by Maki | Jul 23, 2020 | Community News, Featured, News
He Puaawai: Blossom forth from a new beginning Lee, a Raglan local, is Leader of Curriculum at He Puaawai, Fraser High School’s Teen parent unit. Struggling to fight back the tears Lee Marchioni tells her graduate student Danielle “I’m super proud of you, like mother...
by Maki | Mar 9, 2020 | Community News, Featured, News
Pou weave Raglan and Rangitahi together – connecting the past and present In a recent dawn ceremony attended by local iwi, contractors, the Peacocke family and existing peninsula residents, the Rangitahi Bridge was officially opened with a blessing and karakia by...
by Maki | Mar 5, 2020 | Community News, Featured, News, Shopping
The Herbal Dispensary This month the Local Rag sat down with Bronwyn Lowe from the Herbal Dispensary. Opening the shop back in 1996, The Herbal Dispensary has been a mainstay in the Raglan CBD for over two decades. In what year did you establish the Herbal Dispensary?...
by Maki | Feb 13, 2020 | Community News, Featured, News
Wheels are spinning for a good cause It’s a ride of a lifetime for two local cyclists and it’s all in the name of a good cause. Mick Hodgson and Dirk De Ruysscher are getting in the saddle and bikepacking 3000 kilometres in the 2020 Brevet -Tour Aotearoa taking them...
by Maki | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured, News, Uncategorized
She’s always been a real brick around the Raglan Old School Arts Centre in Stewart St so it’s perhaps fitting that Susanne Giessen-Prinz is busy selling just that – bricks – in a final fundraising push to help get the new creative space finished this year. “We’ve sold...
by Maki | Dec 19, 2019 | Featured, News, Uncategorized
Fresh & eclectic style ...SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE On the corner of Wainui Road and Bankart Street is a boutique concept store housing an amazing hand curated experience from NZ and around the world. From womens and mens fashion, lifestyle or personalised book...