Braxton Sorensen-McGee (Ngātiwai), who whakapapas to Aotea through grandfather Robert McGee, has capped her breakout year by collecting two major honours at the New Zealand Rugby Awards, shortly after being named World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year.…

A newly sworn-in member of the Great Barrier Local Board is quietly exploring a new freight service to the island, potentially challenging SeaLink’s long-standing monopoly. Sources say the member has identified a vessel and is meeting with investors, aiming to…

The mother of 13 lived on Great Barrier Island and did exquisite watercolour paintings of native plants in the early 1900s.

An Aotea Contractors concrete truck went down a steep, bush-covered bank on Medlands Road between Tryphena and Medlands on Friday morning. Police said they received reports of the single-vehicle crash at around 9.50am. One person was initially reported as seriously…