A Norwegian oil executive was surprised and confused when a protester began overturning tables at a hui in Kaitaia last week, but did not fear for his safety.

Two Far North District Council employees who have each clocked up 20 years of work for the organisation have been formally recognised for their long service.

Many motorists bypass Waipu these days, and those who don't would not expect to be accosted by a lady bearing gifts, but that's what happened to Kaikohe couple Tony and Debbie Taylor as they headed home from Auckland last week.

Two intrepid Northlanders are in sight of the finish line aboard their racing tuktuk that will take them almost the length of India.

North Force 3 Eastern Suburbs 0: In the end, the Auckland 16 Metro championship was decided without a shot being fired when Eastern Suburbs defaulted to North Force late last week.

Eight schools sent 15 teams made of students from year 5- 8 to take part in the FN Primary Schools Mini Hockey field day which was held Taipa in sunny conditions earlier this month.

Posturing and faux outrage

Shooting dogs

A 33-year-old Massey, West Auckland man made a brief appearance before two Justices of the Peace in the Kaitaia District Court yesterday charged with the murder of Connor Morris in Auckland on August 3.

A bottlenose dolphin thought to have lost her calf after becoming stranded in the Kerikeri Inlet five years ago has adopted a baby of another species.

Northland season starts Northland rugby supporters will once again don their replica jerseys and drag their old Cambridge Blue coloured scarves out of the closet and converge upon Toll Stadium to watch the Taniwha playing their first game of the ITM Cup (

Bay competitionKotuuku Hokianga Kura beat Taheke in Bay of Islands netball in Kaikohe on Saturday to progress to the A grade final on Saturday August 23.

The Northland DHB has confirmed five further cases of measles in Northland (initially reported earlier this week as six). The victims, all children in the Hokianga and all unimmunised, had been in contact with the first case reported on July 29.

Finally the bridge has gone PROBLEM SOLVED: The footbridge at the end of Taaffe Street, Kaitaia was finally dismantled on Monday.

What was planned as a workshop to discuss future plans of Statoil marine exploration off the Far North's west coast in Kaitaia on Monday deteriorated into open hostility.

A 47-year-old unemployed Whangape man has been jailed for 19 years for his part in a major methamphetamine operation that was put out of business by police in 2012.

Local dartists returned from Rotorua where they once again boxed above their weight while representing the district.

A trio of Kaitaia gymnasts have achieved some excellent results at elite level while competing in Auckland competition over the past few weeks.

No bail for accused drug dealer

Memories flowed like cold beer in the old public bar when more than 70 people, including many a former patron, gathered at Friday's farewell for the Kaikohe Hotel.

The scam itself is familiar, but fraudsters offering to fix a computer problem may now be deliberately targeting the elderly.

The first thing that happens when someone who works for the police achieves a service milestone is that someone with rank pulls out their personal file.

Whaling in the Far North

JC Nuts in Kerikeri

Rise in Kerikeri's population.

Far North Reap

Far North business associations

Boxing

Damp and cool conditions proved to be no problem for the 430 entrants in the Juken NZ Kaitaia Run/Walk

Simply Social Club Kaikohe