A police campaign targeting beehive thieves appears to have begun paying off already, with officers in Kawakawa seizing 34 hives believed to have been stolen around the Mid North.

Iwi leader hits out at lack of opportunities in Far North after boy, 12, tried to rob dairy with gun.

Former Black Fern Cheryl Smith - "a woman in a man's world" - is the toast of the Kaikohe Rugby Club after receiving $2000 in sports merchandising vouchers through the "Thank a Sport Maker" programme.

In similar fashion to their rugby cousins in the Taniwha, the Northern Swords concluded their NZRL National Premier Competition campaign without a win or a draw to their name after going down to the Bulls at Toll Stadium in the final round in Whangarei on

Far North Area Commander Inspector Wendy Robilliard is reminding residents to make every effort to keep their property safe as the light-fingered brigade prepares for its busy season.

THERE is no doubting the sincerity of the people who marched in Kaikohe last week, in response to a spate of suicides in the community. The message was that they cared, but the tragedy of suicide, in Kaikohe and throughout this country, needs a much more

A 12-year-old boy who attempted to rob a Kaitaia dairy at gunpoint on Sunday night was chased off by the dairy owner armed with a broom.

'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.'

Kaitaia woman Jessica Neho has beaten considerable odds to qualify for a job with demands that few can meet.

Northern Principal Rural Fire Officer Myles Taylor could just about recite his standard warning that extreme care must be taken when the Far North's fire risk begins to rise, but he might be giving that a rest this coming season.

After hearing eight weeks of evidence, a jury took just 4 hours to find a Northland man guilty of murdering his partner in Kaitaia more than two years ago by running her down in his car.

History was about to go by the board, spokesman Kevin Briscoe said last week after the Kaitaia Combined Bowling Club's property in Matthews' Avenue Kaitaia was advertised for sale by tender.

At just 30 years of age Boris Jurlina has achieved a rugby refereeing milestone few other Northland Rugby Referees' Association members have equalled - he's refereed his 100th premier game.

Tony walked into the Switzer Home on his weekly visit to help in whatever way was needed. Meeting Sarah to discuss the welfare of the residents, he was told of a new resident, Jack, an 80-year-old from the Kaitaia district.

AUSTRALIA can hardly be criticised for deporting convicted criminals, New Zealanders included. For all that we claim to have a special relationship with Australia, we can hardly claim the right to go over there, beat people up and rob them and expect to b

Northland MP Winston Peters delivered a broadside against the government in a speech in Tauranga on Saturday, but saved some of his ire for Maoridom.

Police seized everything, down to his gumboots, when they arrested a 45-year-old man from Te Wahapu Peninsula, near Russell, for allegedly stealing from a Russell oyster farm late on Saturday afternoon.

The 2015 PIC Coastal Classic race from Devonport in Auckland to Russell in the Bay of Islands on October 23 will be streamed live online at www.coastalclassic.co.nz

The past summer of big gamefishing was celebrated at the Ahipara Gamefish Club's recent annual prizegiving at the Kaitaia Golf Club.

A Kaitaia woman's short story about the healing qualities of water and the power of karakia made its mark at the Pikihuia Awards for Maori writers last month.

We are writing to you regarding Sativex (cannabis oil, or medicinal marijuana) for the treatment of refractory epilepsy for our daughter, who used to have hundreds of prolonged, severe seizures every day.

Police say they will ask the courts to permanently confiscate two boats seized from alleged oyster thieves in the Bay of Islands last week.

Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox will accept support for her battle to eliminate smoking in New Zealand by 2025 from wherever it comes, and she was delighted to accept a petition in Kaitaia yesterday calling for a ban on smoking in cars with passengers un

It wasn't the biggest protest ever in the North, but those who converged on Kaitaia's market on Saturday morning to air their opposition to the process of potentially adopting a new national flag certainly made themselves heard.