Local Matters

Titiro Whakatau Ano, by Thomas Lauterbach. More than 40 artists are taking part in the Whangarei Heads Arts Trail on Easter weekend, April 15 and...

New World Warkworth has encouraged shoppers to use reusable bags by introducing a rebate in December last year. Warkworth resident Rachel Callender is calling for...

An inspiring approach to waste recovery, which was set up at Helensville in 1996, could be used as a model for a similar operation in...

Mahurangi residents with a point of view on the use of indoor domestic fires have until March 27 to comment on a draft Auckland Council...

The Government has committed $100 million over 10 years to the Freshwater Improvement Fund. Approximately $24.5 million is available in the first funding round, which...

The Clean Water initiative will require an estimated 56,000kms of fencing. The Government is ramping up the pressure on farmers to exclude all stock from...

Young people have an important role to play in restoring and caring for the environment, and local school curriculums reflect that responsibility. NZ has a...

Warkworth cemetery is filling up but the escalating cost of real estate in Warkworth could make finding a new site a challenge. Warkworth could soon...

It’s the sort of find that secondhand shop devotees dream of. Warkworth jeweller Greg Winegar (pictured) is currently selling a stunning Art Deco Ceylon sapphire...

Springboard founders Michelle and Gary Diprose. Snells Beach-based charity Springboard Community Works made it to the semi-finals of the Community of the Year Award on...