Abundant Life School (Kaitaia) principal Mark Tan has four words for those who do not believe in the power of the individual - "Look at Travis Burrows."

On the eve of the 175th anniversary of the sacking of Russell and the outbreak of war in the North, Ngati Hine is leading another rebellion, this time against family violence.

It took until the last day of this year's 2015 Snapper Bonanza for the ultimate winner to be revealed.

There was a thrilling and dramatic climax to this year's Radz Challenge when a massive blue marlin weighing 280.5kg failed to make the cut-off time by only 10 minutes...

Brad and Lesley Roberts were emphatic winners in the 2015 Northland Dairy Industry Awards.

Open letter to Hon Nathan Guy, Minister for Primary Industries, regarding Houhora Harbour marine exploitation and recreational status request.

The relief that swept over the country when the developers who had planned to fell a supposedly 500-year-old kauri tree in West Auckland backed down...

Six people, one of them an 8-year-old boy who according to police had been travelling unrestrained (and could well lose his front teeth), were injured in a head-on crash on Matthews Avenue...

Cyclone Pam staged a stellar performance at Taupo Bay according to resident Brian Carter, but Northland appeared yesterday to have emerged largely unscathed.

His younger brother is getting married this weekend but Boris Jurlina won't be there to see it.

As of yesterday afternoon, with several hours fishing remaining before day two of the 2015 Snapper Bonanza was completed, no one had pulled in a snapper to better the 8.245kg specimen caught by Mike Dowden.

In reply to Mayor John Carter's article, Places powered by people (Northland Age, March 5), as a member of the Te Hiku Sports Hub I would like to present again our vision for Kaitaia as centre of the top of New Zealand, Te Hiku ward.

Mangonui man Ian Lange got more than he bargained for when he went to empty his mullet net near Mill Bay last Saturday morning.

A "massive" community effort coupled with a Weet-Bix-eating frenzy has seen a Kaitaia primary school win $5000.

The Winston Peters show arrived in Kaitaia yesterday, drawing a crowd of at least 80 supporters, hecklers and the plain curious who spilled on to the road outside the town's post office.

Having dominated the competition for the previous two years, the Te Rarawa Football Club is aiming to secure a three-peat by winning the under-8 division for the third year running when the Kaitaia junior football winter season kicks off later this year.

The Houhora One Base celebrates its 21st anniversary this year with the annual major big gamefishing tournament set to run from Wednesday to Saturday, March 18-21 (the week after the Snapper Bonanza wraps up).

An agreement that aims to protect the Taumarere River while allowing a controversial marina extension to go ahead at Opua is being hailed a "win win" by the hapu that initially opposed it.

National has pledged to spend up to $69 million replacing 10 one-lane bridges in Northland over the next six years, including notoriously narrow and flood-prone bridges at Taipa, Kaeo and Rangiahua.

Kaitaia Abundant Life School student Travis Burrows will put his fitness to the test tomorrow on behalf of an ailing schoolmate.

The clear winner of Saturday's pageant at Te Ahu was Danielle Collings, who happens to be a receptionist at this newspaper's Commerce Street headquarters. The 19-year-old from Doubtless Bay also took out the Miss Catwalk title.

For the first time in almost 50 years the race to be Northland's next MP is wide open with polls showing New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has a real chance of breaking National's decades-old grip on the seat.

With the annual Snapper Bonanza week-long surfcasting extravaganza hitting Ninety Mile Beach next week, there is huge interest...

Kasey and Karena Bird, the Bay of Plenty sisters who won last year's NZ Master Chef title, know about life in small towns...

Six months ago the ferocious bombardment on Gaza stopped. While the guns may have fallen silent the war continues for the children of Gaza.

Eight-year-old Te Paea Rameka has had more health issues over the last year than many people would face in a lifetime. But she's never lost the beaming smile...

Police seized what they believed to be a substantial haul of stolen property from a house at Ahipara yesterday, spreading it out on the lawn and painstakingly recording it in detail.

Police displayed exquisite timing when they raided a house on Mataraua Road, south of Kaikohe, on Sunday morning. A fresh batch of methamphetamine was reportedly cooking when they arrived...

The Houhora Fishing Club was in the thick of the action in the New Zealand Sports Fishing Council 2015 nationals competition, with 15 impressive specimens bought into the Far North weigh station....