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

Five new Northland Regional councillors will be sworn in later this month. One incumbent, Graeme Ramsey (Kaipara) did not seek

John Carter won a second term as Far North Mayor on Saturday, easily beating sole challenger Peter Gill. Provisional results gave

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

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.

A Northland man is taking claims that he has consistently been overcharged at Pak 'n Save to the Commerce Commission.

About 20 volunteers with civic pride spent a fair chunk of Sunday cleaning up rubbish from alongside SH12 just outside Opononi, but

Police have found a stolen vehicle used in the armed robbery of a Moerewa service station on Tuesday morning, but are still looking

Coastguard Whangaroa will officially launch a new $750,000 purpose-built rescue vessel at the Whangaroa marina on Saturday week (October

Some Mangonui folk are clearly unhappy that the Far North District Council believes it has no option but to erect a safety rail of

Emergency services are at a two-car crash in Northland this morning.

Results from the 2016 Eastern Zone Primary Schools Cross Country championships, hosted by Peria School on September 6: • 5-YEAR-OLDS:

The media labelling Kaitaia earlier this year as the Murder Capital of New Zealand sparked an outpouring of affection and positivity. Thousands

Apparently our recent governments regard the majority of New Zealanders as being of inferior mentality, unable to face the truth.

The Warehouse and Plunket have joined forces to organise a major health and well-being event in Kaitaia next week. Connecting Communities

Detective Sergeant Mark Dalzell had not expected to stay in the Far North for more than a year or two when he transferred from Newmarket

Until a long-running dispute was resolved, passing the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill would be a serious mistake according

A body found in a bush south-east of Kaitaia on Thursday has been confirmed as that of 48-year-old Waipapakauri man Kimble Moore