Okaihau and St Stephen the Martyr's in Kaikohe, told the Northland Age last week that they would fight the decision, and hoped that the two communities would rise up in their defence.

Re your front page article (July 14), about the South Kerikeri Inlet Landcare Kiwi Conservation Group reporting the death of seven kiwi in the last two months to dogs.

A dining era came to an end in Kaitaia on Friday night when Peter Bieri and Mary Jane Ardley served a full house at the Beachcomber restaurant for the final time.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed what he described as a range of new operational changes designed to improve the transparency, clarity and enforcement of rules around swamp kauri.

One local league identity impressed with the selection of Brody Tamarua and Te Kahi Nathan for the Kiwis 16s trials in Rotorua this week was Jim Larkin.

Premier division Kerikeri Bay Builders 4 Central Brown 0 (ht 1-0): Sitting second-to-bottom, Central were never likely to give newly crowned NMP champions Kerikeri much trouble, especially at home.

Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is offering the "opportunity of a lifetime" for "everyday New Zealanders" to travel to Nepal in November to help build 100 homes.

SOMEONE should stump up with a couple of million to pay for research into how wisely a lot of the millions spent on research is being spent.

Champions of the kiwi in the Far North are concerned by the number of birds that have been killed by a dog or dogs around Kerikeri over the last two months.

Is going alcohol-free for a month really something to celebrate? Catherine Gaffaney asks experts what Dry July says about New Zealand's Drinking Culture.

Mangonui's Year 8 and under-15 sides represented their centre with distinction at the Barfoot & Thompson Representative Tournament in Kerikeri at the end of June.

Nearly two years on since Mayor Carter was elected and what has been achieved? Very little, I say. The SFO investigation had all prior councillors and Wayne Brown under suspicion, along with the entire council management team.

Mention in the Northland Age about a wooden pou that once stood at Taipa, but has since been removed (What became of the pou? June 11), has sparked interest from Heritage New Zealand.

David Allott, national manager of Spotless Services, wasn't thinking about what he was going to say as he drove from Auckland on Tuesday to congratulate his company's team at Kaitaia Hospital.

The Far North Quilters' ladies in Kaitaia are well used to producing quilts for good causes and worthy individuals, but a request from Switzer Residential Care general manager Jackie Simkins some months ago was far from run of the mill.

Christopher Findlay's letter (In good faith, July 2) talks up the Te Hiku claims settlements, but it leaves me wondering if he really knows what good faith is or what on Earth he has done.

REMEMBER the old days, when kids got opportunities based on talent? When those who were handy on the football field made the 1st XV, those who could sing or act starred in the annual school production, and those who could reason were chosen for the debati

Three careers received a helping hand in the form of the 2015 Te Hiku Hauora educational and sports scholarships, presented at Te Kao's Potahi Marae, last month.

Saturday will be the 30th anniversary of the day Greg Berghan, then a brand new 17-year-old, started work at the Kaitaia Dairy Company store in Kaitaia.

Close to 100 Ngapuhi kaumatua and kuia, who met in Kaikohe on Friday, did not accept Raniera (Sonny) Tau's offer to resign as chairman of Te Runanga-a-Iwi o Ngapuhi.

Former Far North Mayor Wayne Brown is calling on his successor, John Carter, to apologise over his calling of a Serious Fraud Office inquiry into Far North District Council activities over the four years to 2013.

The best secondary school surfers in the province scored pumping surf at Ahipara last Friday for the third and final event of the 2015 Northland Scholastic Surfing Series.

Many people have asked me to speak up on Ngati Hine's position in the wake of recent events regarding Sonny Tau and questions about his conduct and ability to continue to lead Ngpuhi in any capacity...

Volunteer Awareness Week came to a fitting conclusion in Kaitaia on Saturday when one of the stalwarts of Riding for the Disabled, Gwenyth Cossey, received the Tom Atchison Memorial Trophy as the organisation's Volunteer of the Year.

The Te Oneroa-a-Tohe Beach Board, which is soon to be enacted in legislation, will be a first for New Zealand, and perhaps a model for the future both here and overseas, according to Te Runanga o Te Rarawa chairman Haami Piripi.

Large number of snapper that washed up on Tokerau Beach late last year died of natural causes according to the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Taipa Area School's head boy, Ezekiel Raui, is one of four young Maori leaders who will fly to Washington DC on Monday to take part in the first White House United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) conference.