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.

A hawksbill turtle has been found on the east coast north of the Bay of Islands for the first time.

The Treaty settlement process was completed for four Te Hiku iwi with last week's third reading of the Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill.

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.

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.

Northland MP and NZ First leader Winston Peters told a Kaikohe Business Association meeting last week the Government and foreign banks "don't care a rat's derriere" about what is happening up here in Northland".

It's been a busy fortnight for Senior Constable Rowena Jones - not busting crime but collecting accolades.

I feel reassured by the Hon Tim Groser's short epistle on TPP (The best deal, August 25) despite its weight of rhetoric and lightness on detail.

Northland has produced five finalists in 10 categories in the 2015 Tourism Industry Awards (TIA) and this spoke volumes for the quality and growing success of the industry in the region, according to Northland Inc general manager regional promotions Paul

Electricity suppliers, Top Energy were pleased with performance of the network this week despite wild weather and a car crash on Okaihau Hill, which cut power to more than 400 homes.

After-hours visits to the doctors are in for a change as major provider Te Tai Tokerau Primary Health Organisation introduces a telephone helpline to support rostered on-call general practitioners.

Having the average weight set at 7.44kg was evidence of the good fishing enjoyed in the latest Doubtless Bay Line and Rod Fishing Club contest.

I have recently received this year's rates demands from the Far North District Council, and am shocked at the massive increase. I believe, talking to other farmers, that the increases are substantial across the farming sector.

Mike Burgoyne is held in very high regard by his colleagues at Archibald's Mitsubishi dealership in Kaitaia, and by Mitsubishi New Zealand.

Statoil has rejected claims that it has "broken the rules" by wooing individual iwi leaders rather than engaging collectively, in line with its own protocols.

A project examining how farmers can combat one of New Zealand's most pressing environmental problems has earned two Northland College students the title of the Far North's top young scientists.

The chairman of Te Runanga Nui o Te Aupouri, the entity set up to receive the Aupouri Treaty settlement, has welcomed the Minister of Maori Affairs' appointment of a statutory manager and investigation into the financial activities of the Aupouri Maori...