An estimated 500 people took part in Horeke Regatta on Saturday, an annual day of whanau fun and sporting challenges beside the Hokianga Harbour. Ii was the biggest turnout in many years with numbers boosted by fine weather and the opening of the Okaihau-Horeke leg of the Twin Coast Cycle trail earlier in the day. Attractions included dinghy relays, a sailing race from Rawene to Horeke, a slippery pole, axe throwing, nail driving, lots of kai (with the kina pockets especially popular), doing bombs off the wharf, and a grueling Iron Man and Woman challenge involving a swim, a run to the top of a nearby mountain, and a tyre drag. 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.
