Northern AdvocateEditorial: Doping scale is what shocksIt's a mind-blowing level of corruption, even for Russia. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has revealed that 20 Jul 08:00 AM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: The pinnacle of our evolutionThe digital enlightenment has arrived and it has brought unto us ... Pokemon? Really? And the point of the game is to loiter round 20 Jul 05:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Ciggie prices fuelling crimeThe primary health hazard arising from smoking has historically been disease and health ailments caused by cigarette smoke. We can 20 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateJoanne McNeill: Doris unafraid of unknownDoris reckons her first reaction to the death sentence passed upon her with a shocking recent cancer diagnosis was to realise she 19 Jul 03:20 AM
Northern AdvocateRoger Moroney: Winter's clock is ticking fastOh I do enjoy that fine old saying "where did the time go?" Because it makes basically no sense at all because we don't know where 19 Jul 03:13 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Red card sideline abuse cultureSideline abuse is one thing. Being threatened with a knife is a different kettle of angry, angry fish. Or, in the case of Northland 19 Jul 02:06 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Freedom camping rethink welcomeA Whangarei freedom camping bylaw was in danger of heading down the path of elitism, so it's good to see our decision-makers back 15 Jul 03:00 AM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Legs to out-Fox their rivalsEveryone should watch Fox News a few times a year, if only to be reminded of why women have legs. It's certainly not for walking. I 14 Jul 09:00 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Be aware ... be very awareIf you weren't alert, you might have missed Maori Language Week. I didn't. I added two new sentences to my Maori arsenal: "One language 14 Jul 04:15 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Pokemon Go and soon I hopeTo be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is about this Pokémon Go craze that is sweeping the world and has even had an impact 14 Jul 03:08 AM
Northern AdvocateEva Bradley: Parents shouldn't be penalisedIt's long been said that it takes a village to raise a child but if you read the updated 21st-century manual it seems that all it 13 Jul 09:00 AM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Turn the tables on landlordsWhat happens when the 40 per cent stop paying rent? What would happen if they go back to their landlords and say "hey this is what 13 Jul 05:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Groups toiling to help our kidsIt's alarming that a national charity that supports children in need says it is struggling to keep up with demand. The number of 12 Jul 07:00 AM
Northern AdvocateJoanne McNeill: Root of Doris' agony revealedIn the last episode, our friend Doris (64) bolted from the Emergency Department (ED) at Whangarei Hospital after three hours, before 12 Jul 06:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Infrastructure development fund lifts home hopesA new $1 billion fund to fast-track infrastructure development by councils could do much to solve the growing problem of housing affordability 12 Jul 05:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Cut corners to help kids' cabin feverSo, the feared education hiatus is upon us. The cold gap we speak of in hushed tones - the two-week nether world of winter school 12 Jul 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Lotto mania - as bad as pokiesWith $40 million up for grabs, Lotto was a major topic of conversation last week but it made me wonder how it is any different from 11 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Example of democracy working at its bestThe announcement that Pharmac is likely to fund Keytruda, a drug used for the treatment of melanoma, shows just how much ordinary 08 Jul 03:23 AM
Northern AdvocateRosemary McLeod: Now we reap what we sowBoth my grandfathers made it back from the Somme, which is miraculous. Commemorations this past week for that appalling waste of 07 Jul 06:30 AM
Northern AdvocateWyn Drabble: Odd fun found in translationA recent rescreening of the QI game show featured a translation which amused me. A panellist said he knew how to say something quite 07 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: It's OK to say 'no' and hang upThere is a new door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson on the block. But they come knocking through your computer and phone. Overseas 07 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEva Bradley: Baking attempt a life lessonIt's well established that weather has a major impact on mood. Which is why everyone should just leave me the *@!* alone right now06 Jul 06:30 AM
Northern AdvocateNickie Muir: Who needs a leadership course?Leadership. It's such a lonely word. And before you fear that a rip off of a Billy Joel song follows, I'd just like to say this: 06 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Kerikeri's sailors world classThat a single town can produce such a torrent of international sports people is quite remarkable. In the past, it was Kerikeri's 06 Jul 03:30 AM
Northern AdvocateJoanne McNeill: Healthcare misery drags onWhile Eton's old boys demolish Britain, Doris' health saga has escalated apace, so let's ignore global ructions and crack on, to catch 05 Jul 05:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Demand to increase for Northland festivalsMusician Billy TK Jr has many strings to his bow. Some readers may recognise Billy Te Kahika (Billy TK Jr) as a talented guitarist05 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateJohn Maslin: Electric cars in the fast laneHow's this for a prediction? An Oxford University academic reckons within 10 to 15 years no one will be producing cars that use an 04 Jul 04:30 AM
Northern AdvocateEditorial: Why you should vote, or even standAlittle orange man is about to step back into our lives. Yes, it's nearing election time again. This time we'll be asked to exercise 01 Jul 05:30 AM
