Prime Minister John Key says the Kermadec sanctuary will be put on hold if no agreement can be reached while Labour leader Andrew Little says Labour could pull its support if the problem is not addressed.

While the final tally has yet to be confirmed, organisers of the Carters Kaitaia Charity Boxing Event in Kaitaia on Saturday night

Is this really sport? At a recent sporting event I was very disheartened to see the treatment of the brave sportsmen and women taking

The Far North District Council has denied that it, or the NZ Transport Agency, has shown favouritism to The Warehouse/Noel Leeming

Property developer Wayne Brown has accused the Far North District Council of doing big business a favour, at the expense of locally-owned

Tim Rolls was expecting the drains along Ramp Road to yield the usual haul of bottles, cans and plastic, but he scored the find of

A fire that engulfed 50m of scrub and young pine trees at Te Kao on Monday provided a timely reminder of how quickly fire can get

A battle between iwi and the Government over the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary appears set for court with Maori Fisheries saying it's "this Government's foreshore and seabed".

So there he was, The Offsider, surprised by last week's wintry blast following a well moderate July which had suggested the weather

Well done Caitlin I wish to congratulate teenager Caitlin Rose Johnson for her feature 'It doesn't need to be like this' (September

The government's planned review of the appropriateness of local authorities being involved in regulating genetically-modified organisms

Duane Tawhai was close to tears as he told of his struggle to cope.

Barrie Knightbridge was at home at Cooper's Beach last week, recovering from an illness that, according to the medical odds, he should

Far North players featured for the Northland team which won the football title at the NZ Police 2016 Winter Games in Queenstown on

Why we're so sad I thought the following was quite a good explanation as to why this beautiful world has become so sad. It was written

Northland had endured plenty of the pain promised by the National-led government when it was elected in 2008, but had yet to see the

The future of Whatuwhiwhi's Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Rangiawhia is under review, the Ministry of Education-appointed commissioner citing

She has done Ninety Mile Beach - deeming it magnificent, despite the challenges of tides and soft sand - and yesterday Nikki Ladd

The Kaitaia Croquet Club officially opened for the 2016/17 season last Thursday in traditional fashion with the first hoop of the

Peter Kitchen has no idea what sort of person would steal a carved pole. Whoever they are, he doubts that they will get much pleasure

Last year Keith Tahu, an employee of Kaitaia firm Bellingham Quarries for 42 years, won the Institute of Quarrying's inaugural Good

Most of us understand that life is rarely fair. For some, however, it can be cruel beyond all measure. Georgia Buckingham is evidence

A duty of care upheld How gratifying to hear the news of our local councils' (Whangarei District Council and Northland Regional Council)

Teenager Caitlin Rose Johnson hopes that Saturday morning's Lights for Life demonstration in Kaitaia will provide the spark needed

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

Terminally ill Kaitaia teen Georgia Buckingham is off to Sydney this week, and Air New Zealand has a surprise in store for her.

The Kaitaia teen with just weeks to live was "in tears" when she found out tonight that her final wish would be granted.

Kyle Chen cleaned up in his division at the Australian Golden Gloves championships in Queensland last Thursday. With coach Rusty

The two Kaitaia College girls' teams enjoyed a great winter in the Northland Secondary Schools Sporting Association midweek championships

Ellen Norman, the Mental Health Foundation's director of Māori development, doubts that there are many people in the Far North