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Casey Costello: First I am a New Zealander
I am a New Zealander. I am so proud of our nation, our place in the world and our melting pot culture. We are not without history
I am a New Zealander. I am so proud of our nation, our place in the world and our melting pot culture. We are not without history
A battery-powered hoverboard has been blamed for a fire that damaged a child's bedroom at a house in Kaitaia on Sunday night. A Kaitaia
Police are investigating a fire that razed a two-storey building in Kaikohe and threatened to spread to nearby flats. When the Kaikohe
A woman in her early 20s drowned and two other young women were hauled from the surf in a dramatic beach rescue at remote Hukatere
Local bowling clubs came out in force to support the Hickey Triples at Cooper's Beach last month with organisers reporting the annual
Worksafe NZ clearly believes that many of us are suffering a degree of paranoia over the new Health and Safety at Work Act. It insists
Whatuwhiwhi man John McMahon is deeply unhappy that the Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 Holiday Park is providing paid camp sites on the Far North
For the 65 competitors representing Te Taitokerau at the seventh Iron Maori half marathon in the Hawke's Bay last weekend, the months
A nationwide search has begun for the endangered native Forest Ringlet butterfly, so named for the distinctive target-like rings
There will always be food on the stove, things to do, help to be given, but most of all Kaitaia's new youth space is a place where
Two-year-old Zariah Windleborn was in the spotlight this time last year with her American bulldog Thor, winner of the 2015 Northland
An Australian redback spider has been found in Northland - the first confirmed finding in the area in more than 25 years.
One of New Zealand's youngest asbestos cancer sufferers, Deanna Trevarthen, died in Auckland on Monday, surrounded by family and in
A major power cut that has closed schools and business across the Far North may be sabotage.
Plans to build a $300 million pulp mill near Kaikohe - bringing hundreds of millions of dollars and an estimated 200 jobs - have been
Kaitaia is on Warriors alert after the club's NRL squad arrived in the Far North town today to kick off a three-day community visit. Far
Four local athletes stood out for the Kaitaia-based Far North Flash Junior team at the Iron Maori Rangatahi in Napier on Saturday. They
'History is (was) bunk,' according to Henry Ford. That's a view that some in Kaitaia believe is shared by the St Saviour's Anglican
Louise Bailey is not a cyclist. She hasn't owned a bike since she was 12, but on Saturday she set off from Cape Reinga on the biggest
The removal of branches and ring-barking of what remains of a hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) outside the vicarage at St Saviour's
An American behind the wheel of a campervan found himself on the wrong side of the law and the wrong side of the road after narrowly missing an officer on the roadside.
Haami Hita and Joe Pol aren't short on talent, or confidence that they will make a name for themselves with Norty North Movement in
A motorcyclist has collided with a van in the suburb of Otangarei in Whangarei.
One of Northland's most important pa sites has been revealed for the first time in more than a century. Vegetation removal at Kerikeri
A woman has died at Taipa Beach in the Far North tonight.
The Bay of Islands will be one of four main sites around the country in large-scale commemorations marking 250 years since Captain