Almost the entire 134-strong roll of Kaeo Primary took to the stage last week to perform in the biennial school production. Held at Whangaroa Community Hall to sell-out audiences on Wednesday and Thursday nights, the show featured plays by the junior, middle and senior schools. The junior item was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood while the middle school pupils went time-travelling on Burt Munro’s Indian motorcycle to visit iconic New Zealanders such as Maui, Kupe, Fred Dagg, Billy T James, the Topp Twins and Sir Edmund Hillary. Finally, the senior kids performed a play in which a bloke called Pinecone — aided by a courageous mob of sheep, a talking dog and various other animals — saved Kaeo Valley from the clutches of a greedy developer planning to turn it into an urban wasteland. 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.
