Te Ha Oranga: making a difference

by Helen Martin Te Ha Oranga, a free health support service which caters for the South Kaipara, has moved from its original 98 Commercial Rd premises to the Helensville Trust’s health quadrant at 65 Commercial Rd. While the focus is on iwi health under the auspices of...

Kaukapakapa Village Market

The Kaukapakapa Village Market stall holders got together and donated goods from their stalls to create a basket of goodies which we raffled at the November market – which was also the day of the annual 5 Station Poker Run fund raiser hosted by the Kaukapakapa...

Mataia Restoration Project ups and downs

by Helen Martin In 2013, Glorit farmers Gill and Kevin Adshead became the first farmers to release kiwi onto private land. Since then they have worked tirelessly with the Mataia Restoration Project (MRP) team and many others to realise their dream of repopulating the...

A blast from the past

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 July, 1915. NOTICE IT has come to my knowledge that some Person has falsely spread the rumour that I am constantly in the Billiard Rooms. This statement is totally untrue, and I would like the Person to come before me. TOM SCOTT,...