Nearly 20 people have been detained after a meth-ring was allegedly busted in a large scale police operation launched across New Zealand today.

More than two generations of babies born at Kaitaia Hospital were delivered by GP and obstetrician Tom Young, and many of them are amongst the hundreds who have paid tribute to the man described by one as the best doctor ever.

The Maori fisheries trust says the government has ignored hard-win iwi fishing rights in the Kermadec marine sanctuary.

Two new hot lap records were burnt into the clay at Taipa Speedway on Sunday.

My apologies for the weather yesterday, something beyond my control. I have organised the zone swimming event for the past 18 years, without the weather being too unkind.

The Oturu School community problem-solving team's runner-up success in the national finals of Future Problem Solving New Zealand in Auckland at the end of last year has earned them an invitation to the United States.

A box brimming with donations for Opua School has been stolen from the counter of the town's general store.

Two historic pou discovered in a Far North shed have been saved from destruction and have excited local iwi, who believe the items are pre-missionary carvings.

Storm that battered New Zealand has caused widespread flooding, resulting in hundreds of evacuations, thousands left without power, and chaos on the roads.

Sixty students from Riverview Primary School were recently seen gliding across Lake Manuwai in glorious Indian Summer conditions over a week earlier this month when they took part in the Volvo Sailing Have a Go programme .

Taipa sheep and beef farmers Dennis and Rachelle O'Callaghan have been named supreme winners of the 2016 Northland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Northland Police have a new community constable working in the Moerewa and Kawakawa areas as part of a new staff structure to invest more into preventing crime in the Far North.

Rumour turned into shocking reality when parishioners of a Kaikohe church found an Anglican bishop and officials in Auckland had given it to the church's Maori pastorate without consulting them.

The public has been misled about the history of the present New Zealand flag, according to NZ Flag Institute executive director John Cox.

I'm an expat Kiwi, now resident in Queensland, who has recently had the pleasure of holidaying with family in Northland.

A ceremony to commemorate the centenary of Kaitaia's World War 1 memorial will be held at Remembrance Park next week.

I am writing to you because so often in the letters to the editor I read about what is wrong, what could be done better, how difficult young people are and about how much better life could be, if only we made an effort.

Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell will discuss the draft Maori land reform bill, Te Ture Whenua Maori, with Far North Maori land owners and trustees at Te Ahu in Kaitaia from 11am-1pm on Thursday.

Hokianga sharemilkers Glen and Trish Rankin were named 2016 Northland Share Farmers of the Year at the region's dairy industry awards dinner at Forum North in Whangarei on Saturday night.

Parties involved in seeking a united approach to Ngapuhi Treaty negotiations and settlement will hold five wananga in the North and a sixth in Auckland to tell whanau and hapu what is going on and seek their input.

Organisers turned a negative in to a positive when a smaller than usual field turned up to part in the annual Stonecraft Tournament at the Kaitaia Croquet Club on Matthews Avenue last Friday.

Serenity Taniwha had a simple answer for those who asked why she would want to leave her home and career in Hamilton to return to Kaitaia.

Having spent a fairly long time at Ahipara, beside the main road along the foreshore recently, I would like to mention a few observations.

A Far North group is hoping to piggyback on the success of a crowd-funding campaign that bought an unspoiled South Island beach to buy a block of undeveloped land next to a popular park before it becomes a subdivision.

Beryl Andresen has absolutely no doubt that her son Phillip's year-old black Labrador Bella was stolen from Phillip's home in Kaitaia on January 12, but that's irrelevant now.

Everything was looking good for the 2016 Houhora One Base game fishing tournament that started yesterday - until yesterday morning.

Students from Taipa Area School and Oruaiti Primary School took full advantage of being given the opportunity to learn the game of golf croquet at Cable Bay recently.

Organisers of the annual Houhora One Base big game fishing tournament said the weather forecast was looking good for this year's event, which starts tomorrow and runs until Saturday.