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
Raglan women defy years in assault on ‘roof of Africa’
Ask Raglan women Jean Carbon and Marie de Jong the high point of their recent trip to Tanzania and both will have
Youth voice a first for community board
A career in politics is beckoning but Raglan Area School student Liam Dingle knows he has to start small. The 17-year-old is Raglan
Young Achievers: Hudson Bidois
An occasional column featuring young achievers in our community. Tell us what you achieved with Rugby this year? What representative team did
Nostalgic visit back home for US-based Emma G
Who would’ve believed a wee Emma Ghaemmaghamy – scratching away on her violin at an Old School concert decades ago – would
Mangrove massacre astounds environmentalist
A mangrove (mānawa) murder mystery has a local environmentalist scratching his head over the culprit’s motive. Whāingaroa Harbour Care stalwart and Waikato Regional
Health in Your Hands
A column connecting with senior citizens in our community. Late one evening 97 year old Alice announced to her daughters she could
Infrastructure, climate change and regional development the big topics for candidate meeting
The wild weather wasn’t enough to keep locals keen to grill their election candidates from attending the Town Hall Meet the Candidates
Jono Hutson joins the real estate market…
You may have seen Jono around town delivering some of his delicious plant based lunches or beautiful raw tarts and bliss balls
Students’ social action day voted a sizzling success
The unlikely combination of a sausage sizzle, sumo wrestling and yellow-themed mufti day made for fun and hilarity last week when Raglan
Opinion: Perspectives on te reo Māori
For those of you who whakapapa to Aotearoa [whose ancestors come from New Zealand], members of your whānau [family] or you yourself
New te reo singalong book features Matapihi youngsters exploring nature
All children at Matapihi Kindergarten now have their own glossy te reo singalong book – complete with CD – showing pictures of
Raglan actors make the cut
Raglan Area School theatresports students have been thrown into the limelight with a win at the Waikato Secondary School Theatresports competition. Led
KASM chairman steps down – but Greener pastures still beckon
He’s feeling tired and in need of a break, but Raglan greenie Phil McCabe has a fear of missing out! So while
Raglan launch for renowned chef’s not-for-profit cookbook
Back in March this year the Chronicle reported on local chef Colin Chung’s cookbook launch in Fiji and, as promised, on Sunday,
Club members vote against sale
With a non-binding show of hands it was obvious that the majority of the Raglan Club members that turned up to a
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