School kids, rugby players, firefighters, even butchers flexed their muscles on Sunday in the annual Puff and Pull Carnival, a contest to see who can pull the vintage locomotive Gabriel the length of Kawakawa’s main street in the shortest time. This year the schools’ trophy went to Kawakawa Primary – beating defending champs Bay of Islands College by a fraction of a second – while the community trophy was retained by the Taniwha, Northland’s rugby team.
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.
