Wheels will spin for Te Amo-haere
Kaitaia teenager Te Amo-haere Rudolph needs her friends at the moment as she battles a cancer.
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Another day-long outage on way
Top Energy is planning another nine-hour power outage north of the Hokianga Harbour and Mangamuka Gorge on Sunday March 15, the second in six weeks, this time to repair a damaged pylon...
Man, dog and judge in the Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands Sheepdog Trial Club hosted the second leg of the Northland Sheepdog Trials circuit for 2015 on Friday and Saturday.
Rescue choppers rack up the hours
It's been a busy summer for the Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST), with more people needing assistance in the last two months than ever before.
St John youth well rewarded
A very successful year was capped off nicely when St John Youth Doubtless Bay staged its awards night.
Woman sentenced on cruelty charges
A 32-year-old Kaitaia woman who tied up a dog with wire, causing a 24cm gash in its neck, and tied another dog to a clothesline without shelter, was sentenced to four month's community detention when she appeared before the Kaitaia District Court.
Great Barrier Airlines to serve Kaitaia
Offers to replace Air New Zealand were made within hours of Air New Zealand declaring last year that it would abandon its Kaitaia-Auckland service in April. Far North Holdings announced it had picked a winner.
Talented young 'keeper named for Spanish trip
The Far North community has been given an opportunity to help a talented young Kerikeri footballer travel to train at the world famous Valencia football academy next month.
Weather unkind to dancin' fishin' chicks
The Houhora Fishin' Chicks contest wiggled its way to another end with the organisers noting the weather was a bit unkind to the 40 ladies and their skippers over the two-day event held last Friday.
A new principal for college
The board of trustees at Kaitaia College adopted a very thorough process to select a successor to principal William Tailby, who will retire at the end of this term...
Opo's resting place recorded
The final resting place of Opo the Friendly Dolphin, whose antics made headlines around the country during the summer of 1955, has been given formal heritage recognition.
Letter to the Editor, Tuesday February 10, 2015
I note with interest the letter from Mr Simon Allan Wet Crew and Committee Member - Far North Radio and Sea Rescue, January 26.
Editorial Tuesday February 10, 2015
IT DOES little to inspire confidence in local government that its national body sees new taxes as the answer to revenue woes.
A bit of a do at Jonesy's
There was only one place to be in the Far North on the night before Waitangi festivities began, and that was the home of former Labour MP Shane Jones.
Big issues tackled at Waitangi
Friday's commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi produced little of the aggression of past years...
Everyone's a winner in the Whanau Triple Challenge
Pops Bratz triumphed over the competition to take out the grand title at the Whanau Triple Challenge tournament at Lindvart Park on Saturday.
Memories of the Music Man
The music stopped at 6.30pm on January 26 when Dennis Collins passed peacefully away.
Letter to the Editor Thursday February 5, 2015
It is 20 years since the treaty settlement process began in earnest. Settlements have gone some way to right the wrongs, and build Maori community strength.
Slow trip north for a record load
What has 142 wheels, pumps out 1590 horsepower, weighs 190 tonnes and needs three drivers to keep it on the road? The biggest thing ever seen on Northland roads.
Look who's singing at Sandhoppers
Ahipara's Gumdiggers Cafe is not unused to serving celebrities, although most do their best to remain incognito, or at least avoid the attention of fans.
Gymnastics bounces back
Another year of gymnastics classes are all ready to go at the Kaitaia Gymnastic Club beginning from next Monday, February 9, for Term 1. Session times for the coming year are as follows.
Racer returns, 60 years on
Kaikohe motor racing enthusiast Fred Courtney's Northland Special racecar, which won the first New Zealand Grand Prix in 1950, will be at the 60th national grand prix at Manfeild in Feilding...
Letter to the Editor February 3, 2015
I realise that Moon from Nelson has every right to freedom of speech, as do I. But being a prime example of a Maori-bashing redneck that has absolutely no idea...
Editorial Tuesday February 3, 2015
NEW ZEALAND FIRST leader Winston Peters initially showed some modicum of restraint when Northland MP Mike Sabin announced his resignation from politics on Friday...
Sky's the limit for Kaikohe team
The Kaikohe Volunteer Fire Brigade has entered a team for the Sky Tower Stair Challenge for the first time this year...
'Leave our lands and seas alone'
Protests against Statoil's seismic oil exploration off western Northland and the "dubious" way the government had "bulldozed" the granting of deep sea oil exploration permits continue...
Cancer kids in need of a hand
Te Amo-haere Rudolph gave every impression yesterday that she didn't have a care in the world. But she has. And she is not alone.
PM Key - Mike Sabin was cabinet material
Prime Minister John Key has described his former Northland colleague Mike Sabin as potentially having the makings of a Cabinet minister.
King whanau rule at nationals
New Zealand's outrigger canoe "first family" - the King whanau from Cable Bay - lived up to their royal reputation at the recent 26th ActivePost Waka Ama Sprint National Championships.
Letter to the Editor Thursday January 29, 2015
Rueben Porter (good Maori name that!) can march wherever he likes. There is no law against it, and the exercise may do him good.
Child poverty 'a political agenda'
Child poverty has become a new frontier for socialist activism, transformed from a social cause into a political agenda...