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LIVING LEGEND: Commonwealth Games champion Daphne Shaw at her green in North Haven.

Living legend opens new bowls green in North Haven

Robert Dougherty
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Down you go: Matt Jones is tackled by the Wauchope defence. Photo: Paul Jobber

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

Paul Jobber

Hard yards: Hastings Valley Vikings forward Lyndon Gale takes the ball forward in their victory on May 8. Photo: Paul Jobber

Little-known winger impresses again as Vikings thump Kempsey

Paul Jobber

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Giving people the opportunity': Budget boost for first home buyers

Karen Barlow

Key to success: Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce president Michael Mowle, Hastings Business Women's Network communications officer Louise Beaumont and guest speaker Lucy Bloom support the Boardroom Lunch.

Kindness is contagious, business lunch guest speaker says

Lisa Tisdell

Juniors contributing to air of excitement around Hastings hockey

Paul Jobber

In town: Craig Johnston will be in Port Macquarie on May 17 for a fundraiser for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

English Premier League legend to attend Port Macquarie fundraiser

Paul Jobber

Heavy load: Wayne Smith recently took advantage of the flat seas to score this sensational 11.3 kilogram blue groper. Photo: supplied

What's biting? Score blackfish and tailor off the rocks at Lighthouse

Jason Isaac

Greens council candidates demand action from Australia on Myanmar

How to rejuvenate your garden after the floods

WATCHGet ready for a whale of a time and Migaloo magic

PHOTOSStrong sisters united through culture, language and learning

Living legend opens new bowls green in North Haven

37m ago

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

Little-known winger impresses again as Vikings thump Kempsey

Juniors contributing to air of excitement around Hastings hockey

Ocean Alley headlines the Next Exit Festival at Westport Park in Port Macquarie on May 22.

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

Living legend opens new bowls green in North Haven

37m ago

Leeds' Bamford sinks Tottenham's ECL hopes

1hr ago

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

19:00PM

Pirates thrash Port City Breakers in a boilover at Old Bar

18:30PM

Little-known winger impresses again as Vikings thump Kempsey

17:30PM

Kindness is contagious, business lunch guest speaker says

16:00PM

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

COVID-19 restrictions will be in place in Sydney this Mother's Day despite no new local cases.

Masked Mother's Day weekend in NSW

Scientists have isolated the sound of Ingenuity's whirring blades and magnified it.

Mars helicopter heard humming through air

India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 230,000 and the country is setting daily case records.

'Abandoned' Aussie dies of virus in India

There's "clear evidence" that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19, researchers say.

Ibuprofen 'doesn't raise COVID death risk'

Nilima Marshall

A returned traveller from India who has COVID-19 is in Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth.

Positive COVID-19 case in Perth hospital

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Agencies serving the homeless are receiving no support regarding vaccine access or education.

Vaccine scepticism high among homeless

Andi Yu
1hr ago

Anglicare Australia has warned about government about the vulnerable at home during the pandemic.

Feds warned of COVID-19 rental stress

Andi Yu
1hr ago

Living legend opens new bowls green in North Haven

Robert Dougherty
37m ago

Patrick Bamford scoring against Spurs in Leeds' 3-1 Premier League victory at Elland Road.

Leeds' Bamford sinks Tottenham's ECL hopes

1hr ago

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

Paul Jobber

Living legend opens new bowls green in North Haven

37m ago

Jordan Worboy, pictured in his days with the North Sydney Bears, turned in a player of the match performance for Old Bar in the clash against Port City.

Pirates thrash Port City Breakers in a boilover at Old Bar

Mick McDonald

Little-known winger impresses again as Vikings thump Kempsey

Paul Jobber

Shining lights: Inductees into the Business Awards Hall of Fame.

WATCH2021 Greater Port Macquarie Business Awards to recognise resilience: nominations open

Glenn Triggs (CBA), Sue and Michael Reid and Rebecca Jackson at the 2019 Business Awards.

2021 community service business award to honour memory of Wayne Jackson

Winner: Cassegrain Wines owner John Cassegrain. The wine exporter was named the regional business of the year.

Cassegrain Wines the top drop at 2019 regional business awards

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

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WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

Tracey Fairhurst

Family ties: Karen Lamond with her husband Pete and children Cooper and Hudson will take part in the Mother's Day Classic. Photo: Supplied

WHAT'S ONMother's Day Classic holds special significance for Lamond family

Lisa Tisdell

Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society members and guests will gather at the MacAdams Centre on Saturday for the group's monthly meeting with Christine Woodlands as the guest speaker.

WHAT'S ONGuest speaker to highlight power of genetic genealogy

WHAT'S ONWhat's On 2021: Your free events guide for Port Macquarie-Hastings

COMMUNITY MEETINGS: Rollands Plains cattle farmer Phil Morton surveying damage from flooding.

