The letter signed by someone calling themselves Harry Stottle (March 3) alleges that "a van-load of inebriated 'voters'" was brought to the WHST Kaeo election to swell the votes placed for Maggie Rudolph, standing against Brendan Tuohy last May.
IT'S NOT TRUE that only the good die young, but it is true that Martin Crowe had so much more to give his country when he lost his battle with cancer last week at the age of 53.
Colleen and Graeme Dunn were hardly alone in experiencing a deep sense of loss, even grief, when they thought they could no longer go on the campervan tours they loved so much.
Kaitaia GP Dr Lance O'Sullivan said before he left that he was going to the United States to see what he could learn that would benefit his own community (The doctor is out, February 23), and is doing just that.
Northland's sole surviving railway line is to be mothballed north of Kauri, because KiwiRail says it is no longer viable.
Details were sketchy at edition time yesterday, but a female passenger in a four-wheel-drive vehicle that collided with a large tractor towards the southern end of the Awanui Straight was believed to be seriously injured.
The Kaeo under-13s got their pre-season winter campaign off to a great start by winning the Hora Hora Junior Rugby Sevens championship on Sunday.
What started as a plan to make Kaikohe more self-reliant has morphed into a market providing townsfolk with fresh produce and a weekly evening out for local families.
In reference to the article 'New era for Ahipara Health' (February 18), there are several points that require clarification, and may be of interest to the wider community.
A report into a Maori trust that lost up to $3 million reveals how it expanded rapidly just as it was expected to be winding down, and that its trustees had no idea of its dire financial position until it was too late.
Maitai Bay was all but deserted on Monday evening, which perhaps was just what American earthscape artist Andres Amador and his collaborator, film-maker Jonathan Clark, were hoping for.
An Australian woman who hid fruit, vegetables and meat "all over" her yacht and did not declare them to a quarantine officer when she arrived at Opua in November 2014, was fined $3000.
Far North surfers were to the fore in various divisions as the 2016 Northland Scholastic Surfing Series kicked off in good conditions at Sandy Bay earlier this month.
A tiny South American bug that was released in Northland five years ago to control tobacco weed is spreading well, prompting a call from an insect expert who is tracking its movements for reports of new sightings.
As the chief executive of Northland DHB, I wish to respond to recent letters alleging board member conflicts of interest.
IT'S BEEN a while since we heard of the 'Look Up Te Hiku' movement. Flags were erected, briefly, on the tallest of poles, exhorting us to look up physically as well as metaphorically...
A long-time commercial fisherman lost half a large shed and much of his equipment to fire on Thursday, but the outcome could have been much worse.
One Kaitaia woman was so sickened by Fisheries officers' most recent seizure of illegally-harvested paua that she has voiced her outrage on Facebook.
Kaitaia Intermediate School joined the list of those around the country that have received hoax bomb threats last week, but if someone was hoping that the pupils would be released from their classes they would have been disappointed.
The Kaitaia Rugby Club Family Day attracted an estimated 40 people who spent a good part of Saturday picking up rubbish around the reef at Ahipara.
In the early 60s Lake Ngatu, also known as Russell Lake, was pristine, and all Paparore School swam daily in summer.
Seaweek 2016 gets underway on Saturday, and once again there will be plenty of opportunities for involvement.
A friendly little wire-haired terrier by the name of Rocky has disappeared from his Houhora Heads Road home at Pukenui, and his elderly owner is desperately hoping for his return.
It takes something out of the ordinary to faze Switzer Residential Care general manager Jackie Simkins.
Eastern Northland has become a safer place for kiwi over the last three years, with the removal of more than 113,000 pests and potential predators.
Seaside property in Russell is on the market - complete with its own 18-hole golf course.
With Far North breaks turning on epic conditions, the competitors stepped up and ripped into some high-performance walls during the 12th New Zealand Police Association National Surfing Competition last week.
Realising the dream of a healthy ngahere teeming with native birds is getting closer for the North Hokianga's Warawara communities.
A 24-year-old Kaitaia man who had earlier denied but been convicted by a jury of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm has been jailed for eight years.
The Laughing Samoans will be back at Kerikeri's Turner Centre on Friday with their latest offering, 'Island Time!'
In 2003 Helen Clark and Margaret Wilson forced through the abolition of appeals to the Privy Council. This was despite opposition from a majority of New Zealanders. Calls for a referendum fell on deaf ears. The government got its way by steadfastly ignori
THE United States' convoluted electoral process doesn't have much in common with ours, which is a good thing. But Democrat presidential contender Bernie Sanders struck a familiar note when he announced that he was offering free health care and education..
Dr Margaret Dudley was formally welcomed on to the Auckland University marae last week, in recognition of her status as the first Maori full-time (and permanent appointee) as a doctorate of clinical psychology lecturer.
Police have yet to make an arrest over the shooting of a man in Archibald Street, Kaitaia, on February 12 (Old soldier a victim too? February 16), but the investigation bore fruit last week when a search warrant was executed at an address at Taipa.