A Far North hotelier is set to tackle Cook Strait on a jet ski to raise money for the Melanoma Foundation.

After opening the season with a number of surprise results, week two of the rugby season looks like it will serve up a few more interesting match-ups.

Junior Black Sticks coach Angeline Waetford has been named as coach of the new Northland women's National Hockey League side.

A group Northland shooters will head to Hamilton this weekend to take part in the International Clay Target Shooting Federation Championship.

The text, I think, said something along the lines of "Black Caps back to true form".

There's one thing for sure about this weekend's Oxford Trust two-day cricket final at Cobham Oval - Kaipara Flats have to play a lot of cricket.

Football in the Far North is set to grow, with its first ever football development officer based there.

Eighteen-year-old Northlander Nick Stobart is a genuine up-and-comer in cricket.