Schools will today learn how much extra funding they will get as a result of having students "at risk" of educational underachievement enrolled.

Aggressive behaviour towards staff and subsequent difficulty in getting teachers, along with a breakdown in relationships, is putting

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

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

Much-loved family pets We are the owners of said "dangerous pitbull-type dogs". (They're back, letters August 25). Firstly I would

Police discovered more than the stolen caravan they were looking for when they went to a secluded residential property inland from

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

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

A large turnout from the Far North Indoor Bowling Association reconvened at the Kaitaia Primary School hall to compete for the Kerry

The children at Ahipara School have hit the wall - and their principal could not be more delighted. Jackie Osborne said she had two

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