Cat's out

There isn't a civilization on earth throughout millennia that hasn't adopted some form of esoteric philosophy, recognizing there is something more than we mere mortals. You'd have to wonder, then, why it's called New Age.

A last-minute try in a come-from-behind win saw Moerewa take out the third and final leg of the 2013 Northland Rugby Sevens at Simson Park on Saturday.

More Year 13 graduates from Bay of Islands than usual will enter tertiary institutes next year.

Praise for police

Two women were flown to Whangarei Hospital by rescue helicopter after separate incidents over the weekend.

Several hundred people converged on Ahipara's Korou Kore Marae on Friday to discuss government proposals for oil exploration and mining in the Northland region.

Totally professional

The Russell RSA will commemorate Armistice Day once again on Monday, but this time much of the focus will be on the mystery of three WW1 medals.

The Young Enterprise Scheme has been the catalyst for any number of bright ideas over the years.

This isn't working

Times have changed

Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Burke, Northland's acting manager of criminal investigations, said last week that fresh allegations and reports of sexual abuse in Northland were beginning to flood in via police hotlines.

The Kaitaia Fire Brigade was called to another house fire at Kareponia, east of Awanui, shortly after midnight on Saturday, immediately next door to the house that was damaged by an apparent arsonist.

All seemed to agree that Thursday's inauguration of the Far North's new Mayor, councillors and community board members represented the launch of a new era.

The beginnings of what is threatening to be a long, hot summer were keenly felt when the Far North RSA Bowling Club in Kaitaia

Getting warmer

Man faces 22 charges in Kaitaia, ex-principal faces sodomy counts in Kaikohe