A gang of horsemen staging a train robbery was one of the highlights of Kawakawa's Christmas parade and festival on Saturday. Fortunately the heist was not real and the only loot the robbers made off with was several sacks of sweets, which were thrown to the spectators in a lolly scramble. The town's main street was closed to cars for much of the day and taken over by festival-goers, bands, parade floats, vintage vehicles and horses. The theme was a Kawakawa Christmas with floats based on everything from the town's coal-mining past to present-day efforts to save its public pool. Santa arrived - how else? - on a train. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
Tintype Central is a portrait studio specialising in the wet plate colloidion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography.
Northern Advocate photographer Michael Cunningham captured all the fun and action from the 2024 Northland Fritter Festival, held at Semenoff Stadium on Saturday, March 9.
Captain's run for Blues rugby team at Semenoff Stadium, Okara Park, Whangarei, Sam Nock feeds the ball out during the Captain's run. Photo/ by Michael Cunningham
About 75 crews took part in the BP Surf Rescue North Island IRB Championships at Waipu Cove on February 10 and 11, where sunshine and medium-sized waves made for a great event.
Regatta was welcomed to Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa (Whangārei harbour) with a pōwhiri conducted by hapū Patuharakeke as about 580 passengers disembarked.
Tikipunga Primary School students greet visitors at the opening of Kāinga Ora's 55-home Wanaka St development, at the former Tikipunga Tavern site. Video / Kāinga Ora
