Local builders nail national honours
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 /News
Three Mangawhai-based building companies have earned national recognition for their expert craftsmanship, with projects in Paparoa, Te Ārai and Mangawhai Heads securing a Top 100...
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State Highway 1 is blocked in both directions near Wellsford following a serious crash that has reportedly left people critically injured. Motorists are being diverted...
/Mahurangi NewsFri, 4 Sep 2026 /Hibiscus News
Auckland and Northland are likely to experience above-average temperatures and below-normal rainfall this spring as a rapidly strengthening El Niño begins to influence New Zealand’s...
/Hibiscus NewsFri, 4 Sep 2026 /Health & Lifestyle
Everyone aboard a recreational craft six metres or shorter will be required to wear a properly fitted lifejacket under legislation passed by Parliament this week....
/Health & LifestyleWed, 2 Sep 2026 /Health & Lifestyle
The $58 million redevelopment of Waiwera Thermal Springs has received resource consent from Auckland Council, with construction expected to begin in early 2027 ahead of...
/Health & LifestyleMon, 31 Aug 2026 /Environment
Auckland Council has ordered a halt to earthworks on a hillside forming much of a 6ha site at 888a Sharp Road, Matakana. Paul Northover, team...
/EnvironmentMon, 31 Aug 2026 /Environment
A council-provided facility lets islanders leave their rubbish bags inside the derelict former carpark cottage on the spit. A news story alleging that ‘residents living...
/EnvironmentFri, 28 Aug 2026 /Auckland Council
Biased towards better planning: Hugh Briggs, Bowls Warkworth Hugh Bateman, Maury Purdy, Peter Sinton, and club vice president Brian George. Briggs, Purdy and Sinton are...
/Auckland CouncilFri, 28 Aug 2026 /Environment
Lidgard House and Smelting House Bay on Kawau Island. Ngāti Manuhiri has bought the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s historic Lidgard House and associated titles...
/EnvironmentWed, 26 Aug 2026 /News
Three Mangawhai-based building companies have earned national recognition for their expert craftsmanship, with projects in Paparoa, Te Ārai and Mangawhai Heads securing a Top 100...
/NewsTue, 25 Aug 2026 /Health & Lifestyle
From left, Northland Regional Transport Committee chair Joe Carr, Northland MP Grant McCallum, Transport Minister Chris Bishop, Whangārei MP Shane Reti and NZTA director of...
/Health & LifestyleTue, 25 Aug 2026 /Environment
A group of passionate locals gathered at the Mangawhai estuary earlier this month to protest the controversial Conservation Amendment Bill, which aims to change how...
/EnvironmentMon, 31 Aug 2026
The arrival of Fur Babies Pet Food Store has given Snells Beach residents the opportunity to have the area’s only dedicated pet shop on their...
/BusinessMon, 31 Aug 2026
After 21 years, Gold Coin gift shop will close its doors in Warkworth in September. Owner Winnie Baek, who has run the business for the...
/BusinessMon, 31 Aug 2026
Benjamin Plummer of Broswick Builders, based in Wellsford, has been named the Northern 2026 Master Builders Carters Apprentice of the Year. Benjamin stood out for...
/BusinessMon, 31 Aug 2026
Nina Hassan, 12, was named the first overall winner of the Highfield Photography Story Competition at a special prizegiving held at Mahurangi East Library. The...
/EntertainmentMon, 31 Aug 2026
Mahurangi East Tennis Club will host the Love Tennis national event, promoted and sponsored by Tennis NZ, on Sunday, September 13, from 10am to 2pm....
/EntertainmentMon, 31 Aug 2026
Warkworth audiences will have the chance to hear an international chamber music ensemble on their own doorstep when Cane & Horsehair: A Global Odyssey comes to Warkworth...
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