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  • Your final edition

    Welcome to the final edition of the Horowhenua Chronicle.

  • Horowhenua council weighs all options for Waikawa Beach access

    Horowhenua District Council has committed to exploring all reasonably practicable options for the Waikawa Beach Accessway before further consultation with the community.

  • WHAT’S ON

    Heritage room:

  • Council, iwi sign partnership

    Arecent ceremony has recognised a formal partnership between the council and local iwi.

  • Shop keeps fire brigades funded

    Since opening in January 2023, the Foxton Community Op-Shop has been raising money for the Foxton and Foxton Beach Volunteer Fire Brigades, Hato Hone St John Ambulance and Youth Sport in Foxton. In its first two months it had raised $12,000, with $80,000 raised within its first year. With fundraising estimated to have reached $120,000, MAVtech’s cameras photographed busy volunteers in the shop.

  • Don’t bet on ultra-low mortgage rates next year

    The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate by 1.25% from 5.5% to 4.25% this year and most pundits believe it will reduce the rate further to around 3.5% by the middle of next year. As a result, the wholesale rates at which banks fund their fixed-rate lending have also dropped as have fixed mortgage rates.

  • Bidding farewell to beloved paper

    As we bid farewell to our beloved local newspaper, we want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to all of you for your unwavering support over the years.

  • Gazza’s pop-up cards bring festive joy

    Christmas is the time of giving and for Foxton Beach local Gary ‘Gazza’ Stewart, it’s also the perfect time to promote his favourite place.

  • Farewell old friend — reporters say goodbye

    Having come from the Wairarapa Times-Age in Masterton, I applied for the position of advertorial reporter at the Horowhenua-Kāpiti Chronicle.

  • Medieval Market back for 30th year

    Anna Harris has always been a keen event organiser — so when a friend suggested she get involved with the Levin Medieval Market in 2020 she jumped at the opportunity.

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