Far North REAP has long been celebrating Adult Learners' Week - as do others in 40 countries around the world - but this year's event

Kaitaia surf shop owner Johnny Andrew said he was very stoked to see a trio of young local athletes signed to his New Zealand Surf

Radio talkback host Leighton Smith once asked, rhetorically, if, when one found oneself agreeing with Green MP Kevin Hague, it was

Biodiversity experts are bubbling about the discovery of a rare bladderwort species in a Northland dune lake. The previously unknown

Our brother's keeper About the sex offender released from prison to a house near you. Those who are concerned about that need to

Kaitaia's Daffodil Day baby photo competition has been a huge success for the Cancer Society for well over 20 years, thanks in large

Te Runanga-a-iwi o Ngapuhi, which owns the now vacant lot in Kaikohe's main street that used to be the site of the Kaikohe Hotel and

The police investigation into the disappearance of 48-year-old Waipapakauri man Kimble Moore more than five months ago has been upgraded

The Japanese tourist whose belongings were stolen when the driver he hitched a lift with sped off has seen another side of Northland

Far North developer Wayne Brown has never been a fan of how Top Energy is managed and governed, and is even less enamoured after a

Pick wild food carefully After many requests to the council to get their contractors to add colourant to their spray tanks, and getting

Sonny Christie would rather not have suffered a ruptured appendix, but now restored to health, he has nothing but praise for the

A tourist has returned home to Japan earlier than planned after the driver of the car he hitched a ride in left him stranded and sped off with all his gear.

Kaikohe's Mill Gym in Kaikohe is facing closure, due to lack of funds. The gym has become widely regarded as a sanctuary for youth

This newspaper is hardly unique in being accused, albeit not often and generally unfairly, of not checking its facts before publishing

Let's just get on with it ourselves So often we expect the council, central government, DOC or another public entity to fix our problems

The majority of the players in the 23 participating teams, the field day tournament at Taipa earlier this month was the first time

Like countless small communities throughout New Zealand, Peria and District (inland from Taipa) made a significant contribution to

Northland's "positions vacant" columns will be dominated by ads for tradies, chefs and hoteliers over the next four years, with construction

Kaitaia's Far North Hospice is well versed in turning dreams into reality, and did so again early on Monday morning with the blessing

Kaitaia is a community in crisis, says a community leader, after a spate of suspected suicides in the Far North town.

What began as a "simple" school talent quest in Kaitaia has evolved into an inspirational youth-led movement for hope. Organiser

Organisers of a new skateboarding competition in Kaitaia on Sunday said the event was designed to highlight the issue of youth suicide

The editorial on August 16, 2016, is most timely and should be prescribed reading for all voters everywhere.

Two Year 13 Youth Enterprise Scheme (YES) students at Kerikeri High School have come up with a plan that they say should help to reduce

A Kaitaia woman who feared for her life and the lives of her children, after being chased for more than 15km from Kaitaia on Saturday

Not unusually, the Better Local Services Bill, now before a select committee, is not written for the layman. Those who don't know

Emergency services, including a rescue helicopter, are responding reports of a rolled logging truck on Pouto Rd, Te Kopuru, near Dargaville.

Plenty of good news stories Last week I read about Kaitaia resident Naomi Austen-Reid. In one simple act, Naomi has expressed the

Organisers say a torrent of early entries for the NZ Millennium Cup 2017 is signalling the largest fleet since the turn of the century