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1 week ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Each brewer will be offering 75ml tasters, 250ml mid-size options and 400ml full cups. Back for another shot are local legendary breweries Kainui and Phat House and a little further afield, but still in Northland, are McLeod’s Brewery from Waipu and definitely in are 8 Wired from Matakana. Kainui Brew Company is a farmhouse brewery located in Kerikeri.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Mayo is an accomplished sailor who won the 1999 and 2024 Etchells Worlds, among other notable races. He is a director of Mayo Hardware, established by Cecil E. Mayo in 1928 and the business continues to be owned and operated by the third-generation Mayo family, of which James Mayo is one. Historically, the business commenced with a relationship with MasterLock, hence the renaming of Comanche.
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3 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
The Plaza in Salamanca, Spain, 2024. The students from Kerikeri High School there at night after being at the theatre. Hola from Kerikeri High SchoolKerikeri High School students are planning a trip to Spain, and have until May to sign up for the venture. It will be the fourth Spanish excursion. Previous trips were taken in 2015, 2018 and 2024. A trip was planned in 2020 but cancelled due to Covid.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Canadian television star Amber Marshall visited the Ōpua Forest to see the work of Bay Bush Action, which she chose as her charity to support. Canadian television star visits the BayAmber Marshall is a well-known actor hailing from London, not in England but in Canada. It’s a city in southwestern Ontario along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Volunteers for Bay Bush Action line up for a briefing before venturing into the Ōpua Forest to lay stoat traps. Getting into action in the bushLast month, the charity Bay Bush Action enticed 16 volunteers to lay down stoat traps in the Ōpua Forest.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
HMS Coromandel was built in 1795 and was originally called the Malabar, renamed Coromandel in 1815. She arrived with the 2nd West India regiment in 1801, eventually becoming a convict ship and departing for Botany Bay, New South Wales in 1802. She was converted for use in Jamaica as a hospital ship for the Army in 1807.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
A tagged monarch butterfly. If you see one, report it online. Photo / Anna BarnettThe tagging of monarchs in New Zealand began shortly after the formation of the Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust in 2005-06. By 2007, widespread tagging was under way and continued for 13 years. Both anecdotal evidence and tagging data suggested that most monarchs overwintered near the area where they eclosed (emerged from their chrysalises).
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2 months ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Marta Garcia from Spain, the executive president of Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year, the only car awards in the world voted entirely by women. International Women’s Day will be celebrated with four female keynote speakers on March 8 at the Turner Centre in Kerikeri. Dame Jenny Shipley was the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999 and the first woman to lead the National Party. She served as the 36th Prime Minister.
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2 months ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Buffy, the 3-ish-year-old Shar Pei who was rescued and taken to BOI Animal Rescue Centre in Kawakawa. He is looking for a forever home. A never-ending storyBay of Islands Animal Rescue in Kawakawa is a non-profit organisation. The charity rescues animals in need and rehomes them. It is staffed by volunteers and to survive they rely purely on donations and fundraising.
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2 months ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Sandy Myhre
Russell artist Jacqui Madelin. Her point of difference is that she paints on to driftwood or old timber. Russell resident Jacqui Madelin is addicted to fashion, but it’s always pre-loved and recycled and dates preferably from around the 1940s or 50s. She and her husband, Peter Jones, dress up on Fridays and exhibit next to the Long Beach coffee cart. They cut dashing figures among the beachgoers and their sartorial elegance has become something of a talking point.
