Northern AdvocateFind way for tribe of lost boysIn Argentina they call them "Los Trapitos" (The Raggies). They're the kids with the rags and bottles of water who make a few bucks 08 Feb 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateAndrew Johnsen: Hits keep coming for NZRThere's an old quote that says, "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement". The NZR must have knocked on the wrong 07 Feb 06:57 PM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Expect big election promisesBack in March 2015, then PM John Key vowed his party would do what it could to win back the Northland electorate seat after Winston 07 Feb 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateLife all wind and bum notesWell, just two weeks have passed and we're still here. Still here despite a stranger to reality being placed on the throne of America07 Feb 02:00 AM
Northern AdvocateGender tables turn over ironingOne of the weekend magazines recently showed it was prepared to ask the big questions. "At what point did ironing become the man's 06 Feb 11:54 PM
Northern AdvocateBreak from reality disturbingNot all progress is good. Think of the mobile phone, through which many people live their entire lives, not believing they exist 06 Feb 01:00 AM
Northern AdvocateGadgets are great but you need a Plan BI LOVE to cook. It's therapeutic, productive, creative and wholesome (well usually). Before I met my wife I used to think that I 03 Feb 10:00 PM
Northern AdvocateWindow washers a blight on Northland's landscape for tourists and residents alikeby Craig Cooper Editor Many Northlanders will be familiar with the sense of "I'm home" when they drive over the Brynderwyn Hills 03 Feb 04:00 PM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Hot dog with loads of mustardThe scene is a simple back lawn but powerful forces have been at work. It's a battlefield littered with broken branches, acorns03 Feb 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: Urge to save a cruel diseaseMy wife has been diagnosed with Briscoesitis. In a nutshell it means she can't stop buying things from her favourite store. It's 02 Feb 02:40 AM
Northern AdvocatePut sport on TV free for all to seeHopefully legislation written by New Zealand First MP Clayton Mitchell which will put sporting games of national significance into 02 Feb 01:40 AM
Northern AdvocateDate set for tight election raceThe battle can begin now Prime Minister Bill English has announced this year's general election will be held on September 23. The 01 Feb 08:00 PM
Northern AdvocateError insulting to paracyclistsby Craig CooperEditor The scheduling mistake that has seen paracyclists given seven weeks notice of a world championship event suggests 31 Jan 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateTrump saga a Hellenic epicThe hostage crisis continues. Melania's slanty eyes mutely beg for deliverance, but despite so many thousands of women marching on 30 Jan 12:30 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: We're rich! Oh ... scratch thatThis week I have been experiencing the expectation of a great financial windfall. At one point I even wondered whether I should just 26 Jan 02:00 AM
Northern AdvocateAmy Wiggins: Police must stick to limitWe all make mistakes, we're all human - even police officers. It has been reported this week that in the nine months to September 26 Jan 01:00 AM
Northern AdvocateOpinion: Let's consider moving the summer holidaysIn my childhood memories of Christmas holidays the sun is always shining, it's never raining and cardigans aren't required. It's 25 Jan 09:00 PM
Northern AdvocateThe perils of online shoppingOnline shopping generally works well for me and often the goods arrive the very next day. Even most of my many purchases from other 25 Jan 09:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Far North a killer place to beCiao bella, I'm sure going to miss you. And you are bella, beautiful beyond the postcard paradise that New Zealand often pretends 24 Jan 11:01 PM
Northern AdvocateThe three Ps of Waitangi Day in 2017by Craig Cooper, Editor Bill English should be at Te Tii Marae this Waitangi Day. And by not being there, he's avoiding part of his 24 Jan 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateRoger Moroney: Cyclists leave me breathlessOn the Sunday of the big bike racing weekend, I needed to get up Spencer Rd to check out the Party on the Hill escapades which brought 24 Jan 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateVolunteer firemen lauded for workRussellites love their volunteer fire brigade. They can't understand why the news media should publish such a one-eyed view (January 24 Jan 01:32 AM
Northern AdvocatePaul Brooks: Giving us piece of his mindAs fortunate as we are being able to view American politics from a distance, we should not be too complacent when it comes to the 20 Jan 01:00 AM
Northern AdvocateThe very rich are too mean to shareYour definition of obscenity may be what Donald Trump is accused of getting up to in a hotel in Russia. Mine is about the money 19 Jan 05:00 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: Trapped in a sick man's bodyI'm sick. Right in the middle of summer. I feel like excrement, if you know what I mean. But because I'm the modern day equivalent 19 Jan 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateCrumbs from the tables of rich menResearch showing two New Zealanders have more wealth than the poorest 30 per cent of the adult population should give us pause for 19 Jan 01:30 AM
Northern AdvocateResearch can prove anything you wantPlease do not be alarmed but the latest nutrition news is that green tea might not be that good for you. That's right, green tea 18 Jan 10:30 PM
Northern AdvocateWe will not compromise on safetyNorthland District Health Board chief executive officer Dr Nick Chamberlain's opinion piece (Advocate, January 5) regarding this current 18 Jan 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateHalberg Awards now too narrowThe naming of finalists for the Halberg Awards provokes quite some debate across the sporting sphere as to what really makes the supreme 17 Jan 12:30 AM
Northern AdvocateA sure-fire way to get movingI've joined the Fitbit Brigade. Yes, I'm now officially one of those people who walk round looking at their wrist every half an hour 16 Jan 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateThe real dope on cannabisIt's only natural that over the holidays, when people unwind, they puff on weed and dream beautiful dreams, like making fortunes out 16 Jan 02:01 AM
Northern AdvocateWhy we should welcome touristsKiwis are renowned for our hospitality, and it's a character trait we take pride in. Aside from the not-so-small matter of our epic 16 Jan 01:00 AM
Northern AdvocateSame choc flavours left every yearLooking back over the festive season we can learn some pretty important life lessons which help clarify what Christmas is all about 13 Jan 02:22 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: I'm carrying a lot of baggageDid you hear the one about the Kiwi, the Asian and the Indian? Long story short. I've been in Napier with Mrs P for a wedding. I've 12 Jan 02:00 AM
