Archive for the ‘News’ Category

While many of us at five are only just starting to go to school, Hazel Cranfield, only recently turned five, will be showcasing her very first art exhibition at Blacksand Café starting this week. (more…)

Raglan’s one of two “hot” new destinations around the country this summer, if figures released by holiday home booking website Bookabach are an accurate guide.

The town’s climbed five spots to claim third place in Bookabach’s top 10 list – a feat bettered only by Lake Wanaka in leaping seven spots from last year to take second place behind Whangamata, which retains its crown for the fourth year in a row. (more…)

Visitors to Te Kopua Domain may have noticed some structures going up around the skate park area and last week, the final touches were made on the Te Kopua Fitness and Exercise Course – a series of training stations made for the community to use as part of their health and fitness routine. (more…)

A year-long graduate diploma course in sustainability is about to begin in Raglan but it’s a simple two-week certificate course in permaculture which has Solscape owner Phil McCabe really excited about the possibilities, particularly for Raglan residents. (more…)

Silo Park in Auckland’s CBD was transformed into a boutique urban festival on Monday for Laneway 2012. Already in its third year, and with a crowd of 6500, it is fast becoming the hottest festival for indie music lovers. Since its humble origins in Melbourne back in 2004 it has expanded to include Singapore as well as five cities in Australia. (more…)

Raglan Volunteer Coastguard “wouldn’t survive” without support from the community, says president Wally Hawken, who was delighted last week to receive a cheque for more than $4000 from an annual charity auction held early this month by the main local campground. (more…)

Last Wednesday and Thursday saw local boats out 60m west at the ‘Trench’ successfully catch four marlin. Boats Paraphernalia, Flying Dutchman and Attitude (2) were the successful vessels. (more…)

Raglan artists putting the finishing touches to preparations for the Open Studio Weekend starting Saturday have their fingers crossed for an “avalanche” of visitors and buyers this time, thanks to better advertising and signage than for last summer’s successful inaugural event. (more…)

Local surfer Billy Stairmand battled to his second national surfing title after a near flawless performance in the final of the Open Men’s Division at the 2012 Hyundai National Surfing Championships held at Piha Beach this past weekend. (more…)

For those that may not have had a chance to observe the morphing cosmic wonderland that is the garden at 18 Rose St, (without wanting to turn Rose Street into a main thoroughfare), it is definitely worthy of a drive-by. Take the kids. (more…)

“Flash rips” at Raglan’s Ngarunui Beach have been keeping lifeguards on their toes, with 17 rescues in only two days.

The latest spate of incidents came last Saturday when lifeguards performed seven rescues – including one in which six swimmers had to be pulled from the water. An extremely high mid-afternoon tide and flash rips caused havoc among the more than 200 people at the beach. (more…)

Raglan bus fares skyrocket next month – by nearly half for schoolchildren – but the regional council insists the service is “substantially cheaper” than comparable Waikato bus runs. (more…)

Almost a year since the release of her sophomore album Cat & Bird, captivating local songstress Anna Coddington returns to Raglan for her summer tour, Little Islands. (more…)

Every week, people all over the country are getting worms – and they have a Raglan woman to thank for it.
“Hardy” little worms raised right here are being couriered far and wide, in boxes marked ‘perishable’, by local science teacher Angela Prain. (more…)