Lifeguards win top national honour for dramatic rescue on the bar
The Raglan Surf Lifesaving team has been awarded one of the nation’s highest search and rescue honours for their swift and life-saving response during
Raj Irving – Connecting people and place
The theme for Matariki ki Whaingaroa 2025 is stories of people and place. Born and bred in Whaingaroa, local carver Raj Irving has always
Mass paddle out protests seabed mining
Around 80 surfers plunged into icy waters off Manu Bay recently as more than 200 supporters gathered on the shore to protest against the
End of an era as retiring couple close kitchen three decades on
It was last orders on Sunday for Raglan’s little piece of China – the iconic Hong Kong Kitchen, open just about all
A point of view
It’s the mid-nineties and Australian Zoe Goss is bowling to the world number one batsman Brian Lara in a fundraiser exhibition match.
Kauri Tree Retreat wins bronze at Bookabach awards
The Chronicle sat down for a chat with Sharon Patterson, an award recipient at the Bookabach Bach of the Year Awards 2017.
Students taking to the hills to develop environmental skills
A bunch of Raglan senior students are regularly skipping the classroom on Friday afternoons to go bush – all in the interests
Health in Your Hands – Reverse Bucket List
What a week with Cyclone Gita baring down on New Zealand. We watched with horror as hurricane force winds and high tides
Take the stress out of dress with Raglan Art to Wear workshops
Budding fashionistas, it’s time to sharpen your scissors and heat up your glue guns for the biennial Raglan Art to Wear competition.
Tarot Talk – Nine of Swords
Hello from Tarot Talk – a weekly column in which I introduce a Tarot card for the week and provide a little
Mogz makes every splash count
Monique (Mogz) Chaplin is the bomb – the New Zealand Bomb Comp open women’s bombing champ, that is. Cleaning up the competition
Community Heroes – Margaret Dillon
Community Heroes is an occasional column featuring volunteers in our community. This week we spoke to Margaret Dillon, known better around the
King of the Single Fin 2018
The morning waves were pumping at Manu Bay this past Saturday, setting up what would turn out to be a perfect day
Tourism impacts on local infrastructure and economy
The Raglan Community Board is looking for solutions to the impact more than 22,000 visitors a week to Raglan during the summer
Tarot Talk – Five of Pentacles
Hello again from Tarot Talk – a weekly column in which I introduce a Tarot card for the week and provide a
Boutique surf school chuffed at prospect of fly-in clients
Green Wave surf school looks set to have some high-flying clients before the summer’s through. Now into its second season and rated
Butcher battles the best in the business
Raglan’s newest butcher, James Marcum, is sharpening his knives to battle 20 of the best in the industry at the upcoming New
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