On Saturday the TrustPower National Community Awards were held in the Far North for the first time, with 24 regional winners competing for the supreme title in a judging day at Kerikeri's Turner Centre followed by an awards ceremony at the Waitangi treaty grounds that evening. A day earlier the finalists were hosted by the 2010 supreme winner, the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Trust, which put on a presentation at its Kawakawa railway shed and a steam train ride to Taumarere for lunch. More than 140 people, representing volunteer groups from Kaikohe in the north to Invercargill in the south, took part.
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.
