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Kaitaia teenagers picked for Kiwis trial

One local league identity impressed with the selection of Brody Tamarua and Te Kahi Nathan for the Kiwis 16s trials in Rotorua this week was Jim Larkin.

Celebrations at Waipapa, disillusionment at Ruakaka

Premier division Kerikeri Bay Builders 4 Central Brown 0 (ht 1-0): Sitting second-to-bottom, Central were never likely to give newly crowned NMP champions Kerikeri much trouble, especially at home.

Builders needed for Nepal

Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is offering the "opportunity of a lifetime" for "everyday New Zealanders" to travel to Nepal in November to help build 100 homes.

Editorial, Tuesday July 14, 2015

SOMEONE should stump up with a couple of million to pay for research into how wisely a lot of the millions spent on research is being spent.

Letter to the Editor, Tuesday July 14, 2015

A literary first for Lance O'Sullivan

Kaitaia GP Dr Lance O'Sullivan might well have recorded a literary first for New Zealand, if not globally, last week.

North wetlands 'declining fast'

"Less than 10 per cent of New Zealand's wetlands remain, and Northland's remaining wetlands are declining fast, with swamp kauri mining being a significant cause."

Dogs take grim toll on kiwi

Champions of the kiwi in the Far North are concerned by the number of birds that have been killed by a dog or dogs around Kerikeri over the last two months.

No lack of enthusiasm on Church Road

Letter to the Editor, Tuesday July 7, 2015

Christopher Findlay's letter (In good faith, July 2) talks up the Te Hiku claims settlements, but it leaves me wondering if he really knows what good faith is or what on Earth he has done.

Editorial, Tuesday July 7, 2015

REMEMBER the old days, when kids got opportunities based on talent? When those who were handy on the football field made the 1st XV, those who could sing or act starred in the annual school production, and those who could reason were chosen for the debati

A helping hand for three careers

Three careers received a helping hand in the form of the 2015 Te Hiku Hauora educational and sports scholarships, presented at Te Kao's Potahi Marae, last month.

Just the job for a farm boy ...

Saturday will be the 30th anniversary of the day Greg Berghan, then a brand new 17-year-old, started work at the Kaitaia Dairy Company store in Kaitaia.

Ngapuhi elders keep faith with Tau despite pressure

Close to 100 Ngapuhi kaumatua and kuia, who met in Kaikohe on Friday, did not accept Raniera (Sonny) Tau's offer to resign as chairman of Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngapuhi.

SFO probe 'has left victims'

Former Far North Mayor Wayne Brown is calling on his successor, John Carter, to apologise over his calling of a Serious Fraud Office inquiry into Far North District Council activities over the four years to 2013.

Hansen duo book nationals spots

The best secondary school surfers in the province scored pumping surf at Ahipara last Friday for the third and final event of the 2015 Northland Scholastic Surfing Series.