Progress for Hikurangi hemp industry
Hikurangi Enterprises has established a small trial crop of industrial hemp.
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Anyone dying for a limit bag?
Duck hunters are being urged to wear life jackets during hunting season.
Farmers: Migrant labour still needed
Federated Farmers welcomed the promise of continued access to migrant labour.
Two in a row for Kaitaia
Business and Professional Women Kaitaia win the Anne Todd Issues Award for the second time
'Swords will not be required' for new JPs
District Court judge Murray Hunt offered his congratulations to two new JPs.
Iwi lay claim to coast
Three Te Hiku iwi and Parengarenga Incorporation have filed claims for the coastline
Boxing: Chen ready for challenging year
Kyle Chen is gearing up for what is shaping up to be his busiest year.
Ohaeawai teen player in championship tennis squad
Tennis hopeful Kaleb Stevens from Ohaeawai will join the 20-strong Team 10nis NZ squad.
Football: Ample room for more young 'uns
The Kaitaia junior football season is kicking off this Saturday
Burgled butcher amazed by response
Moerewa's burgled butcher has been overwhelmed with donations and support
Three-shot limit works for duck hunters
The Auckland-Waikato Fish & Game Region was first to bring in the three-shot rule
All the signs are for a great duck hunting season
The duck shooting season opens on Saturday.
Far North possums to get brief reprieve
Far North possums were handed a brief reprieve last week, due to bad weather.
More pest plants workshops
Time to get up close and personal with the worlds worst weeds.
Legs crushed in tractor accident
Mangonui firefighters took two hours to free a man whose legs were crushed by a tractor.
Māori Battalion's legacy documented in a history
The history of the 28th (Maori) Battalion's D Company is to be documented
Editorial: It's a buyers market
What Immigration NZ doesn't seem to understand is that it is working in a buyer's market.
Butcher robbed 3 times: 'Am I better off on the dole?'
Northland butcher robbed for the third time wonders if he's better off on the benefit.
Power price plan is on hold
The Electricity Authority has back-tracked on plans that would have raised power prices.
Intruders beat Kawakawa railway volunteer
A railway volunteer was beaten by intruders in Kawakawa.
Cow cockie hits the big time
A Kerikeri dairy farmer has won awards for Best Rock Song at the Akademia Music Awards
Seeking 1949 Bell Shield winners
Historians are keen to hear from the Far North Rugby Football Club team of 1949.
Now this really is a fish
Gore has a leaping trout, Ohakune its giant carrot, now Paihia has a leaping marlin.
Many happy returns for DoC
DoC staff went to Kerikeri recently to for the Department of Conservation's 30th birthday.
Council answers on use of Perehipe reserve
Annie Tothill finally received answers from the Far North District Council on Friday.
High price for drinking when pregnant
Families struggling with kids with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder gathered in Whangarei
Gold star honours 25 years for officer
Kaitaia Deputy Chief Fire Officer Craig Rogers received a Gold Star for 25 years service.
Letters: Racist all right
Brash's words: "New Zealand does not belong to one race" is incompatible with the treaty.
Just what the doctor ordered
John Somerville jogged across the half-marathon finish line at the World Masters Games.
Iwi leaders applaud RMA 'gains'
The Freshwater and Natural Resources Iwi Leaders' groups have applauded the "gains"
A high price for freedom
Freedom, bought for today's New Zealand by those who served in war
Letters: This is preventing cruelty?
A reader writes of an unpleasant experience with the SPCA.
Editorial: The Kiwi spirit lives on
April 25 is the day when we take time to think about the sacrifices of war.