Hatfields Beach News Today

Setting out to attract the sort of reluctant reader he used to be, author and youth counsellor Tim Tipene happened upon a neat idea: a book that takes over and effectively reads itself! In The Book that Wouldn’t Read — and the Māori edition Te Pukapuka ...

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C.F. Goldie: the old master revisited

A tornado has brought down powerlines and damaged roofs in Taranaki this morning.

After thunderstorms swept through the Auckland region last night, wreaking havoc on roads, MetService is advising the country could be in for another wet a

After a day of thunderstorms, two massive waterspouts were spotted off Auckland's coastline near Takapuna and also Piha. Local Aisling Doyle was shocked when she saw one of the waterspouts arching towards land on Sunday afternoon. "Suddenly,...

A severe thunderstorm in Auckland has dissipated, but not before causing havoc.

Not surprised Al Weeks, Ōrewa The recent article on cost overruns on Penlink (HM June 16) must have raised a few eyebrows or even some computer rage. Actually, I don’t think there is any great mystery here. If we look at the numbers, the average cost escalation for a while now has been roughly 10 percent a year to build pretty much anything. I don’t know when the estimate for $400 million came in but let’s just say it takes seven years from ‘hey that’s a great idea – how much?’ t...

Changing faces: Driving Miss Daisy Hibiscus Coast Dave and Kathryn Tyrrell Companion driving service Driving Miss Daisy has two new faces at the helm on the Hibiscus Coast, with Dave and Kathryn Tyrrell recently taking over the local region. After years of IT consultancy for Dave and child-rearing and craft teaching for Kathryn, the Hatfields Beach couple decided to have a complete change and are already loving their new roles. With five vehicles including one that is wheelchair accessible, the...

Winning mum Molly Mennie Congratulations to Molly Mennie of Hatfields Beach (pictured) who won a gift basket full of goodies from Silverdale Mall in Hibiscus Matters’ Mother’s Day competition. To enter the draw, people had to nominate a mum in their life and tell us their favourite thing about her. Molly was nominated by her daughter, Kathy Woomack, who said her favourite thing about her mum is “how hands on and involved she is, not just as a mother, but also as a grandmother to four gra...