Mahurangi Matters

13/10/2025

So far, so good for the weather this weekend for the annual Kowhai Festival this Saturday, October 18 from 9am to 9pm. A fantastic family event. Get your copy of this week's Mahurangi Matters with a loaded timetable of events on the middle page/centre spread. Or read more about it here: https://www.localmatters.co.nz/entertainment-news/kowhai-festival-is-back-and-bigger-than-ever/

13/10/2025

The Auckland Transport (AT) Harbourmaster has removed close to a tonne of rubbish from the Mahurangi Harbour after complaints that boats moored illegally were polluting the foreshore near Scotts Landing. Read more:

Before and after: a crew dispatched by The Harbourmaster removed around a tonne of rubbish from the foreshore in Mahurangi Harbour near Grants Island.

12/10/2025

The latest Mahurangi Matters is out now. Front cover story:
https://www.localmatters.co.nz/environment/omaha-flats-road-repairs-drag-on/

For more news articles and online premium subscription opportunities, click here: https://www.localmatters.co.nz/

If you are looking for a paper copy Mahurangi Matters can be picked up from the following businesses: WARKWORTH: Mahurangi Matters, Paper Plus, Warkworth Information Centre, Woolworths, New World, Z, Barfoot & Thompson, Pak’nSave • PUHOI: Puhoi Pub, Puhoi Store • SNELLS BEACH: Snells Beach Dairy, The Food Market, Gull, Snells Beach Library, Snells Beach Superette • MATAKANA: Matakana Four Square, Gull, Matakana Information Centre, Matakana Dairy, Point Wells Store • OMAHA: Omaha Superette, Omaha Golf Club • LEIGH General Store • WELLSFORD: Top Shop 4 Square, Middle 4 Square, Port Albert Store • KAIWAKA: 4 Square • MANGAWHAI: Mangawhai New World, Mangawhai Club.

11/10/2025

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:
Current Rodney Local Board members Ivan Wagstaff and Tim Holdgate, representing the Warkworth subdivision, have been returned on provisional figures.

Wagstaff, who topped the poll, says he believes that the Local Board connected well with the community during the last term, and people saw the results.

“I pretty much campaigned by letting our record speak for itself,” he says. “I think people could see they had someone in their corner.”

Wagstaff says he is looking forward to the next term, which will be his second on the board.

Four candidates contested the subdivision, with David Robb and Taabeta Tebau being unsuccessful.

11/10/2025

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:
Sitting Rodney Local Board member Colin Smith has been re-elected, along with Puhoi resident Paul Manton. The two board members will represent the new Northern Rodney subdivision. The unsuccessful candidates were Greg Doherty, Joshua Grimstock, and James Pemberton.

Keep an eye on our page for more election updates shortly.

11/10/2025

Voting in the local elections closed at midday. By 1.30pm, with 80 to 90 per cent of votes counted so far, Wayne Brown is leading the mayoralty race with 146,642 votes, ahead of Kerrin Leoni who has 56,612 votes. These results are still subject to change as today’s votes and special votes are still to be counted.

10/10/2025

Polling in the local government election closes today (Saturday Oct 11) at midday. Our coverage of the winners, and losers, will start as soon as results are available. Stay tuned.

The local elections were a postal vote, but if you have not received your voting papers or registered to vote, head to your local library or please go to: https://voteauckland.co.nz/.../informa.../where-to-vote.html

09/10/2025

BRINGING LATEST UPDATES: The Local Government election wraps up Saturday, 11 October at 12 noon (tomorrow) and we will be bringing you the Rodney (Hibiscus & Albany) results as soon as they come to hand.

The local elections were a postal vote, but if you have not received your voting papers or registered to vote, drop off stations can be found at your local library or please go to: https://voteauckland.co.nz/en/information-for-voters/where-to-vote.html

09/10/2025

LANDFILL FIGHT CONTINUES: The team fighting the proposed regional landfill in the Dome are holding a peaceful protest in Wellsford tomorrow Saturday, 11 October. The protest starts with an event briefing outside the Wellsford Community Centre, 224 Rodney Street, at 10.30am – those joining are encouraged to bring signs. The event is to demonstrate that the fight is not over and the Environment Court appeal is still in progress. Organisers ask anyone taking part to peacefully display their signs from footpaths and not to disrupt traffic or business activities in Wellsford.

08/10/2025

NEW JOB LISTING: Sharp-minded Lawyer, competitive salary in Warkworth. More details here:

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08/10/2025

Three-and-a-half years after construction started, Watercare’s wastewater treatment plant at Snells Beach is open. The facility is the lynch-pin in a $450 million five-phase programme of new infrastructure being rolled out to improve sewage disposal and cope with growth in the Warkworth and Snells Beach areas. Read more:

Three-and-a-half years after construction started, Watercare’s $230 million wastewater treatment plant at Snells Beach was officially opened on Sept

07/10/2025

Lace up your sneakers for the Cals for the Gals breast cancer fundraiser, which returns for a second year at Mad Mel Movement Gym at 1 Worker Rd in Wellsford on Sunday, October 12, from 9am to 11am. Read more:

Ready to test your fitness for a good cause? Then lace up your sneakers for the Cals for the Gals breast cancer fundraiser, which returns...