A big day for all! The 2023 Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights has been and gone and what an amazing day & night it was. Not just for the festival organisers but also for all of the many families that attended and many local businesses. Let’s start off with the organisers. This popular event is… Continue reading 20th July 2023 Update | Winter Festival, Town Center Plan, Warkworth App launch and more!
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6th July 2023 UPDATE | Winter Festival info, Consumer Spending reports, Center Plan feedback, and more!
Light up your life and the town! It’s just over a week before the 2023 Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights happens in Warkworth and this is a chance for your business in town to light up and be seen by the visiting crowds. Lights attract people, they make people smile and they make people feel good – and… Continue reading 6th July 2023 UPDATE | Winter Festival info, Consumer Spending reports, Center Plan feedback, and more!
22nd June 2023 Update | Information for and the celebration of local business
Change is inevitable and it’s exciting A local once said to me very early in my tenure as Manager of what was One Warkworth, “If I can’t park right outside the shop in Warkworth then I won’t shop there.” When I asked her where she liked to shop, she told me, Albany! It seemed a long… Continue reading 22nd June 2023 Update | Information for and the celebration of local business
8th June 2023 Update | What makes the heart of a town and draws people back?
The Heart of a Town What is it that makes the center of a town special and what is it that makes people want to come back? I believe we have one of the prettiest town centers around with the river as its centerpiece and our quaint shops along the main street. There is also a place… Continue reading 8th June 2023 Update | What makes the heart of a town and draws people back?
25th May 2023 Update | Business Support Information and Community Updates for Autumn ’23
Where does the funding come from? I am often asked how One Mahurangi exists and then how and where we get the funding from. These are worthwhile questions for people who see the business association involved in a lot of work around town. How do we have the capacity to continue to provide business support and… Continue reading 25th May 2023 Update | Business Support Information and Community Updates for Autumn ’23
11th May 2023 Update | Business support information and promotional opportunities
It’s never boring, is it?! I have just come back from my second bout of Covid and, just like the first time, it really knocked me around. I am very envious of those lucky people who only get the mild version of this nasty bug. The ongoing consequence of recovery from Covid for me at… Continue reading 11th May 2023 Update | Business support information and promotional opportunities
27th April 2023 Update | An invitation to be part of our Mother’s Day promotion and more…
Greetings from the One Mahurangi Operations Office. As Murray is home recovering from seasonal bugs, we thought we’d take the opportunity to write a quick intro to our fortnightly newsletter on his behalf. It’s been a busy month with School holidays, Easter, and Anzac Day now behind us. We look forward to the months ahead… Continue reading 27th April 2023 Update | An invitation to be part of our Mother’s Day promotion and more…
13th April 2023 UPDATE | School Holidays in this colourful town!
Yippee School Holidays! We have had a lot of very positive feedback on the new colourful planter box seats around town and I thought you might like a little bit of background into how they came about. A bit like the lightbulb moment for the Mahurangi Winter Festival of Lights, as I was walking through town I… Continue reading 13th April 2023 UPDATE | School Holidays in this colourful town!
30th March 2023 UPDATE | Winter is coming and so are opportunities
Winter is coming, a great quote from the TV series Game of Thrones that foretold of the gloom and doom around the corner for everyone. Thankfully, real life is nothing like the fantasy TV series – no Whitewalker army for us to defend against. Phew. For most of us, because we haven’t really had a hot summer… Continue reading 30th March 2023 UPDATE | Winter is coming and so are opportunities
16th March 2023 UPDATE | The Industrial Area is a hidden gem
I was talking the other day to a local and when I mentioned the Warkworth Industrial Area he said, “Remind me what’s up there again?” I mentioned to him that as well as being home to a great little café with very good coffee, it was the best place to go for anything to do with getting… Continue reading 16th March 2023 UPDATE | The Industrial Area is a hidden gem