Luck played no part in Muriwhenua's stunning success at last weekend's Te Tai Tokerau senior kapa haka competition in Whangarei.

There's no doubt the Tigers - one of the most successful Bay of Islands teams in the province over the past decade - are hurting.

The biggest turnout ever by students representing schools across the province in this year's Northland Scholastic Surfing Series left organisers in no doubt the sport was currently enjoying a massive surge in interest.

The worm is turning

Blame the mayors

They died a lifetime and more ago, but fresh tears were shed for those who served in World War II, and the Great War before it, and did not return to their families when a roll of honour was unveiled at the Waiharara Hall.

Karena Hart is a solo mum who works hard for what she and her 6-year-old son Rangi have.

Taipa teenager Talia Rogers was crowned Miss Far North New Zealand 2014 at Te Ahu on Saturday night.

The Ministry of Education-appointed commissioner at Pamapuria School has cost the school more than $200,000. And that has outraged at least one Pamapuria parent.

The first leg of the 2014 Northland Secondary Schools Clay Target Shooting Competition went ahead at the Kaeo Clay Target Gun Club.

Fresh air

Students rarely expect to leave a school assembly with $750 in their pocket, but Javia Maheno did just that on Tuesday afternoon.

The man who organised the Reinga Basin hikoi to Waitangi earlier this year said he was shattered by the news from Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges...

Far North-based Labour list MP Shane Jones is beginning to wonder if the North's planners were trained by the CIA.

Lin and Don McKellar have every reason to feel betrayed by the child who took advantage of their kindness and stole from them last week.

We are very lucky to have bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins, New Zealand fur seals, little blue penguins, orca, and lots of different types of whales that visit our waters.

There’s no escaping the truncated little critters known as acronyms, initializing, pseudo-blends and text speak.

An up-and-coming golfer from Rotorua who has started making a name for himself on the professional circuit won the Harcourts Waitangi Pro-Am title on Friday.

We want action - now

Many tributes were paid to Murray Arnold Rae at Wednesday's funeral, but perhaps the most fitting of them was the venue.

Who cares?

It wasn't too long ago that the Far North was collectively concerned about the migration of its people to Australia, heading there in search of jobs and opportunities that weren't available at home.

Finding out what others think of Holden's new and pretty little SUV called Trax can be misguided. Jeremy Clarkson initially thought it would be a 'gutless mums' taxi'. Gutless mum? Try having a baby, Jerry.

A remarkable woman who, perhaps more than anything else, demonstrated that humble beginnings and adversity need be no barrier to success, passed away in Kaitaia last week at the age of 93.

Kaitaia's protest against the continuing sale of 'legal highs' wasn't the biggest of the 24 that took place simultaneously around the country on Saturday, but it was passionate.

So a Kaitaia man thought moments after he took action to foil, then catch, three people who burgled a neighbour's home last week.

It's very hot in Kawakawa in February as the historic rail station hosts an afternoon of music

The fledgling Far North Cavy Club will host a pet show and most things fluffy and cuddly, along with some not so much, will be very welcome.

Many of the Far North's most talented junior sportsfolk are once again facing the long and cold road into winter to play the sport they love.