A life-long love of running has landed a Kerikeri teenage a US university scholarship worth more than $160,000.

A 61-year-old Auckland woman has complained to the police and the Far North District Council after she and her dog were bitten by a dog in Kaitaia on Friday.

More than two hours of sometimes acrimonious discussion over the future of St Mary's Community Church at Pukenui last week was summed up by meeting chairman Russell Wagener in six words.

Kurungaituku Toa came from behind to hold the touring Tongan party to a draw at Ngahue Reserve in Stonefields on Saturday afternoon.

Northland's Tanner Cup hope James Sheldon eventually finished in eighth place overall as the prestigious 2016 Tanner Cup P-Class inter-provincial championship was wrapped up at Waitangi on Monday.

A real family vibe was the essence of the Hoana Hockley Memorial bowls tournament which was contested in scorching summer temperatures at the Houhora Bowling Club last Saturday.

The Far North Vintage Car Club has earned an extraordinary reputation for attracting vintage and classic vehicles of all sorts to its annual Autospectacular at Taipa, and did so once again on Saturday.

The observations made in your editorial in today's Age (Fun and fatalities, January 12) very definitely mirror those of most law-abiding residents of and visitors to Ahipara.

Commemorations marking the 1846 Battle of Ruapekapeka pa, the final clash between Maori and British forces in the Northern War, could become a regular event following a spectacular gathering at the battle site south of Kawakawa on Sunday.

Despite a less-than-promising start to the day, conditions gradually improved, allowing the Far North to turn on her summer finest for the Summer Open in Kaitaia on Saturday.

The Mid North's polocrosse tradition is alive and kicking strongly, judging by the turnout at a longstanding annual event.

I am shocked to read of Dover and his cohorts' eagerness to spend (probably) tens of thousands of our dollars on blowing up the basalt structure below the water at Waipapa Landing (Too many boats on the roads, December 17).

REMEMBER Daisy Fernandez? She was the 13-year-old girl who died when she was struck by a motorbike on Dargaville's Ripiro Beach on January 1, 2007.

Former Northland Age employee Deanna Trevarthen, who is battling pleural mesothelioma (asbestos cancer) and her partner Greg Robertson, who also once worked for the Age, are calling for an overhaul of ACC legislation as they try to raise $200,000...

Police made another arrest in Kaitaia on Friday, in the course of the investigation into the murder of 35-year-old Lee Rata.

A 4-year-old girl who was believed to have lost consciousness when she was thrown from a quad bike on 90 Mile Beach last week escaped with little more than a sore head, according to police.

While most people were settling in to welcome a new year there was little time for celebration for emergency services in the very Far North.

Most holiday-makers have had enough to worry about so far this summer with wind and rain without fretting over the potential for a tsunami.

Kaitaia man Bruce Buckby, who has been providing climatological data to NIWA and the MetService for more than 30 years, believes that Kaitaia is considerably warmer than portrayed by the maximum daily temperatures reported by TV1 and TV3 every evening.

Paihia swimmer Sue Rogers has made it two out two in her 2015/16 New Zealand Ocean Swim Series campaign after completing the Harbour Crossing earlier this month.

Heritage New Zealand has issued a summer holiday reminder for anyone who unearths a potential archaeological artefact that the law does not allow finders to be keepers.

Coastguard is once again urging everyone who goes down to the sea in ships this summer to wear a lifejacket.

The christening set and gown of Queen Victoria's Ngapuhi godson are among the treasures that have been arriving in the Bay of Islands for the new Museum of Waitangi.

In the past there have been snippets and bigger bits about how we as a country celebrate Christmas, but this year only the shopping side of Christmas was shown.

A two-year ban on collecting mussels and paua has been imposed at Taupo Bay by local hapu, who hope it will protect the species from unsustainable pressure.

A stunning day failed to attract a big field to Houhora on Sunday to contest the long-standing Mt Camel Trophy.