For Northland sportspeople and sports fans, 2012 has been a year with many highlights. We had strong representation at the Olympics and Paralympics, Tim Southee has had a breakthrough year with the Black Caps, and the mighty Taniwha knocked over Waikato in an ITM Cup thriller. Cute, happy, funny, sad and tragic - it's all in a day's work for the Northern Advocate's team of photographers. Here's a small selection of what Northern Advocate photographer Ron Burgin saw through the lens in 2012.
Image 1 of 5: Kamo Magpie's Angus Darroch looks for the line against Mid Western.
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.
