November 15, 2025

Camden Haven News Of The Area

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Practice in Community: Investing in artists working in regional Australia Penny Dakin, Scott Howie, Ros Abercrombie, Andrew Barker, Danielle Fusco and Imogen Castledine.
Community

Practice in Community: Investing in artists working in regional Australia

REGIONAL Arts Australia is launching a “transformative” new funding initiative with $2.4 million dollars in support from Minderoo Foundation. The program offers multi-year grants of $160,000 to support independent artists living and working in regional communities across Australia. “Practice in Community” will deliver two funding rounds for independent artists working in Community Arts and Cultural […]

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Hastings pubs on shortlist for AHA NSW awards Some of the team from Flower Hotels’ Settlers Inn and Tacking Point Tavern. Photos: supplied.
Business

Hastings pubs on shortlist for AHA NSW awards

THE Australian Hotels Association (AHA) reckons the Hastings’ pubs are among the state’s best when it comes to food, music and generally being “the heart of the community”. Port Macquarie, Lake Cathie, Wauchope, Beechwood and Long Flat all feature on the list of finalists for this year’s AHA NSW Awards of Excellence. These are the […]

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Results released from Port to Port building blitz Building inspectors visited sites between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie.
Regional

Results released from Port to Port building blitz

THE Building Commission NSW has released the results of its three-day inspection blitz of worksites between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie. During August, a team of inspectors visited 41 sites across Nelson Bay, Forster, Diamond Beach, Bonny Hills and Port Macquarie. Inspections focused on identifying defective building work, monitoring for unlicensed or unsupervised specialist trades […]

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Adolescent male humpbacks stun whale watchers as they jostle for position off Port Macquarie A drone shot of some of the 10 or 11 juvenile humpbacks off Port Macquarie on Monday. Photo: Alex McNaught, roving-eye.com.
Local News

Adolescent male humpbacks stun whale watchers as they jostle for position off Port Macquarie

A drone shot of some of the 10 or 11 juvenile humpbacks off Port Macquarie on Monday. Photo: Alex McNaught, roving-eye.com. This spectacular breach off Port Macquarie’s Town Beach last week has been shared around the world. Photo: Jodie Lowe’s Marine Animal Photography. Whale spotter Leigh Mansfield at Tacking Point Lighthouse. Photo: Sue Stephenson. THERE’S […]

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Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk, says report The loss of forest canopy has long been claimed to increase the risk of flooding – but actually proving the direct link has proven difficult since the impact of other factors such as changing climate are hard to exclude. Photo: NSW SES.
Regional

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk, says report

THE chance of large-scale flooding in a specific catchment area can increase by as much as 700 percent if widespread deforestation has occurred. That is the finding of a new paper by academics who analysed decades of flooding data from regions in Australia which frequently suffer forest fires. The loss of forest canopy has long […]

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Farm fire vehicle scheme launched after series of trials Farm Firefighting Vehicles are commonly small trucks, utes or trailers with fixed water, pumps or fire management equipment.
Local News

Farm fire vehicle scheme launched after series of trials

FARMERS and rural landholders can now register to use Farm Firefighting Vehicles (FFVs) to respond to emergency bushfires near their property. Last Wednesday, the NSW Government launched a conditional registration scheme to enable typically unregistered FFVs to be used legally and under the protection of insurance. FFVs are commonly small trucks, utes or trailers with […]

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NSW Women over 50invited to join free program for active living Professor Anne Tiedemann from the University of Sydney.
Camden Haven

NSW Women over 50invited to join free program for active living

WOMEN across NSW are being invited to take part in a major government-funded health initiative designed to support active, independent ageing. The program, Active Women over 50, is led by Professor Anne Tiedemann from the University of Sydney and supported by the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund. It will provide free, tailored support to […]

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Run of hope raises thousands for Zambian orphans Melinda Mwanza, Staffan Andler and Tom Mwanza.
Community

Run of hope raises thousands for Zambian orphans

LOCAL musician and endurance runner Tom Mwanza completed an extraordinary 100-kilometre run from Hallidays Point to Port Macquarie on Saturday, raising funds to build a home for five orphaned children in his hometown of Kalulushi, Zambia. Originally from Zambia and now based on the Mid North Coast, Tom set out to raise $100,000 through his […]

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Crime Stoppers and NSW Police are encouraging the community to continue reporting criminal activity Contact Crime Stoppers to report criminal activity. Photo: crimestoppersact.com.au.
Community, Police

Crime Stoppers and NSW Police are encouraging the community to continue reporting criminal activity

CRIME Stoppers and NSW Police are urging the community to continue to speak up and report crime. This encouragement follows News Of The Area’s report last week about an apparent increase in youth crime in Wauchope. Residents say there has been a lack of police action in response to their multiple calls. Crime Stoppers and […]

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Kew Country Club and Community at 3 explore joint venture to assist with homelessness Tom, Doug, Fran, Kew Country Club General Manager Dean Noble, Community at 3 Patron Staffan Andler (Patron), Glenn, Community at 3 Chairman Theo Hazelgrove, and Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer (Community at 3 Patron).
Community

Kew Country Club and Community at 3 explore joint venture to assist with homelessness

REPRESENTATIVES from Camden Haven Community at 3 and Kew Country Club have met to discuss a potential joint venture aimed at addressing homelessness in the Camden Haven region. The proposal involves applying for grant funding to build several relocatable homes that would provide temporary accommodation for people in need. Kew Country Club has already played […]

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