Sunshine, good vibes, good music at Paihia festival
Just under 1800 people piled into Paihia’s Village Green on Saturday for a day of sunshine, music, food, wine and good vibes. This year’s It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival featured covers bands JPG and Automatic 80s along with award winning singer-songwriter Troy Kingi and 12-strong ‘‘super group’’ Fly My Pretties. The event, now in its ninth year, aims to lure people to the Bay for a weekend before the summer tourist season kicks off in earnest. 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.
