See a Far North charity in action breaking the world record for the most heads shaved in an hour. The Bald Angels big shave, in Kerikeri on November 20, was a fundraiser for disadvantaged Northland kids.

Workers watch as the last of three sections of Towai's historic Catholic church is lowered delicately onto a truck before it is transported to its new home on Waiheke Island.

A police dog catches a scent at the scene of a crash at Oromahoe on Wednesday. The driver had earlier refused to stop on Puketona Rd and led police on a short chase down SH10 before getting a puncture, crashing on Porotu Rd, and fleeing on foot. The dog didn't get him but police know who he is, thanks to a phone and ID left in the car.

Three contestants battle it out in the final of the oyster shuck-and-suck contest at the It! Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival on Saturday.

Beachgoers are being urged to stay safe this summer, with lifeguards already gearing up this long weekend. A special pre-season rescue exercise was held yesterday at Muriwai Beach to show the work lifeguards do while on duty. Volunteers used inflatable boats, jet skis and other life-saving equipment in the choppy waters to demonstrate a rescue.

Praguematique - a band made up of Czechs, a Slovak and Kaikohe's Craig Denham - play Vodka on the Beach at the Opua Hall on Sunday. The Prague-based band fuses Balkan, ska, Gypsy, Latin, Eastern European folk, pop and anything else that takes their fancy.

Up to 150 people marched through Kaikohe on September 24 to raise awareness of the harm caused by child sexual abuse. The coffin was a symbol of "the death of childhood innocence".

The clean-up begins after a logging truck crash on Mangakahia Rd, about 20km south of Kaikohe, on August 24. The driver was shaken but unhurt. He climbed out through the broken windscreen.

Snow O'Halloran, who lives at Taheke and goes to school in Kaikohe, was filmed by his father Marty as he learned to climb on to Blue, the family's extraordinarily placid horse.

Firefighter Rob Wilson proposed to teacher Sheldon Thomson in front of their co-workers and hundreds of pupils following a Kamo Primary School fire drill.

Northland College head boy Te Paerangi Kopa won the prestigious Ta Himi Henare trophy for the best bilingual speech at the recent Nga Manu Korero contest. Here is a small excerpt from his winning speech.

Sally takes you on a tour of Northland College's C Block girls' toilets, where repairs were deemed urgent three years ago. The good news is that work to fix the building's most urgent problems is expected to start any day now, thanks to the school's dilapidated condition hitting national headlines last week.

Teenage volunteers in Saturday’s Youth in Emergency Services exercise in Moerewa lift a patient out of the remains of her car. Students at Bay of Islands College may recognise the “patient”.

Participants in Saturday’s Youth in Emergency Services exercise in Moerewa lift the roof off a crashed car to allow medics to help the people trapped inside.

Teenage participants in Saturday’s Youth in Emergency Services exercise in Moerewa use the jaws of life to cut into a crashed car with patients trapped inside.

Northland waterskier Curtis Williams is leaving behind the rural setting of his Puhipuhi Road residence to pursue opportunities offshore. Northern Advocate Sports Editor Josh Berry captured Williams training on the lake in front of his home a week prior to his departure.

Our last long weekend in almost half a year is approaching – and typically Queens Birthday Weekend in New Zealand looks a little unsettled – but by no means is it a write off. There are rain and shower risks – mostly in Northland and our western coastline. Here’s a look at the best forecasts out at the moment – and we’ll fine tune this again on Friday with the very latest for the long weekend.

Musician Troy Kingi, fishing guru Graeme Sinclair, councillors Willow-Jean Prime and Di Maxwell, and community board member Marty Robinson were all locked up today in a jail outside The Warehouse in Waipapa. The public was asked to buy their freedom by donating to a bail fund, with the proceeds going to the police youth charity Blue Light.

Members of the group Te Matua Taua o Ngati Hine perform a haka powhiri as Erima Henare's casket is carried to his final resting place at Takapuna Wahi Tapu near Motatau.

Members of the group Te Matua Taua o Ngati Hine perform a haka powhiri as Erima Henare's casket arrives at Takapuna Wahi Tapu near Motatau.

Ngati Hine leader Erima Henare begins his final journey from Motatau Marae, south of Kawakawa, to Takapuna Wahi Tapu after the first of two services today.

NZ First leader Winston Peters thanks his supporters and tells his opponents not to despair on by-election night at a packed Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell (first minute of his by-election speech only) .

An unusual white-coloured kingfisher is on the mend after headbutting the window of a Whangarei home. NorthPower native bird recovery chairman Robert Webb said a mature white-coloured kingfisher was a rare sight

Surfers are making the most of surf created by Cyclone Pam. Photographer and keen surfer Michael Cunningham shot this video.

Cyclone Pam has gone but she stirred up the seas. Photographer John Stone took this video of the waves crashing into Tutukaka Harbour.

A fire, which is being treated as suspicious, was reported at 11.30pm on Monday by residents along Kellys Bay Road in the Kaipara area. Steep terrain had made it difficult for the 70 staff on scene to tackle the blaze from the ground and it has covered an area of 205 hectares. Kristin Edge goes bush and takes a look at how firefighters are dealing with the blaze.

Clip from the South Hokianga Riders' shootout during Waimamaku's Wild West Festival - here the bad guys try to kidnap the town's womenfolk from a dance.

Travelling Frenchman Matthieu Boullie has employed a bit of a Kiwi can do attitude and delighted motorists in central Whangarei by busking in bumper-to-bumper commuter traffic with a glass ball. The talented 27-year-old showed off his skills while motorists were stopped at the traffic lights at an intersection on Hatea Dr.

Waitangi Day saw the launch of a new, double-hulled waka tangata ("people's waka") for the Bay of Islands. It was named Te Korowai (The Cloak).

Pupils of Horeke School perform a haka powhiri for Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae during his historic February 4 visit to Mangungu in South Hokianga.