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.

SUNDAY was a good day for a lot of New Zealanders, and not only those who were at Twickenham to see the All Blacks win their second Rugby World Cup on the trot in a match befitting a final.

A Far North man can expect to receive a $6000 bill in the mail after a rubbish fire got out of control and spread into about half a hectare of scrub at Motutangi, south of Houhora, last week.

If Kaitaia cafe owner Jenny Petera has a wish for the the people who burgled her business on Sunday night it is that the police find them before she does.

The Far North has once again made the SPCA's annual List of Shame.

Two of the most successful players the Kaitaia Squash Club has produced were on top of their game at the New Zealand Squash Masters Tournament in Hawke's Bay earlier this month.

The busy season is about to begin for Far North garden lovers, with the Kerikeri Garden Safari this weekend and Kaitaia's over November 7-8.

Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis has berated Australian authorities for the plight of hundreds of New Zealand detainees in Australia prior to deportation, and Prime Minister John Key for failing to defend the rights of New Zealand citizens.

The annual NAKFA 7-a-side twilight soccer championship kicks off on the Kaitaia College top fields tomorrow evening and once again, organisers were pleased to report all 16 places were filled within two days of entries opening.

Following four successful seasons in charge, Alex Smits dropped a bombshell last week by announcing he was stepping down as general manager of Rugby League Northland.

Kaingaroa School principal Kathy Hancock is a firm believer that when a student is passionate about something there is no end to what they can achieve. And one of her pupils, nine-year-old James Broadwith, has provided proof of that.

It was a family affair at Everitt's recent spring sale on their farm on Everitt Road, Te Kao, a celebration of 50 years since their company John Everitt and Sons, was formed.

True to form, the editor of the Age has the guts to shine a spotlight upon the elephant in the room that is studiously ignored by other editors, government departments and the many agencies charged with addressing New Zealand's social problems.

A Kaitaia couple say medical marijuana has dramatically improved their daughter's once uncontrollable epilepsy, but they can't afford to keep giving her unfunded medicine that costs almost $1000 a month.

Five of the six people charged with wilful trespass after the occupation of Kaitaia airport on September 9 formally entered not guilty pleas when they appeared before Judge Greg Davis in the Kaitaia District Court last week.

Having flown home from Sydney to attend the Hokianga Pioneers' end-of-season prizegiving, Louis Katene ended up pleasantly surprised on being presented with the Rookie of the Year title.

Paparore School principal John Windleborn and former pupil Kendall Stevenson were at the National Digital Forum in Wellington last week to accept a UNESCO Living Heritage award, won by the pupils with their Living Heritage website 'Nga Poupou,' recognised