One of a series of spine-tingling haka performed by kaihoe (paddlers) during Waitangi Day’s waka spectacular – this is the famous ‘Ka Mate’ haka composed by Te Rauparaha.

A hikoi protesting plans by Norwegian company Statoil to explore for oil off Northland's west coast arrived at Waitangi on Thursday. The group set out the previous weekend from Cape Reinga, travelling on foot, by car, electric vehicle and bicycle. Here the hikoi of a few hundred singing and chanting people arrives at its destination.

More than 15 waka - including the 80-man Ngatokimatawhaorua, said to be the world's biggest ceremonial canoe - took part in a waka spectacular off Tii Beach, Waitangi, on Friday. Not only was it the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi, it was also Ngatokimatawhaorua's 75th birthday.

Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae is welcomed at Mangungu, site of the third and biggest signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, with a spine-tingling wero (challenge). Sir Jerry is the first representative of the Queen to visit Mangungu since Governor Hobson in 1840.

Is this the biggest thing on 142 wheels ever seen on Northland roads? The supertruck that traversed Northland this week to bring a new transformer to Kaitaia, part of a multi-million-dollar rebuild of Top Energy's power network in the Far North, consisted of three "prime movers" (that's trucks to the rest of us) coupled to a 112-wheel trailer. At 85 tonnes the transformer is thought to be the heaviest load transported on Northland roads.

Northland College students perform a rousing haka for the unveiling of Kaikohe's Wall of Fame

Paihia's piano man, Craig Michael Gregory, plays Adele's Turning Tables for a young fan

Paihia's piano man, Craig Michael Gregory, plays his favourite tune: Corazon de Nino by the Argenttine pianist Raul Di Blasio

Swimmers at Whangarei Falls

Moving a 250kg Italian marble statue was a delicate for an Auckland-based company. The team safely managed to move the War Memorial from central Whangarei to storage for refurbishment before it will be moved to Laurie Hall Park.

A police officer was lucky to escape injury this morning when his patrol car was rammed by a stolen, out-of-control ute and shunted down a steep bank. The drama began about 8.40am when a member of the public in Kaikohe recognised a Mazda twin-cab ute stolen over the weekend in Kerikeri. Reporter Peter de Graaf was at the scene.

A fully laden truck and trailer rolled just south of Whangarei and narrowly missed colliding with other vehicles. The truck driver was taken to hospital and police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. Photographer Michael Cunningham was at the scene.

The driver of a Fonterra milk tanker escaped injury after the fully laden truck and trailer rolled int a paddock. The crash happened just before 4am off State Highway 1 near the intersection with Whananaki North Rd, Whakapara. Here is how they got the tanker back on the road - video by Kristin Edge.

Workers at Countdown's Puketona Rd supermarket found themselves on the streets after a late court decision ended the company's lease effective immediately. Workers turned up as usual for work from 7am yesterday but about 10am were asked to leave, per the directions of the building owner Ian Blakeman of Kerikeri. Mr Blakeman did not respond to requests for comment by the Northern Advocate by edition time.

You may not have heard of him yet, but Whangarei Boys' High School student Robbie Mulligan hopes to be New Zealand's answer to international sensation Ed Sheeran. Check out his awesome song.

Can you identify the trio in the video? One of the men dressed in black dived across the counter and struck the dairy manager on the head with a crowbar as he tried to protect his wife and four-year-old son. The Ye Korner Dairy and Takeaways manager has released images and a video of the terrifying attack to the Northern Advocate in the hope the robbers can be identified and arrested.

In this video oystercatchers can be seen eating shellfish - are they eating toheroa? The jury is out.

Some great work and long hours by contractors has seen road repairs finished on the Brynderwyn Hills. From motorists around the country who use that road "THANKS!". Photographer Michael Cunningham was at the site as the last of the work vehicles drove off.

Contractors working around the clock, including tar sealing tonight, should see State Highway One over the Brynderwyns reopen on Friday after a massive underslip closed the road last Sunday. The NZ Transport Agency says it is on track to re-open SH1 on the Brynderwyn Hills to both lanes of traffic tomorrow, barring any major disruptions overnight.

Northland's main transport artery has been severed yet again but roading officials will decide today whether it is safe to re-open State Highway 1 on the Brynderwyn Hills. Michael Cunnigham took this video of the work already done by a team of contractors.

The main road link to Northland was closed because of an underslip on the southern side of the Brynderwyns on Sunday after heavy rain. The underslip, about 20 metres long in the northbound lane, has fallen away leaving an 8 metre drop to the ground below. Officials initially thought the highway would remain closed until the end of the week but after an inspection thought it could possibly be opened to light vehicles later on Tuesday.

The roads have taken a beating over the last few weeks of wet weather and now the results are starting to show - huge potholes. This video was taken at the end of the southbound passing lanes near Flyger Rd.

Orchard manager David Alderton said about 70 trees had been blown over and up to 25 per cent of the crop had been lost on the Mangakahia Rd property. He helped plant the trees 11 years ago and seeing hundreds of fruit on the ground was devastating.

A helicopter with a Northpower repairman was suspended on a rope over a pine forest on Takitu Road, Opouteke, 52km North West of Whangarei. Power was out to 4 homes in the area on Monday due to the storm that caused widespread damage over the last week. NorthPower had limited access to the downed powerlines because of a large slip that occured on Thursday. A chopper was needed, and a man suspended from the rope helped in bringing power back for the last house at around midday yesterday. - Video by Liam Nash

Work began on a road to bypass a major slip on State Highway 1 south of Kawakawa. A team of workers started the temporary bypass road but it will be months before the road is fully repaired and opened.

The scene at Taumarere, just north of Kawakawa, where floodwaters covered a 200m stretch of State Highway 11. Here a local cuts fence wires draped across the highway before attempting to cross; the drivers of the rental car and the van in the middle of the flood had to be rescued by a policeman riding a tractor’s digger bucket.

Haruru Falls, near Paihia, at the height of the storm. Reporter Peter de Graaf was there.

Photographer John Stone got this video of Whangarei Falls this week. It shows the power of the flood waters.

A mysterious black object appeared on a Northland beach today in rough surf. Once it was declared safe to move the training mine was towed up the beach and the Navy were deciding on how they could get it back to Auckland. Reporter Kristin Edge was there.