Northland College’s hall was packed on September 17 with performers and proud parents as hundreds of schoolchildren showed their skill in waiata, action songs, haka and hip-hop. The annual Northland Primary Schools Cultural festival began several years ago as a chance for pupils of Kaikohe East and Kaikohe West School to perform for each other; since then it has grown into a fully fledged festival featuring schools from across the Mid North. Participating schools included Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe, Kaikohe Christian School, Kaikohe East School, Kaikohe West School, Te Kura o Horeke, Ohaeawai School and Tautoro School. Photos by Debbie Beadle.
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.
Thousands of sand dune plant seedheads are gathered from Northland beaches in summer, and propagated so locals can return the plants to their coastline.
