5:12pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
Making a bathroom safer and more comfortable to use for your parents or other relatives (or even yourself) as they age requires thinking about upgrading the fixtures and fittings. There are many options specifically designed with older people in mind....... Read More
5:10pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
Progress towards the building of the Hibiscus Men’s Shed in Silverdale is going ahead in leaps and bounds according to chair Maurice Browning, with a large chunk of funding recently received. Around $151,000 was needed to construct the shed’s...... Read More
5:07pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
When a truck rolls into Truck Tech Solutions’ workshop in Silverdale, the last thing that staff expect is to be rescuing a kitten. Truck Tech Solutions director Helen Shaw says the truck driver is based in Dairy Flat, where there are a few stray...... Read More
4:56pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
A class of Year 5-6 students at Whangaparaoa School decided to run their own mini-gala recently, after the Covid-19 lockdown caused the cancellation of the school’s big fundraising gala. A learner-as-a-maker class of 28 students held the mini-gala...... Read More
4:36pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
The Labour Party has selected its candidate for the Whangaparaoa electorate – 71-year-old former aged care and social worker Lorayne Ferguson of Redvale. Lorayne returned to NZ seven years ago after a 34-year career in the UK. She has lived...... Read More
2:12pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
Audrey Wescott of Wainui was especially keen to put her artworks into the Hibiscus Hospice fundraising exhibition after hospice cared for her granddaughter who died of cancer. Her granddaughter was just 15 years old and had a type of lung cancer which...... Read More
12:05pm Tuesday 30 Jun, 2020
Maygrove Village resident Lleon Downes says a story in Hibiscus Matters’ May 20 issue about the increasing demands on food rescue charity Love Soup spurred him into action. Lleon has been encouraging other village residents to contribute non-perishable...... Read More
12:17pm Monday 29 Jun, 2020
Flowers were left outside Orewa Police station last week in tribute to Constable Matthew Hunt who spent part of his career on frontline duties there. Mahurangi Matters and Hibiscus Matters extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Constable Matthew...... Read More
11:32am Monday 29 Jun, 2020
Station manager Tracy Nicholas receives the keys for the new ambulance donated by Colin Buckton. Wellsford has a brand-new state-of-the art ambulance, despite black budgets at St John, thanks to a donation by life-long local resident Colin Buckton. St...... Read More
