It was a mostly peaceful, good-natured start to 2019 in Paihia where a few thousand tourists and locals gathered along the waterfront to see in the New Year with the traditional fireworks display launched from a barge. A large contingent of police was on hand to enforce the liquor ban and transport anyone arrested, mostly for fighting, to the police cells in Kaikohe. Photos by Peter de Graaf and Stephen Western.
Image 1 of 11: Kerikeri friends Chloe Mountain, Adrian Davita and Kate Edwards enjoy a free sausage sizzle put on by Paihia Baptist Church members Lijie Goodhue, Helen Read and Joanna Rogers. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Tintype Central is a portrait studio specialising in the wet plate colloidion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography.
Northern Advocate photographer Michael Cunningham captured all the fun and action from the 2024 Northland Fritter Festival, held at Semenoff Stadium on Saturday, March 9.
Captain's run for Blues rugby team at Semenoff Stadium, Okara Park, Whangarei, Sam Nock feeds the ball out during the Captain's run. Photo/ by Michael Cunningham
About 75 crews took part in the BP Surf Rescue North Island IRB Championships at Waipu Cove on February 10 and 11, where sunshine and medium-sized waves made for a great event.
Regatta was welcomed to Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa (Whangārei harbour) with a pōwhiri conducted by hapū Patuharakeke as about 580 passengers disembarked.
Fiona Heenan announcing she's just sailed the 600km needed to claim a Guinness World record for the longest distance sailed by a woman in a sailing dinghy. Video / Fiona Heenan
