Raglan to host World Surf League Championship Tour event
Raglan is set to make history as the World Surf League (WSL) brings its Championship Tour to Whāingaroa for the New Zealand Pro, running
Muroki returns for special hometown show
Local legend Muroki returns from a successful stint in Berlin to headline a special hometown show at The Yard on Friday, February 6, celebrating
Raglan Vine Festival 2026
With ten vendors providing a wide range of tastes for wine, beer, spirits and food, the Raglan Vine 2026 Festival saw a packed house
Herbal store founder finally finds time for the garden
Bronwyn Lowe wanted to work in the herbal medicine field for just a few years – to help make it more accessible
Mushroom business born in Lockdown
Local entrepreneurs Seam and Emily Mills took some lockdown bad luck and turned it into a thriving business growing mushrooms.
Live music’s helped shape Raglan identity for decades
Movers and Shapers: A series on ways Raglan reinvented itself from the sleepy seaside town of the seventies. From blues to roots
Lightbulb moment instrumental in simpler way to learn to play
It may sound a bit Irish but a local muso turned inventor has come up with a device that teaches people with
Freedom to Fly Whaingaroa: Ignite the Passion
A grant that allows creatives to teach their specialty in schools has allowed Jess and Jair from Freedom to Fly to offer
A message from the Raglan Police
The summer so far has been a busy one in Raglan with a sharp rise in burglaries and break-ins.
Raglan weekday lifeguards win best patrolled beach after busy season
Over the 2020-21 season Ngārunui Beach, Raglan had the busiest season of all beaches patrolled by Surf Life Saving Northern Region, which
Raglan Sailing Club Regatta
The weekend of 13th and 14th February saw the annual regatta hosted by the Raglan Sailing Club on our beautiful harbour.
Official America’s Cup Fanzone at Isobar
We have an Americas Cup official Fanzone right here in Raglan. The Chronicle caught up with Matt Taggart, owner of Isobar and
Film festival emerges from self-isolation
Get your lockdown movies out of self-isolation for the 2021 Raglan Arts Film Festival Awards.
Closing the Loop: Contributing to a circular economy
Come along and be a part of the flourishing zero waste community in Raglan by attending the Closing the Loop event. We
Karioi – A film with Patagonia and Dave Rastovich
Patagonia and Dave Rastovich have teamed up with the Karioi Project in Raglan to create something pretty special. The film “Karioi” will
Four Square pays for all junior school stationery
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
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
Bernadette Gavin reckons she’s always had an affinity with animals – but it was the death of her beloved 17-year-old cat last
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