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Mayor John Carter has defended sending two councillors on a ratepayer-funded trip to China
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Editorial: Challenge for booze
Kaikohe pensioner Shaun Reilly is taking on New Zealand's biggest supermarket chains
Croatian Ambassador respects our history
Dr Damir Kusen, who is based in Canberra, Australia, visited Kaitaia yesterday.
Riled residents fight NorthTec closure
A group of "fired-up" Hokianga residents are lobbying to stop the closure of NorthTec.
Fresh start for Ngapuhi
The new government is signalling a desire for renewed Ngapuhi Treaty negotiations
Man's body found at Mangawhai Heads
Police are investigating after a man in his 60s died at Mangawhai Heads.
Letters: Don't go there!
Wally Hicks' attempt to rewrite history needs a response, says a reader.
Shane Jones: Northland could join golden triangle
Shane Jones has big ambitions for a $1 billion regional economic development fund.
Man jailed for shooting power pylons
A Far North man who admitted causing a major power outage by shooting at power pylons
Phone scammer rings Kaitaia police station
Hapless foreign phone scammers have been unsuccessful in their efforts to rip off Kaitaia.
Editorial: This has to stop
Just when you think the lunacy that is education these days can't get any worse, it does.
Top Energy power project gathering speed at Ngawha
Work has begun on an ambitious geothermal power project
Aupouri mare shot but foal survives
A foal survived after its mother was shot in Aupouri Forest over the weekend.
Remembering the fallen at Armistice
The bravery and sacrifices of those who went to war were remembered on Saturday
Taking on the big guns
A Kaikohe pensioner is taking on some of New Zealand's biggest supermarket chains.
Neighbours' bid to save a national icon
Stella Schmid and Brad Windust want to rid the forest of pests to save the kiwi.
Peria School diving into restoration
Peria School is leading the way in the restoration of a local stream, Pakonga
Rugby: Kaitaia College 1st XV tour gains momentum
Several successful Kiwi sportsmen have come on board to help the Kaitaia College 1st XV
Do you have a special tree?
The Far North District Council wants to hear about exceptional trees in need of protection
Letters: Cannabinoids from the breast
Cannabinoids are essential links of our health regulation, protection and growth systems
Home detention for paua poacher
An Omapere man was sentenced to 5 months' home detention for selling illegally taken paua.
Takahue doesn't care
The women on the Takahue Hall committee are adamant the hall will not become redundant.
Letters: Who benefits from this?
Who decides we need these constitute regional economic developments? asks a reader.
Katie Milne: It's still the govt's job
Federated Farmers has reviewed its legal position on the GMO issue in the Northland RPS.
Kaitaia scrub fire: A sign of things to come?
Last week's fire adjacent to Kaitaia airport is a warning that the Far North is drying out
Big win for GE-Free Northland
GE-Free Northland is delighted GMO provisions have been secured with Federated Farmers.
Golf: North's young hotshots hoist Booth Shield
Northland claimed golf's Booth Shield youth title for only the second time in the history
A show that runs in the family
Sam and Christine Ludbrook will be at the Bay of Islands Pastoral and Industrial Show
Editorial: The plastic bag bandwagon
Plastic is a huge environmental problem, in this country and just about everywhere else
Bill and Nora are together again
Northland's oldest man was laid to rest, next to a girl he first set eyes on 90 years ago.
Bad news filters down
Far North District Council has withdrawn approval for a beach warden programme
School uses 'forbidden' name linked to child tragedy
The name of a new learning space has "unfortunate" historical and cultural associations