An inmate at Ngawha Prison says seeing people cry over a carving he made for a school changed his life. Now the head designer on Ngawha's carving course, Dan says when he gets out of jail he wants to go back as a tutor so he can help other prisoners learn

New Kaitaia College principal Jack Saxon and his family have been formally welcomed to the school.

The step up to premier division has already been worth the price of admission for the 2014 1st division champions with two wins notched on their belts, but on Monday they faced a side at another level altogether.

After the success and enjoyment of their first time attending the annual Kaumatua Olympics in Hamilton last year, Te Hiku Hauora Korikori A Kaumatua Roopu decided it was time to bring a similar event closer to their neck of the woods.

The small ceremony staged at Kaitaia airport on Tuesday morning to mark the arrival and departure of Air New Zealand's final flight from and to Auckland was about more than the end of one service and the beginning of another.

Some very good fish numbers were produced at the 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club two-day fishing contest on April 11 and 12.

"It was the best cycling experience I have ever had, bar none." Doug Bogardus from Oromahoe was unreserved in his praise about his 2015 Tour of New Zealand campaign.

We write to you to voice our condemnation at the forced closure of Aboriginal communities in Australia as a result of your government's policies. We ask that your government honour its obligations to Australia's First Peoples.

The history of Kaitaia's A&P association is littered with people who have consistently supported the annual event over many years, but few, if any, could hold a candle to Awanui sheep farmer Madge Hows.

A song written and performed by a Kaitaia College student won last year's inaugural Kaitaia War Memorial Committee Anzac tribute competition, and this year has seen a repeat.

The Army Museum's call for one knitted poppy for every New Zealander who lost their lives in World War I has been answered from one end of the country to the other, but a very local version of the campaign began at Te Ahu in Kaitaia yesterday.

It's been a long and not always enjoyable haul, but the secure unit at Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential Care is nearing completion.

Some years ago children at Ahipara School shamed their elders into desisting from dumping rubbish in a dip in the dunes, known as The Bowl, east of Kaka Street. Better than that, they sparked an effort by some in the community to remove the rubbish and re

Kai is one of those dogs that didn't enjoy an especially auspicious start to life, but he's well and truly come up smelling of roses, thanks to a kind-hearted Kaikohe family.

Two more Gold Stars were added to the Mangonui Volunteer Fire Brigade's history on Saturday night.

Kaitaia no longer has a town clock, a fact that will delight some and appal others. But this wasn't a case of the local community board or district council taking matters into its own hands.

The skinny, flea-ridden, worm-infested puppy that found a loving home with seven-year-old Devon Robinson and his family last year (Important new career for Kai, April 2) has done more than simply show promise as a drug dog.