Warkworth council service centre on chopping block

08:00 Fri, 21 Apr

The Auckland Council service centre in Warkworth handles a myriad of tasks, from dog registrations and property rate payments to regional park bookings and pest...

Council signals new approach to managing foreshore

15:13 Thu, 20 Apr

Parts of the Snells Beach foreshore will be returned a more natural alignment as part of council’s changed approach to coastal management. A new approach...

Development lodged under fast-track rules

14:16 Wed, 19 Apr

A large proposed housing development at 250 and 256 West Hoe Heights has now been lodged under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track consenting) process. Developer Shildon...

College opens door on community day

14:02 Tue, 18 Apr

Ōrewa College has not held a community day before, and Principal Greg Pierce says it’s something he’s wanted to introduce ever since he came to...

40 years of nursing penned

15:46 Mon, 17 Apr

That nursing has been a recurring theme in Christine (Chris) Curtis’ 15 books should surprise no one, bearing in mind she was a nurse for...

Writer takes on Kiwi history

15:37 Mon, 17 Apr

To Distant Shores, the latest book in Puhoi author William (Bill) Hammond’s Cutler Family Chronicles series of historical novels, is significantly different from its predecessors...