Sentencing for an American tourist who admitted his careless driving caused the deaths of two women - one eight months pregnant - has been deferred for two weeks.

The fish were reportedly everywhere for the inaugural Ladies Fishing Competition hosted by the Doubtless Bay Sportfishing Club and Taipa Tavern earlier this month.

Kerikeri's Steve McNally could not resist donning a gown when his son Sam graduated from Waikato University last month as a Doctor of Philosophy.

So, no game bird hunters allowed on Rangiputa Block this season. We are told that the reason is the new Health and Safety Act.

A case of measles has been confirmed in the Kaeo area.

The Far North District Council is promising to take a tougher approach to dog control, in the interests of public safety.

A 50-year-old Kaitaia woman who was attacked by a large tan dog on Monday afternoon is now wary of leaving her home.

Tributes pour in for a pregnant mother who was one of two people killed in a two-car crash over the weekend.

News that thousands of children start secondary school every year without the reading , writing or maths skills they need is not mind-boggling to me.

A Far North dog ranger's lot is not a happy one these days.

Generations of Far North farmers have seen manuka as little more than a weed, albeit one that has some uses, not least as firewood.

A Kaitaia teenager who was told by Judge Greg Davis in the Kaitaia District Court last month that if he breached his bail again he would go to jail was arrested on Sunday.

Northpower lines staff are working to restore power to homes and businesses around Whangarei after an explosion at its 33,000kV station at Maungatapere.

The Kawakawa Team Roping Club successfully staged its annual family day event at the Kawakawa Domain on Saturday.

"In remembering the suffering and losses of war, let us commit ourselves to working for a world where differences between nations can be resolved without resort to war.

A very impressive service commemorating the centenary of the Anzac force in World War I was held at Te Ahu.

The body of an 87-year-old farmer who went missing in rugged bush just south of Kaeo on Monday was found only when searchers spotted the dog that had stayed with him all night.

A group of young European women were shocked to return from a Mission Bay ice cream run to find their parked van had been broken into in broad daylight.

The Halberg Junior Disability Games, a national sports competition for physically disabled and visually impaired young people, officially opened with a ceremony at the Avantidrome in Cambridge on Friday night.

In the past 50 years the Kaeo Fire Brigade has been called out 2757 times - and Lindsay Murray has been there for 97 per cent of those fires, crashes and medical emergencies.

Sylvia Bryan admits to talking incessantly about everything - whether she knows anything about the subject or not.

IT WOULD be much easier to have the adult conversations of the kind we supposedly deprived ourselves of when we had the chance to change our flag if those with selfish political agendas didn't stick their oars in.

The Children's Autism Foundation is about to launch Guide to Autism workshops across Northland, offering a wealth of experience and guest speakers including paediatrician and author Dr Paul G Taylor.

Anzac Day had personal significance for many of the hundreds of people who attended the dawn service in Kaitaia and the civic commemoration later in the morning.

A 47-year-old man was remanded on bail when he appeared in court today charged with wounding and using a firearm, both with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

The annual Doubtless Bay Mixed Fours Tournament which ran at Cooper's Beach over three days earlier this month attracted 24 teams with players from as far away as Bulls.

The Doubtless Bay Croquet Club hosted 32 young students from Herekino in the west to Oruaiti in the east, in an intermediate aged tournament last Thursday, with local commentator Peter Hartnall describing the turnout as a joy to see.