Treat for car fans
Vintage Car Club is in full preparation for the 16th annual Autospectacular 2018, to be held at the Eastern Rugby Football Grounds, East St, Taipa on Saturday, January 6 from 8am-2pm. This year the show features vintage commercial vehicles. People can take their vehicular treasures to display (drivers and display vehicles free entry) with free parking for public, entry for adults $5, children $2. There will be lots of stalls, food and fun things for kids, including a petting park, and bouncy castle. At 11am and 1pm there will be a black powder gun demonstration, with a special guest in attendance to light the fuse.
New constable arrives
Sara-May Watkins is the latest constable to hit the beat in Northland. She was one of 60 new constables from Wing 310 who marked the end of their studies at the Royal New Zealand Police College yesterday. The graduates were made up of 23 female and 37 males, with the youngest aged 19 and the eldest 42. Ms Watkins will be deployed to Kaikohe. For the first half of her life she grew up in Hokianga. She said there was no power, the majority of the time their transport was either by boat or horse and the bulk of the family food was sourced from the sea. Constable Watkins said this experience taught her how to be resourceful, and look after her family.
Lodge tops Trivago list
Results for 2017 from Trivago placed Kerikeri Park Lodge number one amongst Kerikeri Hotels and 27th best in the North Island. Based on more than 200 million traveller ratings at www.trivago.co.nz presents Kerikeri Park Lodge was ranked number one in Kerikeri and within the top 50 hotels in New Zealand. Kerikeri also was named the best destination in New Zealand to visit for the first time. "Our service concept of "casual luxury" through exceeding guest expectations is truly rewarding both guests and the property and we are so proud of our small team who have been able to achieve these results in a relative short period of time. Most of all, knowing our guests are leaving with a positive, lasting memory of Northland and New Zealand is self-fulfilling," Troy Clarry from Kerikeri Park Lodge said.
Elderly man denied bail
A 72-year-old Far North man was denied bail when he appeared before the Kaitaia District Court this week via audio-visual link. He was further remanded in custody, until January 18, without plea on 17 charges of unlawful sexual connection, two of rape and four of indecent assault against three girls aged under 12.
