Hibiscus Matters

The beginning of the 2023/24 financial year has signalled a shift in the commercial property market, with a surge in activity and sales following one...

Sheena O’Sullivan’s store, George & Charlotte Children’s Fashion, brings a slice of the British high street to Ōrewa. Named after the late Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren,...

Warm and light-filled on a winter’s day, CoastLab – a shared office space in Ōrewa – is an inviting place to set up your laptop...

Carol Jones cleans up the mess left by others. Carol Jones of Matakatia takes to local streets almost every day to prevent the rubbish that...

The independent review which Auckland Council commissioned into its flood response (HM May 1) came at significant cost to ratepayers. Information obtained by Hibiscus Matters...

The Manly Skywalkers – a team of 10 volunteer firefighters from Manly Brigade (pictured) – all successfully completed the lung-busting Sky Tower Challenge on Saturday,...

The need for more community facilities (such as pools and courts) in the wider Hibiscus Coast region, as its population grows, remains contentious. At its...

When Ōrewa College presented a dramatic courtroom scene from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in the Auckland North SGCNZ Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival recently, one of...

The longstanding plan to form a community hub in Whangaparāoa, with access to social services and information, was raised again with the Hibiscus & Bays...

Subsidence on its Silverdale site has affected two of the Pioneer Village’s historic buildings, and there have been significant cost overruns in fixing the problem....