Kaeo marked the festive season with the town’s annual Christmas parade and festival, starting with a convoy of floats — including a flock of schoolchildren dressed as sheep, colourful taniwha and a bunch of pirates, all led by the Piriwiritua Ratana Band — down State Highway 10 to Whangaroa College. There Santa arrived on a vintage truck, stalls selling chowder and oyster fritters kept the crowd’s hunger at bay, and Matauri Bay School’s kapa haka group and covers band Rock Salad kept them entertained. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
Image 1 of 24: Little pirate Drew Mikkelsen, 7, on the Totara North Early Childhood Centre float.
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.
