More than 4000 revellers packed Kerikeri’s main street on Saturday night for the culmination of a massive weekend which started on Friday with the Bald Angels’ world-record-breaking big shave in which 462 people went bald to raise money for disadvantaged Northlanders. On Saturday about 2500 people contested the Kerikeri Half Marathon and that evening thousands more ate, drank and danced in the annual Kerikeri Street party with a record 28 food stalls and 13 wineries taking part. This year’s bands were Jules’ Trio (Kerikeri), Legacy (Whangarei) and Pacifica Beats winners Strangely Arousing (Rotorua). The street party was started in 2007 by a group of B&B owners to persuade out-of-town runners in the half marathon to spend an extra night in town. Since then the free event has grown into Kerikeri’s biggest night of the year. 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.
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