Northern AdvocateSocially spreading the word ... and wordsIn this slightly bewildering day and age of social media you can't say or do anything. Especially if you're having a meal at some 09 Jan 11:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: English gives up on Waitangi too soonWaitangi Day has provided an insight to the character of successive prime ministers ever since Norman Kirk made it a national holiday.09 Jan 04:00 PM
Northern AdvocateWho has the worse problem?The baying of young males on the wind, and the distant, delighted squeals of young girls on the pull, told me the New Year was imminent09 Jan 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateAnimal cruelty is reality of rodeosThe rodeo travelling circus is well under way. Competitors and animals are now on the road, taking animal torture to venues all over 09 Jan 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Last of the summer swineIf decorating the Christmas tree is the most exciting time of the year, then felling it is surely the most gloomy. There are few 08 Jan 06:42 PM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Set kids up for a good startImagine being called Anal, 3rd, Lucifer or 4real. Eleven Kiwi babies have narrowly escaped being called these awful names. And it's 06 Jan 01:30 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: The downside of downsizingIn terms of important issues facing mankind at present, constructing a gate to keep a dog in would not rate particularly highly but 05 Jan 04:00 AM
Northern AdvocateStrikes sowing unease in health sectorWhat's wrong with this picture? Resident Medical Officers (RMOs or doctors in training) strike for better hours. DHBs agree to 05 Jan 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Return of jandalmanWell I never! Whatever next! My first pair of $1.50 jandals lasted two days! Yes, I know some readers of last week's piece were 04 Jan 07:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Playing the numbers gameIt's a crazy messed-up world - like launching a full-scale slingshot war of stones while living in a glasshouse village. Can I simultaneously 04 Jan 02:12 AM
Northern AdvocateNaked on New Year's? Not this yearMemorable New Year's Eves? The one that ended with a naked swim in the Ngunguru River springs to mind. It seemed to be a good way 30 Dec 10:00 PM
SportCam Leslie: Put it in writing!by Cam Leslie Every year I ask myself 'do I need to make a New Year's resolution?', and the answer is always 'no'. I'm a goals-driven 30 Dec 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateFree camping sex should be on the tableby Craig Cooper Editor The Whangarei District Council recently parked up a proposed by-law for freedom camping. When they revisit 29 Dec 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: Xmas efforts aren't wastedIn the grand scheme of all things Christmas, the annual gift of a new pair of shorts Santa leaves under my tree would not appear to 29 Dec 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateWhat the floggletoggle's going on?"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," quoth Juliet Capulet. Well, if Juliet weren't currently deceased, I would tell her 28 Dec 09:00 PM
Northern AdvocateInsight into Lotto winners' thoughtsby Craig Cooper, editor 2016 has seen Northlanders gain new insight into the joy that Lotto winners experience. Winners have the 28 Dec 04:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Better times within our graspI'm holding out great hopes for 2017. Seriously. Not nuclear meltdown between Trump and Putin or any other catastrophe. This is the 28 Dec 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateNo excuses - crossing safety is keyI was shocked and sickened to read of the pedestrian/vehicle accident, at the Otaika crossing. My heartfelt sympathies go out to 28 Dec 02:00 AM
Northern AdvocatePrison posie ban ignorantYou've got to wonder at the level of ignorance the Corrections Department displayed over Mt Eden prisoners getting flowers (yes, I 27 Dec 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateNot all Northland's pockets contain goldHopefully, the tourists whose selfie I accidentally "photo bombed" took more than one shot of the moment they were trying to capture. The 23 Dec 04:00 PM
Northern AdvocatePaintball dangers need examiningby Craig CooperEditor A drive-by shooting which blinded (hopefully temporarily) a young Whangarei women highlights the dangers and 22 Dec 04:00 PM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: Coming undone in linen areaSo here I am at a well known department store. Mrs P has disappeared into the bowels of the women's section to "try something on". Experience 22 Dec 05:00 AM
Northern AdvocateAmy Wiggins: Let's be sensible about hugsIt's a sad state of affairs when we start debating whether parents are setting their kids up for a life of abuse by inciting their 22 Dec 04:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Waiting on the postmanOur new and improved postal service gets plenty of flak and some of it is deserved. The variations are certainly hard to fathom21 Dec 11:30 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Wish/hit/blacklist (tick one)All I want for Christmas is ... not my two front teeth exactly but a dental implant without having to go to Thailand would be nice. "We 21 Dec 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateAmy Wiggins: Relax, enjoy XmasIt's hard to believe Christmas is now less than a week away. I love Christmas and am counting down the days. I love being able to 21 Dec 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateThe Pulse's future must be securedby Craig Cooper Editor It would be disastrous if services provided by The Pulse cease or are reduced because of impending lease 20 Dec 02:09 AM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Christmas made in ChinaRight now I am one with the people of Yiwu, China, where most of the world's Christmas tat is made, who may be said to cry with one 19 Dec 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateAmy Wiggins: Teachers deserve our thanksTeachers often don't get the recognition they deserve. It's a thankless, and often difficult, profession - but one we cannot do without. We've 19 Dec 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateRaising justice age right decisionThe decision to raise the youth justice age has had me thinking hard. Initially I was totally opposed to it but the more I mull it 16 Dec 01:00 AM
Northern AdvocateKevin Page: Nudge, nudge, hint, hintAround this time every year the fair maidens of Aotearoa embark on a curious ritual centred around the upcoming festive season. In 15 Dec 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Trying to makes things add upStayed in Saturday night. It's becoming a more common option these days though I have to add I was right up there in the mosh pit 14 Dec 11:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNorthland stars in Air NZ safety videoby Craig Cooper Editor The Northern Advocate got a sneak preview of Air New Zealand's new safety video last month when we were invited 14 Dec 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Has Key made a difference?The phone calls started after the press release. "It's an affair," said one. "It's the buildings in Wellington that we can't get 14 Dec 02:30 AM
