Hibiscus Matters

Lionel and Mayumi Hutton, of Auckland Jodo, brought the Japanese martial art called Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo to Stanmore Bay around six years ago. The...

Artist Amanda Moore of Manly recently painted a portrait of her father, four years after his death, as a memorial. She has the portrait on...

The meeting at the Gulf Harbour Yacht Club was standing-room-only. The closure of Gulf Harbour Country Club (GHCC) last month brought hundreds of locals together...

Agatha by Fiona Ehn Hibiscus Coast artists completed almost a clean sweep of this year’s Estuary Arts Centre Members Merit Awards, taking seven of the...

An event to be held in Ōrewa on August 26 will offer free health checks and advice, food, clothing, toys, hygiene products and household items...

The hoardings are up and campaigning has begun in earnest as general election candidates vie for the support of local voters. Act’s David Seymour got...

Millwater author Karen McMillan describes herself as “quite average in the kitchen”, but she has been baking a lot in the past year, while “researching”...

One of the latest recruits to Ōrewa Police station is 26-year-old Constable Sarah Booth, who graduated at the end of last month. Sarah is a...

Ōrewa has a new Community Constable, Mahina Martin (“everyone calls me ‘Ma’”), who took up the role on August 7. There has not been an...

Members of the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board share their thoughts on fathers, grandfathers, and being a father. “This Father’s Day I’d like to reflect...