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Stage set for great year

Times have been grim for Centrestage Theatre – Covid-19 lockdowns nearly closed its doors for good. The fact that it is not only up and...

Grinners are winners

Have you ever walked down the street and seen someone who looks exactly like the dog they are walking? Or maybe your friends and family...

Big leap for Estuary jump

Jaden Leeming says an excited crowd spurred him on to bigger and better tricks off the wharf. Photo, Jean Pierre Guillotin. Lulu Bejot shows how...

Changing Faces – Bayside Bistro

From left, assistant manager Christina Morrison, Desmond and Susan Vize, and chef Janeen Swart. A breath of fresh sea air has blown through Bayside Bistro,...

14-year-old wins Mangawhai Bowl Jam

Taranaki’s Niwa Shewry stunned crowds. Leigh McKenzie does it single-handed. Some big air was achieved at the jam. Taranaki’s Niwa Shewry, 14, stunned crowds with...

Affluence tag challenges social services

Kiri Eriwata, left, and Mary-Anne Boyd of Te Whai Community Trust A group in Mangawhai has identified a need for expanded social services to meet...

Mangawhai artists inspired by in sequence of numbers

Works by Pauline Mann will feature in Fibonacci: Math and Magic Four artists will explore the Fibonacci sequence in a new exhibition opening at the...

Enter the Mahurangi Matters pet lookalike competition

Ever walked down the street and seen someone who looks exactly like the dog they are walking? Maybe your friends are constantly saying you look...

Falls fuel fresh anger over Warkworth footpath hazards

Saffron Schedewy-Johnson, right, feared her grandmother might die. Pat Schedewy shortly after the accident. Frustration over the state of Warkworth’s footpaths has again boiled to...

Free events bust farming myths

Nicky Berger wants better understanding between food producers and consumers. Mahurangi farms will open their gates this weekend in a bid to bolster public understanding...