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Arturo’s recovery branded ‘a miracle’

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“Your son is a miracle” is how one of Mexico’s top neurosurgeons and a family friend of Carlos Bravo describes his son Arturo.  After the...

Fullers’ world-first electric hydrofoil ferry launches this month

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Fullers’ new electric hydrofoil ferry Kermadec is due to make its first commercial voyage at the end of the month. Fullers360 chief executive Mike...

Summer swims have a sting in the tail

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It’s the bane of summer swims, and word quickly gets round when the ‘sea lice’ arrive, usually aligning with the warm summer weather and...

More than just racing for juniors at waka ama sprint...

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Waiheke Waka Ama Club members are among the 3875 paddlers descending on Lake Karāpiro this week for the 2025 National Sprint Championships where the...

Jenny Stewart celebrated and remembered

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Tributes are flowing for Jenny Stewart, who died just before Christmas. Jenny created Jenny’s Kitchen tamarind chutney on Waiheke, which went on to become...

‘Sword’ wielding RSA attacker strikes again, and the Saab-mersible

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There were seven arrests on Waiheke over Christmas and New Year, and one man accounted for three of them, Police Sergeant Raymond Matthews says. Last...

A decade of dance

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The music collective Flamingo Pier are celebrating a decade of making people dance to the beat of top New Zealand and worldwide DJs at...

The year that was 2024 – April-June

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April Easter came early in April 2024 and the long-running Waiheke Jazz Festival was once again hailed a roaring success. It wasn’t all celebrations though as...

The year that was 2024

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The island is an ever-changing landscape of news and current affairs and keeping up can be a challenge. In this four-part series we break...

After-hours care now subsidised for all patients

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Patients enrolled at any of Waiheke’s three medical centres are now paying the same rates for after-hours care.  Waiheke Health Trust chief executive Jen Glover...

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