Mangawhai Focus Newspaper

LATEST ISSUE: 16th September 2019

Local organisations benefit from Factory funding

A morning at Government House Auckland

Life-saving AED a joint project

Visitors to the Mangawhai Heads Reserve will notice a new addition – a brand new automated external defibrillator (AED) located on the exterior of the public toilet block.

An AED is a safe and easy-to-use machine used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)..........READ MORE

Volunteers of The Factory ‘a good crowd’

With the final granting rounds for the year coming up for one of Mangawhai’s leading community funders, the many volunteers who help make it all happen reveal that the work is a labour of love.

Currently around 40 volunteers attend to the smooth running of the Mangawhai Community Opportunity Shop Trust (MCOST) aka The Factory, from people working on the floor and serving customers, to sorting goods......READ MORE

Sand mining threat to Mangawhai coastline

As an Auckland industrial company gears up to apply for more years of mining activity in Mangawhai waters, the concerns of a local environmental group are mounting for one of the area’s natural icons.

Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) have been monitoring commercial sand mining activities along the area’s coastline for the last 25 years. .......READ MORE