Mikayla Gardner was the standout for the Kaitaia Fire Brigade team which travelled to Dargaville to enter two teams in the Northern

Doggone ... Dogs should be banned from the town centre. Every day there are fresh droppings on the footpath. These are always trodden

A well-known Hokianga nurse has just retired after 30 years in nursing. Venus Cherrington (nee Ambler) grew up in the Hokianga, and

The outcry over rugby's recent scandals is a red herring, argues journalist Peter Jackson. In the wake of Warriena Wright's death, he says society needs to change.

Norwegian-based Statoil has told the government that it is relinquishing its oil exploration permits in the Reinga Basin. Vice-president

Okaihau teenager Megan Hammerton was crowned Miss Far North 2016 in Kerikeri on Saturday night. Her predecessor, Danielle Collings

Kelvin Davis has never walked a full marathon before but the Te Tai Tokerau MP has committed to walking 40km every day for a week

Eight teams of women and 11 of men took part in their respective sections of an annual triples tournaments at the Cooper's Beach Bowling

Make it happen There was another excellent editorial in the Age on Tuesday September 27 (Had enough of the violence?) It included

Maori were the big losers in Saturday's local government elections, according to Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis. Just one Maori had

Pak'nSave has issued an "unreserved" apology for mispricing products at its Kaitaia supermarket.

Pamapuria for the first time entered two teams in the senior section of Mangonui Netball this year. The girls started with an off-season

The University of Auckland has named Far North taekwon-do and kickboxing champion Riley Phillips-Harris as its Sportsman of the Year

Miss Far North 2016 will be crowned in Kerikeri on Saturday night, and Northland Age readers are invited to choose the winner of one

Congratulations are owed to all those who put themselves forward for this year's local government elections. Win or lose, it takes

A simple solution I have an idea how to eventually stop 90 per cent of cigarette smoking in this country. Simple really. Tobacco

Jackie Simkins, daughter of a police officer and a nurse, grew up in Malawi. She knows about the depth and breadth of poverty in

A beautiful, rarely seen, highly endangered butterfly is causing such a flutter a lepidopterist from Sir David Attenborough's Butterfly

The Northland Taniwha are heading to Invercargill to play Southland this coming Saturday after ending a 19-game Mitre 10 Cup losing

Rules for some ... A few weeks ago an elderly neighbour of ours, whose attitude toward driving is as responsible as anyone I know

The Department of Conservation (DoC) and the Hihi-Taemaro community are joining forces in a bid to prevent dogs from killing kiwi

It had taken a wee while to begin hitting its straps, but it's all happening at Kaitaia's Menzshed now. So president Peter Orr said

Kaitaia woman Ciaran Torrington will make good use of the $5000 Far North AMP regional scholarship she won on Tuesday evening. The

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

The Northland team competing in the 2016 National Scholastic Surfing Championships at Gisborne this week includes Kalani Hansen and

An example of what Heritage New Zealand describes as a rare pre-historic swamp pa has been identified near Awanui. Located on a

The public and media reaction to the latest rugby 'scandals' has reached witch hunt proportions. There might well be a case for

Power charges crisis Auckland has a housing crisis, whereas we in the Far North have a power crisis. We are being smoke-screened

She was born and grew up in Auckland, but Hilda Constance Griffin (nee Allen), who passed away peacefully at her home on August 27

"Hopefully, this is the end of it all." So said a tearful Iris Simeon, when family and friends of Kimble Moore gathered at the remote Fairburn location where the Waipapakauri man's body was found by police, six months after he was reported missing.