Police are appealing for a member of the public who came to the rescue of a motorist being choked by passenger as he drove through Whangarei last night.

Tupu King again emerged as the most successful paddler from the Far North at the 28th annual National Waka Ama Sprint Championships

Everything's good to go for another blockbuster fundraising fishing competition at Doubtless Bay over Auckland Anniversary Weekend. Event

Oh for a racing column

Trevor Beatson was described by one of his former Rotorua colleagues as a good scrapper and a fine investigator. Others acknowledged

A Far North woman who spent three days undergoing the less than pleasant process of preparing for a colonoscopy was deeply unimpressed

Church Road Kaitaia residents were incensed to find a large quantity of household rubbish on the road on Monday, and want the people

The Houhora Bowling Club was again able to celebrate the memory of its beloved late member, Hoana Hockey, holding the annual memorial

The Muriwhenua under-13 girls have being doing the hard yards to ensure they're up to scratch before heading into the competitive

Shaw a very special CEO

Camper vans are a dime a dozen in the Far North at this time of year, but one stood out from the crowd last week. For one thing it

Russell residents are rallying to the defence of their volunteer firefighters after a critical Fire Service report was published in

It is far from unknown for various tropical species to come ashore on Far North beaches, but Kaitaia man Phil Cross cannot begin to

A century ago New Zealand was in the grip of World War I, in which 18,500 members of the country's 1.16 million population were killed

Three saved as boat hit rocks and starts taking on water in the Bay of Islands.

The Kaitaia Athletics Club was rapt with the performances of the threeyoung people who competed at the North Island Colgate Games

The New Zealand children who are least likely to be abused are those who live with their married biological parents. So says welfare

Evidence is scary stuff

Kingi Ihaka, who died in Auckland on Tuesday morning, has returned to Te Kao, where he was born in 1942. He is remembered as a distinguished

This summer's big dry coupled with regionwide water restrictions could spell the end of some bowling clubs, Bowls Far North president

Northland could draw plenty of positives from its 2017 Bayleys National Sevens Championship campaign at Rotorua over the weekend but

One parishioner no doubt spoke for many last week when she begged forgiveness for the Anglican Church hierarchy, "for they no know

One of the joys of producing a newspaper is that one never knows what each day will bring. Some things are predictable though - Royal

Let the healing begin

There was never any doubt in young Trevor Beatson's mind that he would be a policeman. He was 21 years old when he applied to join

Michael Simms, whose stellar journalism career began in Kaitaia, died in Hong Kong on Friday. He was 73. The oldest of three sons

A Far North businessman faces an anxious wait to hear whether he may be prosecuted for removing sand from a picturesque beach. The

Sprinklers, unattended hoses and automatic irrigation systems have been banned on all properties connected to Far North District Council

Jeff Popata is a relatively new member of the Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade, but his enthusiasm and reliability have been rewarded

It goes without saying that Olwyn Ramsey grew up in a very different time to that experienced by her children, and more especially