Battered by rain

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DOWNPOURThe Met Service does not have a rain gauge on Waiheke Island but a home weather station on Cory Rd recorded 71mm over 12 hours from Wednesday evening. This follows an already wet winter. NIWA senior climate scientist Georgina Griffiths says the Awaroa Valley weatherstation on Waiheke recorded a total of 411.7mm total winter rainfall in 2009 and this increased to 502.9mm in 2010. The 10-year average rainfall total for winter is 409mm. NIWA is predicting a warm wet spring. --------------------

Anti-suburbia fighter

LYNDAL JEFFERIES - Waiheke Marketplace

SUPERCITY candidate Mike Lee believes Waiheke Island should have no more than 10,000 permanent residents to stop it turning into a "suburban sprawl nightmare".

Drive is on for more bone marrow donors

CLAIRE HAYNES - Waiheke Marketplace

Hariata Sadler has good reason to encourage people to join the New Zealand Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

Stream closer to being safe for kids

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Water quality tests of Little Oneroa Stream show E.coli levels have dropped below Ministry of Health guidelines for recreational water for the first time in five years.