23rd July 2018 Issue

Armed with wine, coffee and nibbles a local bunch of women have been attending lessons recently in the fine craft of flower arranging, however these classes have involved a touch of the wild.
 

When the lease expired on his Wood St premises Richard Partridge had a serious decision to make. His initial business, Computers Plus, had changed hands and he had formed Printing Plus but now needed a new and permanent home.


 

Getting to schoo has come a whole lot safer recently for Mangawhai Beach School (MBS) students, thanks to the installation of new electronic speed-warning signals.


 

Kiwi boaties are set to be safer on the water with the launch of Coastguard’s new app. The app, downloadable from the App Store and Google Play, gives boaties the ability, for the first time, to log a trip report from their smart phone from anywhere in the country.

 

The Westpac Chopper Appeal has raised $34,034.34 for the Northland Emergency Services Trust while  donations from throughout the country added to the $1.22 million raised this year.

 

An extraordinary building proposal, born out of a passion for coastline navigational towers, is causing waves in one of Mangawhai’s gated rural communities.

 

One of Mangawhais beautiful pristine beaches came under scrutiny recently from a dedicated group of children on a treasure-seeking mission of a different kind.

 

Finding peace through meditation is the subject of A Mindful Choice, the documentary showing at Waipu Natural Health, Waipu, on Saturday August 11.

 

Tomarata defeated Mid Western away 17–3 in the grand final at Mid Western’s home ground of Maungakaramea on July 8. 


 

Over the past decade there have been few school, inter-school and Northland athletics records that have not fallen to Rodney College Year 12 student Georgia Brierly.


 

There are many reasons behind plant choice. Sometimes it is a gap in the garden, something to cover an unexciting fence, maybe a colour to draw the eye, shelter or as in the case of the plants that caught my eye recently, the excuse that it is for friends who do ikebana or Japanese flower arranging.
 

Hosted by The Mangawhai Club on June 25, the formal midwinter three course Christmas dinner attracted 60 well-dressed diners and collected $2000 for the Prostate Cancer Organisation. 



 

The Mangawhai Writers Group are now establishing themselves with a definite identity on the local scene. The creative group, which includes up to a dozen scribes of several genres, now has a regular meeting place at the old school house in the Museum complex.
 

Corruption or incompetence? So, do you like your enchanting views of the Mangawhai estuary? Well enjoy because it’s not going to last. The height restriction was lifted despite objections. It may be the last time Matariki may be observed in the night sky without light pollution. 

 

Over 50 members from 11 surf clubs were recognised at the annual Toyota Financial Services Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) Awards of Excellence held Saturday July 14 at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland.

 

Mangawhai Museum is fast becoming a must-see attraction. The museum has a tremendous amount of support from its over 100 volunteers, its members and the local community – but they still need to fundraise in order to keep the doors open.

 

Arrests after police raid Two people were arrested on a range of charges
Scavenger issued with trespass Police have issued a man with a trespass notice
Drivers: More care needed Due to the nation’s high number of fatalities
Stolen vehicle info needed Police would like to hear from anyone who has information

 

 

Local property management company Ignite Property NZ Ltd has been completely taken over by Bayleys in the North (Mackys Real Estate Ltd) and nobody could be happier about the arrangement than Ignite founder Julie Beaumont.