Northern AdvocateRiver campaign carries on environmental batonA campaign to clean up Whangarei's Hatea River is continuing the good work of environmentally-minded Northlanders who have long fought 21 Nov 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: 'Silly treasures' survive unscathedPart of my life, as survivor of a chain of dead people, is custodian of family flotsam loaded with memories that become more fragile 21 Nov 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateAndrew Colarik: We need to shield our data, capacitySo much of our livelihoods are now linked to the digital space. Our primary industries compete globally using information and communications 21 Nov 02:23 AM
Northern AdvocateOpinion: Goosebump sporting momentsby Craig CooperEditor There are some moments in sport that stay with us for life. You know the ones, those memories that bring us 18 Nov 03:00 PM
Northern AdvocateEva Bradley: Kiwis can count our blessingsIt has been an upsetting week. Expectations got turned upside down, uncertainty about the future now abounds and (in the opinion of 17 Nov 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateAmy Wiggins: Blase attitude towards disasterI'm not prepared for a natural disaster - the only time I ever have been is when a flatmate took it upon herself to set up a flat 17 Nov 01:42 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Xmas shopping made easyTrade Me can help you with your Christmas shopping. No, of course it's not too early, especially when you consider New Zealand 16 Nov 09:30 PM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Get tough on lootersIt's not often that I agree with Winston Peters but he made a valid point this week. The New Zealand First leader is calling for 16 Nov 08:00 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Trump voters seeking saviourA bottle of gin - Bombay, every November for the rest of my life. That's what I won on Wednesday when Trump led the carnival campaign 16 Nov 02:00 AM
Northern AdvocateCrab dumping turn stomachs of NorthlandersAccess to Northland's coastal playground is one of the reasons why people live in our region. In some cases, the attraction is so 15 Nov 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateDonald Trump sending people this way?I wonder if President-elect Donald Trump (ooh it feels strange saying that) is a fan of the fine '80s and '90s US band that went by 14 Nov 11:00 PM
Northern AdvocateTake tsunami threat seriously141116NZHMMQUAKE12.JPGDamage at CentrePort in Wellington, caused by yesterday's 7.5 South Island earthquake. PHOTO/Mark Mitchell will 14 Nov 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Morgan's timing is perfectThe timing was right: catch the momentum of the American election, and eclipse it. The role model was right: Donald Trump. The man 14 Nov 02:00 AM
Northern AdvocateTake a hard line on driving testsby Craig Cooper, Editor It's hard to pass your driving test in Whangarei apparently. It shouldn't be easy, but commenters on our 11 Nov 05:00 PM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: There's a lot riding on TrumpMany people around the world are still wondering how on earth Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States. It is safe 10 Nov 09:30 PM
Northern AdvocateMotoring musings - you can print thatA couple of motoring stories tickled my fancy recently (yes, of course I have a fancy). That means it's time to put this trusty 10 Nov 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateA tragedy within a tragedyby Craig CooperEditor Young rugby player Jordan Kemp was given the OK to head back out on to a rugby field with a ticking time bomb 09 Nov 04:02 PM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Twee shirts and ironing boredI heart the people who make inspirational T-shirts and kitten posters and then spread them liberally via the internet. You know 09 Nov 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Trash is a tricky businessThe notion of sustaining the life of a landfill is a sound one. If you are filling a hole in your backyard with rubbish, it makes 09 Nov 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Gaffe a relief from politicsI fell on last weekend's report of Paul Henry's latest gaffe less with outrage than relief. What a happy change from what Americans 07 Nov 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Choose your posts carefullyMore and more people are posting snippets of their life online. They're capturing their day at the beach, the family dog's latest 06 Nov 09:04 PM
Northern AdvocatePaul Brooks: Don't get caught in internet's truth webAsk Google. Consult the internet. The World Wide Web has become the answer to all of life's pressing problems. Need to know something? 04 Nov 01:30 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Rabbits and rosesIf you regularly read this space, you might remember a column from a few months back about my (rather successful) rose hospital. Well03 Nov 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateOpinion: Adams shows other Kiwis the wayYou can't miss Steven Adams. Even if you don't see the visual cues of the 2.13m behemoth with a sleeve tattoo and caveman-like hair01 Nov 09:05 PM
Northern AdvocateTime to crack down on fireworks?Guy Fawkes was a bit of a rebel. He did after all try to kill the King of England. The fact that he and the other Gunpowder Plotters 01 Nov 09:00 PM
Northern AdvocateDylan Thorne: Promoters right to keep taxpayers out of ringDuco Events made the right decision in withdrawing its application for assistance in funding boxer Joseph Parker's title fight in 01 Nov 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateRoger Moroney: A treble of transport issuesPlanes, Trains and Automobiles . . . great name for a movie and the Hollywood folks did it justice back in 1987 through director John 31 Oct 04:41 PM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Fear at the start and finishAfter what must have been months of keen detective work, police have uncovered a coven in Maungaraki, the Lower Hutt suburb where 31 Oct 02:30 AM
Northern AdvocateLinda Hall: Dreamworld tragedy close to my heartTwo of my daughters and their families live in the same suburb as Dreamworld. You can see the giant drop from my youngest daughter's 30 Oct 07:27 PM
Northern AdvocateEva Bradley: Lost trust casualty of Dreamworld tragedyThe name says it all: Dreamworld. It is a place not just apart from reality, but better than it. Kids long to go there and adults 30 Oct 04:30 PM
Northern AdvocateMore songs, less scrumsLast Saturday, for the first time in a long time, I forgot the All Blacks were playing a test match. I didn't watch the haka or the 28 Oct 03:00 PM
Northern AdvocateEva Bradley: Rebuilding my life soundtrackWhat is the soundtrack of your life? We all have one, but few of us stop to consider this, and even fewer could compile it if compelled 27 Oct 01:30 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Travel troubles in CubaLast week's description of travel woes prompted a number of readers to share similar stories with me. I thank them. They all suggest 26 Oct 08:00 PM
Northern AdvocatePraying for a pricked conscienceBy Craig Cooper, Editor Someone in Hikurangi knows who has six-year-old Tyree Walters' PlayStation and they should give it back. It's 26 Oct 05:00 PM
