Local Matters

From left, Minister Nick McLennan, church member Gary Caldwell, designer Floyd Thomas, church manager Roger Mackay and campaign chairman Brian Dangerfield. After 160 years in...

As residents predicted, the costly entryway into Matakana (pictured above) has had to be removed. Residents along Matakana Valley Road have been angered by a...

Warkworth Music member Elizabeth Clark oversees delivery of the grand piano at the town hall last month. A ‘mistake’ in the design of a storage...

Peter Dunne praised the New Zealand fire service and, in particular, the number of volunteers. The impending Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) amalgamation was...

Congestion on Sandspit Road decreased in the morning, but increased during the evening peak. New plans to reduce congestion at Warkworth’s Hill Street intersection are...

Lorraine Hatfull wasn’t the only person re-living memories at the Town Hall. When 86-year-old Lorraine Hatfull visited the renovated Warkworth Town Hall she was surprised...

The guest speaker at the Warkworth Fellowship (ex-Probus) Club was Ralph Neville (pictured), who reflected on growing up in Matakana and Omaha. Ralph was born...

The Government will spend at least $13 million to redevelop the senior campus at Warkworth Primary School. During a visit to the school on March...

Teacher and travel wise coordinator Joy Macleod led around 80 pupils and parents on the walking school bus on March 1. The children dressed up...

The Warkworth Primary School senior campus redevelopment has been given the go ahead. During a visit to the school today Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye...