Tears flowed at Kaitaia College on Friday evening, when students and parents gathered for the senior sports and service prize-giving

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

Kaitaia College, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Pukemiro at Kaitaia and Bay of Islands College were top participants when 23 teams from 15

Northland reported mixed results at the national masters squash tournament in Dunedin earlier this month. The northernmost club at

Absolute freedom is destructive I have read your comment on the Gable Tostee affair (NZ Herald online) with complete agreement

Life in New Zealand might not be all beer and skittles, but there's nothing like spending time in Africa to give God's Own Country's

Participants in a series of seven marathons in seven days concede that walking won't end the scourge of sexual violence, but say it's

Kaitaia police were yesterday interviewing a 15-year-old boy after a Takahue man was allegedly abducted from his home at gunpoint

Raghni Stacey's stove is well and truly earning its keep this week, as she, her mum and her two children prepare to celebrate Diwali

She was born in Auckland, but Lynn Pooley (nee Brown) has lived at Mangonui since she was six. That, she says, just about makes her

Take action on alcohol Last week NZ Rugby confirmed there is to be independent review of its 'culture' following a string of off-field

'You don't need to read the article to know it's slut-shaming sexist garbage.' So said one Facebook respondent to my editorial last

The New Zealand Transport Agency says significant progress is being made towards replacing two of the Far North's one-lane bridges

Kaitaia teenager Nina Griffiths has won a $10,000 AMP scholarship to help her pursue her dream of opening a youth-run community centre

Round-the-clock rehabilitation has enabled a kiwi that suffered life-threatening injuries when she was caught in a leg-hold possum

MP Kelvin Davis has set off on the first of seven marathons - despite never having walked a marathon before.

When John Clarke hits the pavement to train for the ASB Marathon and his muscles begin to burn he feels grateful - the pain means he's still here to feel it.

Teenagers from Doubtless Bay, Kaitaia, Totara North, Kaikohe, Whangarei and Kerikeri converged on the Cooper's Beach Christian Camp

Let us take the blame I read your article about New Zealand's degraded morality around sexual interaction (Whose culture needs to

The mysterious disappearance of the crankshaft that gave Te Kohanga its colloquial name, Shipwreck Bay, angered and upset many people

Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis has welcomed the government's allocation of $3 million for initiatives aimed at reducing the demand

Having nearly two dozen children enjoying a full day of watersports-based activity at Houhora last Saturday made the first ever Community

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