A NEW $50 million fund aimed at building community connections and supporting events in regional areas has been announced by the NSW Government. The Active Regional Communities Package delivers funding through three streams for non-profit local community groups, local councils and cultural or sporting organisations to deliver events, programs and activities. $15 million for Regional […]
Participants at the ‘Blooming Portraits’ workshop at Port Macquarie Museum. Photo: PMM.
Participants at the ‘Blooming Portraits’ workshop at Port Macquarie Museum. Photo: PMM. Karen Karta and Kelli Williams at the opening of ‘Living Life in Colour’ at the Port Macquarie Hastings Library. Photo: Pauline Cain. Participants (with Casey Baldwin from Intergen Connect in the centre) at the Intergenerational Creative Workshops at Port Macquarie Hastings Library. Photo: […]
Tegan Wright is this week’s Heartbeat of the Hastings. Photos: supplied. Tegan Wright is this week’s Heartbeat of the Hastings. Photos: supplied. TEGAN Wright’s path to where she is today wasn’t always clear. Growing up, she says she often felt a little lost. After leaving public school, she wasn’t sure who she was or what […]
Friends Janet Leeder, Pamela Brewer and Julie Miller enjoying morning tea in the Port Macquarie CWA rooms. Photo: Pauline Cain.
Port Macquarie CWA Branch members Wendy Evans, Helena Ross, Pat Banister, Janis Miles, Joan Branch, Robyn Baker and Tiffany Brooks. Photo: Pauline Cain. Friends Janet Leeder, Pamela Brewer and Julie Miller enjoying morning tea in the Port Macquarie CWA rooms. Photo: Pauline Cain. CWA member Robyn Baker, sharing morning tea with her granddaughter, Melissa Baker. […]
A MID North Coast woman is turning past hardships into purposeful action, walking 135 kilometres across Western Australia to support young people facing homelessness. Hayley Gibbs draws on her own lived experience of youth homelessness to advocate for others who face instability, fear and isolation. She is raising funds and awareness for regional communities, with […]
SUPPORT for the LGBTQIA+ community will take centre stage in Port Macquarie this month, with film, storytelling and live performance combining for a night of connection and creativity. Charles Sturt University returns as a regional partner for the Queer Screen Australia Film Festival, which is a curated showcase of short films from the Mardi Gras […]
This is the first time Wauchope Hospital has been included in the BHI’s quarterly report. Photo: MNCLHD.
MID North Coast hospitals have experienced record demand for their emergency departments, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) quarterly report. Despite this, hospital performance between October and December remained high. Across the health district, which covers Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, there were a record 40,126 attendances, an increase of three percent […]
Jesse Webber, Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year, with MP Michael Kemp. Photo: supplied.
WAUCHOPE business leader and community advocate Jesse Webber has been recognised on the state stage as Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year for 2026. The award is for her volunteer fundraising efforts and outstanding leadership across multiple business ventures in the Hastings Valley. From her earliest days completing a business course through the Wauchope Chamber […]
Minister Moriarty with landholder Andrew McIntyre.
A TECHNICAL review will be undertaken into feral pig and deer management in NSW. The move follows the announcement of a $40 million investment in feral animal management from the NSW Government, and almost a quarter of a million pigs culled across the state in the past three years. The control program has been built […]
THE NSW Food Authority says consumers can feel confident enjoying locally grown berries, with NSW Government laboratory testing confirming they meet food safety standards for pesticide residues. Twenty-five kilograms of blueberries and raspberries, representing 100 samples of 250 grams each, were purchased from a range of Sydney retail stores in November 2025. They were tested […]
