Mangawhai Focus Newspaper

LATEST ISSUE: 7th October 2019

Blessing for new St John lifesaver on wheel

Wellsford hardware and garden centre open

Blessing starts bridge repair

Work is underway to repair the Tomarata/Insley Street Bridge in Mangawhai, with the blessing of Te Uri O Hau, following a ceremony performed on September 26 by Kaipara District Council.

The bridge is failing due to the corrosion of concrete and damaged reinforcing steel, with four support beams under the bridge in need of replacement...........READ MORE

Fire at Heads suspicious says fire chief

The suspicious scrub fire – allegedly caused by a firework – which ripped across Mangawhai Heads clifftops in the early hours of September 21 is still under police investigation.

At around 3am emergency services were called to the surf beach where a large fire, approximately half an acre, was burning.......READ MORE

A whole new world of shopping for Mangawhai

Grocery shopping in the near future will require a lot less travel for locals with the recent announcement that a New World will be moving into the neighbourhood. But what will this mean for local businesses?

Part of the Mangawhai Central development along Molesworth Drive, the New World (NW) store – a brand owned by grocery and liquor retail cooperative Foodstuffs – is set to open in late 2021.. .......READ MORE