A man needs a shed, so says the age-old adage. Sheds of yesteryear were, if I use my grandfather as an example, a deep dark hole under the house entirely fitting for a home mechanic.
Mangawhai is surrounded by water.
Following the constant deluge of last summer there were please and prayers aplenty for a real northland summer this year.
A vintage car rally re-enacting the 1917 Parliamentary tour of Northland will be making a whistle-stop in Waipu on Sunday January 29.
An intensive two-year upgrade to Spirit of Mangawhai II will mean the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) can begin the 2017 dredging season with absolute confidence that the Society’s dredge will perform, according to Doug Lloyd, chairman of the Society.
Townies are being encouraged to pull on their gumboots, get out their check shirts and head to Warkworth on Auckland Anniversary Weekend for what’s promising to be a one-in-150 year event.
If there’s one word we attach to things American it is ‘Big’. This also applies to American muscle cars, which will be on show at the Waipu Car and Bike Show on Waitangi weekend.
An unknown adult male is lucky to be alive after being rescued from the choppy waters of Te Arai on January 7.
Drifting more than a kilometre from shore in stormy seas, the man owes his life to the astute hearing of a couple out fishing for the afternoon.
Apart from the many hectares of bush walks and cycle tracks, pause for a moment to add up the cost in grants, donations and man hours from the time of the concept plans in 2010.
Global warming warning - A startling warning about global warming and rising sea levels Cannabis truth - The new jargon is “fake news”, which seems to replace the old jargon All about water - For months I am waiting for the Mangawhai harbour water testing results. Sad death - The sad death of my brother-in-law Bill Worsfold this week was a milestone for the district.
Lands are parched, tanks are running low and water carriers are traversing long hours on dusty country roads as Northland’s dry spell continues.
A Mangawhai medical herbalist and naturopath has become an international trailblazer in the world of all-natural sun protection.
I would like to wish all my readers a pleasant and fulfilling New Year. But then if wishes were horses beggars would ride so I'll just say welcome to 2017.
New Year’s resolutions are tough for me these days. I’ve already given up smoking and due to the ministrations of others I now ‘eat my greens’, including beans and spinach.
Along with summer comes the fun of the fair, but a different gala was in play at Mangawhai Domain recently, one which challenged the skills and determination of those who attended.
Back again for 2017, and top of the menu for Mangawhai golfers, the New World Food & Wine Mixed Open was predictably popular and attracted a very full field of some 170 participants.
Mangawhai Artists Gallery continues their summer of art with a new exhibition beginning on January 25, with what appears to be work represented from opposite art genres.
Our native endangered birds need to be protected, or do some people really not care?
Just a few weeks ago couple of women with two children and an unleashed dog drove onto the Mangawhai mudflats on the seaward dune side, where no vehicles are supposed to go.
Mangawhai’s famous annual Bowl Jam returns on Waitangi Weekend, Sunday February 5, in what is now considered one of New Zealand’s premier skateboarding events.
The weather gods smiled as a record-breaking 180 amazing cars and bikes revved up for the annual Black Swamp Rod Run on January 7.
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