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Pedersen power
Red Beach lifeguard Oscar Pedersen stamped his authority in several events at the AON NZ Pool Rescue Championships held October 2-4 in Auckland. Pedersen, 17,...
Bronze-winning spikes to end volleyball season
Local volleyball team Coast Storm’s Men’s A team finished third in Division 2 Men’s at the Volleyball NZ Club Championships, taking home the bronze medal....
Youth squash players sweep the board
Ōrewa College student Yusra Rashid is setting her sights on international success after completing a clean sweep of New Zealand’s major Under-15 squash titles this...
Law books and left hooks
Former Whangaparāoa College Head Boy and local Bunker Boxing Gym member Noah Collier is participating in the World Boxing U19 Championships in Montenegro, October 11-29....
Ōrewa gets ready for close-up
It’s early on a chilly Monday morning and Ōrewa’s Hillary Square is more a film set than a town centre, standing in as the fictional...
Meet the Candidates
The order of candidates in this feature was selected randomly. Estefania Muller Pallarès – Labour Waiheke-born to a Kiwi dad and Spanish mum and raised...
Final decisions still unclear for many Coast voters
With only a few weeks to go until the election, discussions around the community, as well as Hibiscus Matters’ informal poll indicate a fair chunk...
Grandparents take to the road for future generations
Retired doctor and climate activist Robin Treadwell was passing through Ōrewa last week as part of a nationwide hīkoi raising awareness of environmental issues and...
Lions Club boosts access to lifesaving defibrillators
Two of five new 24-hour defibrillators planned for the Ōrewa and Silverdale area are now in place, as the Ōrewa Lions Club works to improve...
25 years of Mainly Music in Ōrewa
Generations of Hibiscus Coast families have sung, danced and made friends at St Chad’s Ōrewa, where Mainly Music is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The preschool...
