Letter to the Editor - Thursday September 19, 2013

Caroline Snowden receives a Royal Humane Society award.

Far North mayoral candidate John Carter described a meeting last week with council representatives, Alan Pattle, from the consulting firm Pattle Delamore, and the land owner as "useful".

On August 17, a contingent of Kaitaia Gymnastics Club members contested the annual Northland Championships in Whangarei.

If the 90 Mile Beach Classic is the mother of all IRB boat races, then this year's one wore combat boots.

Editorial - Tuesday September 17, 2013

New statue of beloved dolphin unveiled

'Fly My Pretties' kicked off their Homeland Tour 2013 with an awesome concert at Kaitaia's Te Ahu.

The Hokianga Historical Society is being strongly encouraged by Dr Kenneth Baker, a member who lives in Brussels, to join international commemorations of the beginning of World War I

Mayoral candidate Ann Court broke ranks with the council she has been part of for the past nine years when she addressed a candidates' meeting in Kaikohe.

Editorial - Tuesday September 10, 2013

Kaitaia senior men's football team concluded its season in fitting fashion

Kaitaia's Daffodil Day baby photo competition winners

Pukepoto teenager Esera Saulo (Te Rarawa) won gold at the Mega Crews section of the 2013 World Hip-Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas

A small but noisy protest against the sale of 'legal highs' in Kaitaia on Thursday morning achieved its immediate purpose, unbeknownst to the protesters.

Fire crews from Kaitaia, Ahipara and Mangonui fought another deliberately-lit fire at the old timber mill in Kaitaia on Thursday morning.

Acts of kindness

While Mangonui senior rugby hovers on the edge of the abyss because there simply aren't enough good men willing or able to put their hand up to take on the thankless task of refereeing..

There was disappointment following a gallant effort from the Kaitaia College 1st XV players, aware they had let a strong lead slip through their fingers in a clash in Kaitaia last Wednesday.

Lambs and daffodils are two sure signs that spring has arrived, and residents at Kaitaia's rest home were visited by both in one woolly bundle on Tuesday morning.

Incumbent Wayne Brown and challenger John Carter offered two clear choices for the Far North mayoralty when they addressed a small public meeting at Taupo Bay on Monday night.

Northland Coroner Brandt Shortland has found that a 15-year-old boy who died near his home at Moerewa on April 5, 2009, took his own life.

The Northland Community Foundation is launching one final push to raise $1 million over the next two months to reach its Project Promise goal of $3 million for the construction of a cancer treatment