Northland regional councillor Dover Samuels has warned that Northland is facing "crunch time" with the threatened demise of Kaitaia's daily commercial air service.

Totalspan Far North (Kaitaia) owner operators Yvonne and Andrew Eason have quite a reputation amongst the 29 franchises around the country.

Who ate all the pies might well become of interest in the fullness of time, but for the moment the police in Kaitaia want to know who stole them. And icecream, cakes, softdrinks and the cash register from The Bakerman in Awanui on Monday night.

Forty athletes between the ages of seven and 21 contested 10 different codes at the inaugural Northland Junior Disability Sports Day in Whangarei last Thursday.

Wild pigs are no more responsible for spreading bovine tuberculosis than possums according to New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser.

A covert revolution is quietly making gains in New Zealand, yet most are too distracted by the flag debate and the All Blacks to see it.

Once again, events overseas have given issues in this country new perspective. We angst over whether the flag debate is evidence of arrogance or a diversionary tactic and whether the Prime Minister went too far in describing New Zealand immigration...

Professor Margaret Mutu was finally able to share a secret she had been keeping to herself for weeks when she received the Pou Aronui Award in Auckland on Tuesday night.

Awanui rugby's talented Fijian winger, Filipo Nakosi, has been picked up by French Top 14 franchise Agen.

It's hard to know where to start when covering an event of the nature of Warriors in Paradise 2, the one-day fight fest in Waitangi on Saturday which featured martial artists from all over the show.

International bird scientist Dr Luis Ortiz-Catedral, an expert in parakeets and island restoration, has blamed a lack of pest control across Northland as playing a key role in the disappearance of the kakariki, the native red-crowned parakeet, which is no

There we were. My daughter and I en route to Melbourne for the Derby and Melbourne Cup races. Ticking off our bucket list. Friday morning, Auckland airport, checking in at 4.45am.

Twelve months ago printing.com. Kaitaia was named Franchise of the Year. And on Saturday night they did it again, at the national conference in Wellington, against competition from more than 35 other contenders around the country.

The thin blue line has been bolstered in the Far and Mid North with the arrival, from New Plymouth, of Sergeant Bruce McLeod and his dog Daz.

Kawana Marsden has secured a spot in the Vodafone Warriors Under-20 squad pre-season train-on squad.

Organisers of the Carter's Tournament were rewarded with a huge turnout and perfect conditions for the annual event at the Doubtless Bay Croquet Club on Saturday.

A former Kaitaia College student who is now studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in international business and political science at Victoria University has been selected as Northland's representative in next year's Youth Parliament.

A 47-year-old man who ran over his partner in Kaitaia with what the Crown described as murderous intent and a high level of "brutality and callousness," will spend at least 17 years in prison.

Kaitaia has the opportunity to benefit from a ground-breaking new approach to crime prevention according to Mayor John Carter - if the business community is prepared to pay for it.

The Kerikeri High School girls' cricket team recorded a historic victory over their arch-rivals in Whangarei this week.

Every year in the Far North we have numerous calls of missing, scared and trembling family pets, and farm animals hurting themselves trying to get away from both the sight and sounds made by fireworks.

Like the men and women who crew Coastguard rescue vessels and aircraft elsewhere around New Zealand, the Kerikeri-based Northland Coastguard Air Patrol (NorthCAP) crew are volunteers, willing to drop everything to assist those in distress at sea...

Kaitaia and surrounding areas will be without electricity for most of the day once again on Sunday, November 29 while Top Energy undertakes major maintenance work, including replacing a cracked concrete power pole at Umawera.