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Mahurangi Matters – 30 June 2021 – You Say Online

We asked our Facebook followers if they are satisfied with the way the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is being handled in New Zealand. Here are some...

Mahurangi Matters, 16 June 2021 – Off the Record

Oops! Transport Minister Michael Wood, right,  congratulates Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith on the board having funded bus services using a targeted rate. Mr...

Police – Happy New Year

What a ride 2020 gave us! In my 15 years in policing, I have never seen the job change so fast as we quickly adapted...

Mahurangi Matters, 14 October 2020 – You Say Online

As of October 16, a one-way travel bubble will open between New Zealand and Australia, allowing New Zealanders to travel to either New South Wales...

Pitfalls of an annual WoF

Are you an owner of a car manufactured since 2000 and therefore enjoying the ‘luxury’ of only needing an annual Warrant of Fitness (WoF)? Are...

Grace & Katie

This book is described as … “An imaginative story of individuality, sisterhood, creativity and appreciating each other’s strengths” … and that about sums it up....

Pug – How to be the Best You

At first glance, this book looks like a story for children. In fact, it is a pug dog’s guide to leading a “happier, more optimistic...

Growing Yourself Up

Relationships – with family, friends, colleagues and the world in general – are the subject of this revised edition of Growing Yourself Up, by Dr...

Mahurangi Matters Letters – 15 November 2017

Confusion reigns One sure way of dividing the Warkworth community is to put in a barrier to close off Elizabeth Street from the north and...

Force of Nature

by Jane Harper This is the second book by Australian author and journalist Jane Harper. Her first book The Dry won the Ned Kelly Award...