A train robbery, horse riders who looked like they’d galloped in from the Wild West and dogs in costumes — all that and more featured in Saturday’s Christmas parade with a difference in Kawakawa. In another departure from the usual, a response to controversy in Auckland about whether Santa could be a woman, was that the star of the parade wasn’t a bearded old man from the North Pole but local identity Tracey Wells. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
Image 1 of 22: The Ngati Hine FM crew - from left, Maru Henare, Helen Locke, Amber Smith, Hinemoa Aretera and Alana Pere - won the prize for best business entry. Photo / 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.
