I read your editorial of July 5 with awe. I'm new to this region. My God, I exclaimed to myself, this is not the ravings of the mainstream left-wing liberal media. Is there political incorrectness here in the Far North ?

Year 13 Kaitaia College student Nina Griffiths has no doubt about how she will spend her working life, plans that have taken further shape following her success at the Young Enterprise Trust's annual Enterprise in Action event at Massey University in Auck

Property is stolen from Kaitaia Hospital on a regular basis.

A fire-fighting colleague of two men who died when their helicopter crashed into the sea off the Karikari Peninsula in 2011 hopes new standards will make battling scrub fires safer.

Three of seven men charged over a record breaking haul of 494kg of methamphetamine have entered not guilty pleas in the Kaitaia District Court today.

Over 20 Northland schools are converging on Taipa Area School today to take part in the Matariki Ki-o-Rahi Games 2016, which forms part of the local Maori new year celebrations.

Campaigner, marine biologist and photographer Dr Roger Grace has been awarded one of Forest & Bird's highest honours, the Old Blue, in recognition of his immense contribution to marine conservation over several decades.

Frank Leadley's memoirs, Frank Speaking, should come with a warning that the reader may succumb to thoughts that large chunks of their life have been wasted.

THERE would be something wrong with us if we were not outraged by the brutality that ended in the death of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri.

A Kerikeri orchardist is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever was responsible for sabotaging his kiwifruit crop.

Kaitaia couple Michelle and Nathan Trent have no doubt that learning a simple skill that can save lives was the best thing they ever did.

I sat up all night of June 27, fascinated and excited as the results of the 'in or out' of the European Union came in.

Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson has defended the Crown's decision to accept the manslaughter pleas of Tania Shailer and David Haerewa.

Mangonui School is about to introduce compulsory police vetting of all parents and caregivers who take part in overnight school camps, as part of a review of its child protection policies.

Deirdre Otene, general manager of Kaitaia's MOKO Foundation, will be out of the office for lengthy periods over the next year, thanks to her being named by the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation as a World of Difference Fellow.

Rates significantly higher in two health districts: Counties Manukau and Northland.

The local netball sides finished strongly at the Kerikeri Netball Centre's second annual Barfoot & Thompson Kerikeri Representative Tournament on Sunday.

SOME OBSERVERS amused themselves while awaiting the result of last week's 'Brexit' referendum by picking songs to suit the occasion. The hands-down winner, once the result was known, was Twisted Sister's 1984 classic We ain't gonna take it any more.'

Qualified firefighter Rob Thompson only joined the Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade four years ago, but he's already held the trophy for Firefighter of the Year.

It was hailed by police as a new, more effective means of maintaining law and order in the Mid North, but the 'flying squad' system isn't working according to the communities it is supposed to be serving.

A small crowd gathered outside Kaitaia's courthouse yesterday, as the two people who had admitted the manslaughter of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri were appearing before the High Court at Rotorua for sentence.

A seventh person has been arrested in relation to the country's biggest meth bust in Northland two weeks ago.

The Patu fitness movement continues to enjoy strong growth in the Far North judging by the interest generated at the opening of a new facility in Kaikohe last Saturday.

There's a little way to go yet, but Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential Care is well on the way to becoming fully compliant with the Eden Alternative.

Your correspondent Peter Dunne (Letters, June 21), continues to demonstrate his long-standing vacuity.

The Maori Party has paid a warm tribute to Ngati Hine Health Trust Emeritus Executive Robin John (Rob) Cooper, who passed away overnight on Monday.

Kaikohe and Kaitaia will join communities around the country when they march for 'Justice for Moko' and an end to the murdering of children, on Monday when Tania Shailer and David William Haerewa will be sentenced in the High Court.

Hamilton authorities are on the hunt for an armed fugitive on the run with his toddler in tow.