The history of Kaitaia's A&P association is littered with people who have consistently supported the annual event over many years, but few, if any, could hold a candle to Awanui sheep farmer Madge Hows.

A song written and performed by a Kaitaia College student won last year's inaugural Kaitaia War Memorial Committee Anzac tribute competition, and this year has seen a repeat.

The Army Museum's call for one knitted poppy for every New Zealander who lost their lives in World War I has been answered from one end of the country to the other, but a very local version of the campaign began at Te Ahu in Kaitaia yesterday.

The December 2014 rescue of three fishermen from rocks off the Karikari Peninsula has earned official recognition for Coastguard Houhora and the Northland Coastguard Air Patrol.

Fifty seniors and 52 juniors enjoyed perfect conditions on both land and sea during the Houhora Big Game & Sports Fishing Club's annual Easter Sports Fishing Contest.

It's been a long and not always enjoyable haul, but the secure unit at Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential Care is nearing completion.

Two more Gold Stars were added to the Mangonui Volunteer Fire Brigade's history on Saturday night.

Kaitaia no longer has a town clock, a fact that will delight some and appal others. But this wasn't a case of the local community board or district council taking matters into its own hands.

The skinny, flea-ridden, worm-infested puppy that found a loving home with seven-year-old Devon Robinson and his family last year (Important new career for Kai, April 2) has done more than simply show promise as a drug dog.

Kaitaia Justa Plumber 2 Kamo 1 (ht 0-0): Kaitaia's first foray into Northland Men's Premier Division (NMP) began in promising fashion with a victory at home over the formidable Kamo in warm, breezy conditions at Taipa on Saturday afternoon.

If there were any initiatives applied to enforce, during the Easter break, the "no exceptions" policy that Inspector Murray Hodson described in the article 'Road rules apply on the beach as well' (Northland Age January 22) they were notably ineffective.

The 14-year-old Whangarei Boys' High student who died in a quad bike crash south of Kaikohe last week has been described as a "lovely young man" who threw himself into everything he did.

A 50-year-old man accused of murder is expected to plead not guilty, on the basis that he acted in self-defence.

Thirty of Northland's best young athletes gathered in Kerikeri last month to take part in the the Kerikeri Striders Junior Athletics Club ribbon day.

In completing their first season as swimming coaches for the Kaitaia Amateur Swimming Club, two local teenagers have been cited as a shining example of youth leadership in Te Hiku.

It is almost 20 years since Kaitaia's penultimate mayor, a man regarded by many as a colossus in the community where he was born and lived much of his life but whose contribution has never been officially marked by the local authority, was laid to rest.

Kaitaia's historic World War I memorial angel once again has two arms, more than 20 years after it was damaged, thanks to a group of local Vietnam veterans and internationally recognised local sculptor and carver Paul Marshall.

It will be some time before they make their way through the court process, but assets including land, houses and cars, together worth millions of dollars, have already been seized by police from some of the more than 100 people arrested in the course of t

The Houhora Bowling Club wrapped up its 2014/15 season recently and provided a round-up of results from the last few events of the summer calendar which had been completed in the final months.