A group of hairy-legged Christmas fairies of advanced age helped Oakridge Villas, a Kerikeri retirement complex, take out the title of best float in this year’s Kerikeri Christmas parade. Other entries in Saturday’s well-attended event featured dancers, a Dalek, dinosaurs, a cockatoo and truckload of mini firefighters, to name just a few. Second place went to Nurture by Nature early childhood learning centre and third to the Northland Stingrays inline hockey team. The annual parade, organised by the Kerikeri Lions Club, makes a circuit of the town’s one-way system then ends with a lolly scramble and kids entertainment at the Domain. 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.
