Who knows what drives a person to break into your home? Perhaps it is the unemployment rate that has shocked the region this week, says Craig Cooper.

The timing of the flag referendum may have affected the Herald-Digipoll result - there is clearly still strong feeling among our older generation who defended Queen and country.

I know I shouldn't but I'm still laughing over "tail-gate". The whole thing is so stupid it beggars belief but it is also strangely compelling.

It is heartening to be reminded about the ongoing development of the Hatea Loop walkways.

Humour is subjective and there is always a line, and Wicked Campers have crossed it, writes Northern Advocate editor Craig Cooper.

In the past week two farmers have lost their lives in quad-bike incidents. Last week a toddler nearly drowned in effluent on a dairy farm. Incidents that are all too common, writes All McCone.