With the countdown for the ODI world cup next month now under way and the dulcet sounds of test cricket commentary once again providing the soundtrack to summer across the nation...

A Houhora boat came to the aid of two Muriwai anglers who were fishing for kingfish near the Shadow Patch last week but instead latched on to a huge black marlin.

Mijo (Mick, Mickey) Petricevich had a lot to look back on when he celebrated his 90th birthday last month.

2015 stands before us. This provides a real opportunity to see things afresh. To take a deep breath and look out over the horizon and to be encouraged.

ONE-TIME broadcaster, Mayor and Maori Party candidate Derek Fox knows what it's like to hold (and express) a minority view, but...

Ahipara resident Jacquie Klever had only sympathy for the family of the 9-year-old Remuera boy, named by police as Rowan Willis, who died when the motorised cart he was driving rolled on 90 Mile.

A substantial quantity of manuka honey was destroyed when fire broke out at Awanui's Mana Kai Honey Whare (formerly known as the fish factory) on Saturday.

Searches of the shoreline, in the water and from the air have failed to find any sign of the 25-year-old man who went missing while diving just 50 metres off the beach at Cable Bay.

As the Far North's most recently capped international athlete, Krystal Murray made the most of her summer holidays by returning home to spend time with family and friends and also keep in shape.

My son was the young man whose jaw was broken (in Paihia on Saturday) and had surgery to repair his jaw...

No one celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of another more enthusiastically than the people of Pawarenga.

Soft sand at Waipapakauri Ramp provided free entertainment for some locals over the holiday period.

Two American tourists who were assaulted in Paihia less than 48 hours after they arrived in New Zealand won't be taking a grudge with them when they fly to Australia tomorrow.

Homegrown cowboys were in the money during the various events on the NZRCA 2014/15 circuit known as the Christmas Run.

A spectacular pile up between three V8 cars driven, surprisingly, by the district's most experienced and daring racers proved the highlight for many from the New Year Meet at Taipa speedway.

Coastguard's latest boating safety initiative, the 'Old4New Lifejacket Upgrade' campaign, which has seen a van laden with brand new lifejackets visiting boat ramps around the northern region.

The Kaitaia branch of the SPCA is in the process of merging with the Kerikeri-based Bay of Islands branch. And that's not all that's new.

Looking to tomorrowI respond briefly to your article about my actions to address the lack of public concern about the oil companies coming to pillage and pollute our seas and coastlines.

Inquiries into a two-car crash on State Highway 1 just south of the Aupouri Forest headquarters on Sunday evening were continuing yesterday.

Take some killer weather, throw in some serious interest from both locally and further afield, add a cash incentive to make things competitive, and a dash of fundraising for good karma, and voila.

With hams, chickens, Christmas cakes and chocolates up for grabs the competition for the annual Christmas Tournament trophy at Cooper's Beach was fierce but played in good Christmas spirit.

All Helyn Tavita wanted for Christmas was a house with a toilet, running water and insulation so it wouldn't be bitterly cold next winter.

What happened to the initial agreement between the government and Sky City whereby in return for allowing?

There is no doubting the passion behind Rueben Taipari Porter's opposition to exploring and/or drilling for oil in Te Reinga Basin, but he did enormous damage to any faint hope he might have had.

"Positive and constructive" was Mayor John Carter's verdict after a discussion with Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key last week on the subject of provincial air services.

Taipa man Mark Osborne wasn't as quick as some to point the finger at commercial fishermen after he found hundreds of dead snapper floating over a wide area at the entrance to Doubtless Bay.

The search for a 16-year-old North Shore boy who was swept away while swimming in rough conditions at 90 Mile Beach on Saturday was scaled down on Sunday.

The high clay bank at Taipa Speedway proved to be an attraction for a couple of saloon racers on where, after a few rainy days, the track surface was reportedly in superb condition.

Far North Surf Rescue began its first official surf patrol of the new summer season at Ahipara on Saturday.

A new heritage park commemorating the first chapter in New Zealand's history as a nation of Maori and Pakeha was officially opened in the Bay of Islands on Sunday.