Sally Marden

Chances are, if most people hear the word ‘Freemason’, thoughts involving strange handshakes, secret rituals and the Da Vinci Code might spring to mind. Those...

By Sally Mardenreporter@localmatters.co.nz No more sand mining – Pakiri Beach is in a state of collapse and time is running out. That was the clear...

A private plan change application for a landfill in the Dome Valley has been refused. It was announced today that a panel of five independent...

Just days before a district licensing committee hearing into controversial plans for a new Super Liquor store in Matakana, the application has been withdrawn. G1...

Around 100 people gathered in Wellsford last month to pay tribute to Shane Gould, who has run the North Rodney Blue Light youth activities programme...

Unity, hope and determination were on display in Wellsford today, when around 200 people packed into the Community Centre for an anti-landfill hui organised by...

A consultant planner for Auckland Council made a complete U-turn at the hearings into the proposed Dome Valley landfill yesterday (Thursday, December 17), when he...

A local conservation group is hoping to establish a new ‘blue belt’ marine protection zone between Leigh and Tawharanui in a bid to restore severely...

The few drivers, cyclists and walkers passing through a quarantined Matakana today will probably notice an impressive display of poppies, flags and and crosses placed...

A local dog training group has moved its activities online to help pent-up pooches and their owners to cope during quarantine and beyond. Warkworth and...