The Far North Zone Cross Country was held at Peria School on Friday, September 4, following a very wet and windy week which made the course suitably muddy much to the delight of the young participants as they slid and waded their way through the event. Re

Twenty-four hours into RWC 2015 (at the time of writing) and the signs aren't good.

Five of those arrested at the occupation of Kaitaia Airport on September 9 were remanded at large without plea when they appeared before Judge Greg Davis in the Kaitaia District Court on Thursday.

A Kaikohe teenager who didn't know what opera was until he hired Les Miserables from a video shop, thinking it was a movie about a mutant superhero, has made it to the finals of New Zealand's top contest for young opera singers.

Three dogs have been destroyed and two owners fined after the worst spate of kiwi killings in the Bay of Islands in almost 30 years.

The days of picking up a couple of crays at the pub might be over, but that's not good news for vulnerable fish stocks, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries. The black market has just moved with the times...

High school students from as far north as Kaitaia College to Maungaturoto in the south of the province represented their schools as individuals and in five person teams at the fifth and final event of the 2015 Northland Fish & Game Secondary Schools Clay

A Kaikohe group campaigning against sexual violence will conduct a rally on Thursday next week (September 24) to highlight the long-term harm caused by child sex abuse.

A panel of three independent commissioners has granted permission for a staged, multi-million-dollar geothermal power station expansion at Ngawha.

Dudley Andrews became an instant local hero at Waipapakauri Ramp on Sunday March 1.

At the halfway point of the 2015 Tanoa Paihia Hotel Rally of the North on Saturday, the field of 43 had already been cut down to 32.

No fairytale ending for the Kerikeri Masters who fell at the final hurdle in their quest to achieve the double and add the Stafford Choat Bowl to the Northland Men's 2nd Division title.

The first priority for any protester is to find a means of inciting a public reaction, without which no one is going to pay them any attention.

A group of Kaitaia College students hope to give a terminally ill friend the trip of a lifetime - but they need help.

The Auditor-General has rejected demands by Northland conservation groups for an inquiry into the swamp kauri industry, but has backed their claims that systems designed to prevent illegal timber extraction have not worked.

Any neutral motorheads from these parts wondering who to support when the Rally of the North blasts by their gaff on Saturday need look no further than Barry Gibbs.

Shelley Kitchen has made a strong comeback to the squash scene, placing in the top four at the recent New Zealand senior championships in Christchurch.

Home advantage paid off for members of the hosting club at the Northland Residentials squash tournament in Kaitaia last weekend.

A Northland man has vowed to clean up tonnes of rubbish dumped into a once pristine creek before he dies.

A gentle yet determined leader who made major contribution to the Te Rarawa settlement has died at 79.

Police launched a homicide inquiry yesterday following the death of a 62-year-old man at Whatuwhiwhi in Northland.

Activists have moved onto land at Kaitaia Airport today.

The hapless season continues for Northland with their third comprehensive loss on the trot, this one coming in front of a home crowd at Toll Stadium on Sunday.

Northland Waste has confirmed new details for collections after taking over the Far North District Council contract for rural transfer stations and kerbside collection in the Kaitaia region.