Kaitaia Justa Plumber 2 Kamo 1 (ht 0-0): Kaitaia's first foray into Northland Men's Premier Division (NMP) began in promising fashion with a victory at home over the formidable Kamo in warm, breezy conditions at Taipa on Saturday afternoon.

Family travelled from far and wide to celebrate a very special birthday at Totara North last month.

The Northland Regional Council's decision to review funding for the region's dedicated air ambulance may put at risk the service provided by Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST), according to trust chairman Paul Ahlers.

If there were any initiatives applied to enforce, during the Easter break, the "no exceptions" policy that Inspector Murray Hodson described in the article 'Road rules apply on the beach as well' (Northland Age January 22) they were notably ineffective.

The 14-year-old Whangarei Boys' High student who died in a quad bike crash south of Kaikohe last week has been described as a "lovely young man" who threw himself into everything he did.

A 50-year-old man accused of murder is expected to plead not guilty, on the basis that he acted in self-defence.

It is almost 20 years since Kaitaia's penultimate mayor, a man regarded by many as a colossus in the community where he was born and lived much of his life but whose contribution has never been officially marked by the local authority, was laid to rest.

Kaitaia's historic World War I memorial angel once again has two arms, more than 20 years after it was damaged, thanks to a group of local Vietnam veterans and internationally recognised local sculptor and carver Paul Marshall.

It will be some time before they make their way through the court process, but assets including land, houses and cars, together worth millions of dollars, have already been seized by police from some of the more than 100 people arrested in the course of t

The Houhora Bowling Club wrapped up its 2014/15 season recently and provided a round-up of results from the last few events of the summer calendar which had been completed in the final months.

Two crews from Kerikeri's DDF (Demonstrat8 Da Flow) Dance Studioz contested the Street Dance NZ (SDNZ) regional competition on Saturday, and are now bound for the national finals in Auckland (starting April 14).

Ngapuhi leader David Rankin has fired a broadside at the Waitangi Tribunal, which he accuses of being a bully, inventing history and delivering New Zealand into apartheid.

Athol Ernest Johnson was an Aucklander - he was born there on October 29, 1925, and died there on January 20, 2015. And he spent his first few years living in Mt Albert. But the Far North was to play a major role in shaping the man he was to become.

Doubtless Bay woman Jackie Connell suffered rather more than the "sore arm" described by police (in that no bones were believed to have been broken) after her left arm was caught under a wheel of her car at Cable Bay earlier this month.

Mark Osborne's first foray into national politics was a memorable one. His campaign to retain the Northland seat for National came up short on Saturday.

Kaitaia Intermediate School has suffered at the hands of vandals and burglars many times, but that did not make another intrusion on Wednesday night any easier to handle.

Richie Harris was appointed as director of rugby and head coach of the Northland ITM Cup side earlier this week.

The inclusion in the SkyCity Mystics line-up of a local girl who cut her chops playing through the grades in Kerikeri has given the Far North sporting community...

Over the years I have read various letters in this column using Te Ahu as a club to beat up on others or carry out a haters' agenda...