Sessions bring communities together in flood recovery

Robert Dougherty

Scholarship winner and soloist, Cornell Estibeiros with Sinfonia conductor, Iain Pole

Music to our ears as Sinfonia MNC prepares for its return

Cheryl Meyer

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

DIGESTRace to trace positive COVID case in NSW

Joyjit (left) and Jashan Sanghera with the son they last held on February 29, 2020. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreak of Australians trapped in India

Steve Evans

A new study has offered insight into Australians' feeling towards COVID-19 vaccines. Picture: Karleen Minney

Side-effect concerns fuelling vaccine jitters: survey

Sally Whyte

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Come clean': Labor calls for the cost of coronavirus

Karen Barlow

READY: Life Member of the RSL Club, Percy Heath, prepares for the Anzac Day march, 1971.

Flashback: Revisiting Anzac Day as it was commemorated in 1971

Port Macquarie Museum

Back in 1971: Record crowd at Wauchope Show and 12th annual Easter bowls carnival

Port Macquarie Museum

The Herons Creek Timber Mill float makes its way down Horton Street in the Carnival of the Pines procession.

A new Carnival of the Pines queen is crowned - April 1971

Port Macquarie Museum

Rediscovering the true meaning of Easter

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Advertiser Content

The story of Easter - Part 1: The Betrayal and The Last Supper

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Advertiser Content

Memory Walk champion Kerrie and her daughters Carla and Josie.

Stepping out: Daughter Kerrie embraces Memory Walk & Jog in honour of her life-loving Mum

Rediscovering the true meaning of Easter

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The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

House of the Week: Seclusion, views and opportunity

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Green thumb: Port Macquarie Garden Club president Mary Biden encourages people to enjoy their gardens.

How to rejuvenate your garden after the floods

Lisa Tisdell

New Kempsey centre aims to reduce anti-social behaviour and youth suicide

Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan

Ironman date set for September 5, so plan your day ahead of time

Deputy mayor Lisa Intemann

How to rejuvenate your garden after the floods

Craft time: (front left) Ann Schaffar, Gloria Burgess, Mona Logan, (front right) Margaret Wilson, Marilyn Brown, Olga Rohan and Miriam Hill hone their craft skills at the Port Macquarie CWA rooms.

End of an era as CWA tea rooms permanently close

Lisa Tisdell

WHAT'S ONGuest speaker to highlight power of genetic genealogy

Scott integral in closing stages as Blues and Sharks share the points

Juniors contributing to air of excitement around Hastings hockey

Migaloo in Port Macquarie on July 29, 2019. Photo: Jodie Lowe's Marine Animal Photography.

WATCHGet ready for a whale of a time and Migaloo magic

Birpi, Birpai, Worimi and Dunghutti elders - Donna Hall, Charlotte Ostler, Lillian Moseley, Pam Saunders, Vicki Taylor, Mary-Lou Buck, Christine Nolland and Joedie Lawler.

PHOTOSStrong sisters united through culture, language and learning

FAMILY: Jayden Penno-Tompsett's aunt Karen Dobell, from left, mother Rachel Penno and aunt Sharelle Harwood leaving Cairns Coroners Court on Friday. Picture: Brian Cassey

Family's heartbreak as coroner rules on missing persons case

Donna Page

Lifelong friends: Mikaela Priest and David Tunstead spend time together at flood fundraiser at Settlers Inn on May 1. Photo: supplied

Loveable larrikin fights back tears as community says thanks

Paul Jobber

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

Tracey Fairhurst

OPINIONWhy we should be concerned that emotional labour is wearing our teachers down

Dr Saul Karnovsky

PROUD AS PUNCH: Cohen Jarrett of Katherine in the NT from back in 2017 with the headgear worn by the great man himself, Johnathan Thurston.

REAL AUSTRALIATime for an amnesty so frustrated fans can swap clubs

Chris McLennan

OPINIONMind Matters | Spelling it out - the words that give us trouble

John Malouff

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

Moree on a Plate sizzles upon its grand return

Billy Jupp

Some of the trees planted by Fiona and Bill Ogilvie in their entrance paddock. Manna gum (E. viminalis) in the foreground was planted five years ago; the deodar (Cedrus deodara) on the right was planted in 1991.

Change is in the trees

FIONA OGILVIE

Scenic Rim dairy farmer Kay Tommerup understands the power of collaboration between producer and copnsumer and will be speaking as part of a panel during the Farm2Plate Exchange on May 18 at Beaudesert, Qld. Photo: Supplied

Paddock to plate a growing concept worth pursuing

Jamie Brown

CHAOS TO CALM: Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering. Photo: Supplied.

Organise your kitchen with tips from a decluttering expert

AFFORDABLE LUXURY: The design elements of this Australian Hamptons home meld interior with exterior for an elegant yet eminently livable family dwelling.

A grand scale luxury farmhouse with country charm and Hamptons style

Vickii Byram

The uroliths bladder of Dr Anne Quain's cat, Hero. Picture: Supplied

Signs your cat has a urinary tract obstruction

Dr Anne Quain