May 7, 2026
Local surfers carve up at Australian Junior Titles Harry Stephens in the final. Photo: Andrew Shields Surfing Australia.
Sport

Local surfers carve up at Australian Junior Titles

Harry Stephens in the final. Photo: Andrew Shields Surfing Australia. Joey Silk in the final. Photo: Andrew Shields Surfing Australia. Zeke Woollam in the 4th round. Photo: Andrew Shields Surfing Australia. THREE of the region’s best young surfers made their boardrider clubs proud, when they represented NSW in the Australian Junior Surfing Titles in Wollongong. […]

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Fatal crash on Ocean Drive
Port Macquarie

Fatal crash on Ocean Drive

A MAN has tragically died following a crash on Ocean Drive. Emergency services were called to Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie, following reports of a crash just after 10pm on Friday 5 December. Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District attended and found a white station wagon had crashed into a power pole. The driver […]

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Port Macquarie Sailing Club Scott Witchard on 'Lukim Yu' who was 2nd in the Arrow Cats.
Sport Results

Port Macquarie Sailing Club

7-12-25 PORT Macquarie Sailing Club held the 2nd round of the sprint series on Sunday, races 6 – 10. The forecast was for a Northerly in the morning and a Southerly change in the middle of the day, with different weather sites giving different opinions about how this would happen. The day was overcast but […]

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St Agnes’ Primary students launch Emmaus Home Christmas displays with carols and company Handshakes and smiles as Santa spreads cheer. Photo: supplied.
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St Agnes’ Primary students launch Emmaus Home Christmas displays with carols and company

Santa greets the residents. Photo: supplied. Handshakes and smiles as Santa spreads cheer. Photo: supplied. STUDENTS from St Agnes’ Primary School visited Emmaus Home on Tuesday 2 December to help launch their annual Christmas window displays. Students and teachers Donna Sprague and Mel Walker, explored the displays and chatted with residents. Santa made an appearance, […]

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Two major awards in a week for Port Macquarie Museum Colleen Fitzgerald presents Port Macquarie Museum Curator Debbie Sommers with a 2025 IMAGinE Award. Photo: Garry Trinh.
Local News

Two major awards in a week for Port Macquarie Museum

Colleen Fitzgerald presents Port Macquarie Museum Curator Debbie Sommers with a 2025 IMAGinE Award. Photo: Garry Trinh. The Betrayal Bila exhibition evolved from a poem by Aunty Rhonda Radley called ‘Blackman’s Point Yarn’. Photo: PMM. Port Macquarie Museum Curator Debbie Sommers with the 2025 NSW Tourism Awards Silver certificate. THE Port Macquarie Museum is celebrating […]

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Addison Lunn takes out Young Women in Leadership Award
School

Addison Lunn takes out Young Women in Leadership Award

Addison Lunn. Addison Lunn and Charlotte Gillespie. ADDISON Lunn is the 2025 winner of the Zonta Club of Port Macquarie’s Young Women in Leadership Award. The year 12 student from Hastings Secondary College was presented with her award and $500 prize money at a recent dinner with club members. “Addi has shown leadership qualities from […]

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Dwyer urges partnership to secure timber jobs and manufacturing The proposed boundaries of the Great Koala National Park. Photo: NPWS.
Port Macquarie

Dwyer urges partnership to secure timber jobs and manufacturing

PORT Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer has urged the NSW Government to back a “new future” for the North Coast timber industry after the announcement of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) boundaries in September. The announcement included an immediate temporary moratorium on timber harvesting within the proposed 476,000 hectare boundary, which includes 176,000 hectares of […]

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Port Macquarie Steiner School marks milestone as construction begins on new campus Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan breaks ground alongside Steiner School founding parents Mel Ayriss and Alanna Alfaro. Photo: supplied.
Local News

Port Macquarie Steiner School marks milestone as construction begins on new campus

Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan breaks ground alongside Steiner School founding parents Mel Ayriss and Alanna Alfaro. Photo: supplied. Steiner School students joined the celebrations with shovels in hand. Photo: supplied. Celebrating the start of work on the new Steiner School: Bronwyn Bellemore, Architect; Ruth Gallagher, Board Chair; Caetano Alfaro, Class 6 student; and […]

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Disappointment over Settlement Point accessibility upgrades
Community

Disappointment over Settlement Point accessibility upgrades

WHEN Port Macquarie resident Tannia Smith discovered there had been accessibility upgrades at Settlement Point Reserve, she was keen to try out the ramp into the water and refurbished seating area. As a full-time wheelchair user and member of the Enable Reference Group, Tannia was hopeful that the improvements would be inclusive of the entire […]

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