Lifeguards win top national honour for dramatic rescue on the bar The Chronicle June 19, 2025 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 Read More
Raj Irving – Connecting people and place The Chronicle June 19, 2025 The theme for Matariki ki Whaingaroa 2025 is stories of people and place. Born and bred in Whaingaroa, local carver Raj Irving has always Read More
Mass paddle out protests seabed mining The Chronicle June 19, 2025 Around 80 surfers plunged into icy waters off Manu Bay recently as more than 200 supporters gathered on the shore to protest against the Read More
Four Square pays for all junior school stationery February 26, 2021 There’ll be no stationery costs for parents of juniors at Raglan Area School this year, thanks to an “out of the blue”
Raglan Bowling Club history: One Hundred Years In The Making February 11, 2021 As with so many small communities, the history of Raglan is punctuated with the forming of key organisations, clubs and associations. Founding
Talking to the animals no fantasy for local whisperer February 11, 2021 Bernadette Gavin reckons she’s always had an affinity with animals – but it was the death of her beloved 17-year-old cat last
Raglan sea change after lockdown redundancy February 11, 2021 A lockdown redundancy has meant a sea change for Raglan Club’s new manager Trudi Peet, and she’s looking forward to new goals
Local involvement in Manaaki’s Digital Doers Academy February 11, 2021 The team behind business support forum Manaaki.io is launching The Digital Doers Academy to help job seekers in Aotearoa, and particularly in
Lion’s New Year’s Eve Parade a colourful affair January 14, 2021 The annual Lions New Year’s Eve parade had a big turnout finishing off the year 2020 with a colourful array of floats.
Introducing changes to i-Site, now Raglan iHub January 14, 2021 This week the Chronicle had a chat with Amanda Graham, Project Manager for Go Raglan, the new organisation that will be managing
The dirty job of cleaning up coastal waste January 14, 2021 It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it should be Des Watson’s catchline for his one-man mission to clean up
Anything in the pipe line goes as nine artists display talents January 14, 2021 Crazy cows smoking, moondogs with incense and a caterpillar in Nirvana are just a few of the fantastical clay creations set to
A message from local Police January 14, 2021 Raglan police have arrested a man in relation to a spate of night-time commercial and residential burglaries in the town.
A very special journey to Middle Earth with the Raglan Theatre Academy December 8, 2020 Middle Earth came to life with The Raglan Theatre Academy’s rendition of The Hobbit and right from the get-go you know you’re
The Knitting Circle That Never Stops December 7, 2020 Every Wednesday over the past at least 16 years, a group of knitters and crafty folk have met to enjoy a spot
2021 Raglan calendar on sale December 7, 2020 The ‘Raglan Calendar 2021’ is now on sale at the Raglan Bookshop and Bow St Gallery, both on Bow St, for $20
Local pupils get taste of medicine and other careers in rural health December 7, 2020 Raglan Area School’s year 10 pupils got to tackle everything from measuring blood pressure and testing reflexes to CPR in hands-on health
Raglan Community Christmas Lunch 2020 December 7, 2020 The annual Community Christmas lunch has a new host this year with the old reigns being passed to the Raglan Club and