugby team – the women’s equivalent of the All Blacks. Although...

Mangawhai ups play in new comp

The Mangawhai Football Club (MFC) Mens First team has hit the ground running in the Northland 1st Division, winning three of their opening seven fixtures....

World stage awaits hip hop dancer

Warkworth dance teacher Sheniya White will compete at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship with mega crew ID CO in August. Sheniya, 20, teaches at...

Young Warkworth Aikido star dazzles black belt judge

After a gruelling session lasting more than an hour, Warkworth’s Aiden Sinclair managed to convince judges at the Martial Arts Centre in Albany that he...