A number of Te Kura Kaupapa o Kaikohe students will proudly represent Northland teams competing for various titles at the national area schools tournament next month.

Ancient rivalries between Kaitaia and Eastern in both netball and rugby were rekindled during a day of Golden Oldies sporting action at Taipa earlier this month.

The continued hunting of wood pigeons makes me feel nothing but despair. All over Northland there are many people like myself giving up their days, weeks and years...

THE protection that was afforded the kukupa the best part of a century ago is unequivocal.

Far North District Council compliance manager Darren Edwards has admitted that it should have done better after it removed the body of a dog from a street in Kaitaia.

Kai and another one-time stray, Monty, have shown such talent that NZ Detector Dog Services managing director Janet Wilson reckons they should be the "poster boys" for all unwanted dogs.

Four men, three of them local, lost their mate's four-wheel-drive vehicle and were fined a total of $8000 after they admitted possession of more paua than their customary permit allowed.

Brooke Ah Sam looks petite and unassuming, but those around her know she is a force to be reckoned with.

Improving public safety is one of the goals of a new Far North District Council policy aimed at ensuring properties have a clear, unique address that emergency services can locate quickly.

Kerikeri High School band Back 2 Back was a convincing winner at Sunday night's Far North final of Smokefreerockquest 2015.

One of New Zealand's most significant carvings will return to Auckland tomorrow, more than three years after it arrived at Kaitaia's Far North Heritage Museum and Archives on loan from its permanent home at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Sometime late last Thursday night, or early Friday morning, some person illegally dumped two cartons of household trash alongside the receptacle provided for users of Ahipara's Korora Park.

SURELY the time has come for Customs and the Ministry for Primary Industries to put an end to the exporting of swamp kauri until allegations that the law is being circumvented, or simply ignored, have been investigated.

A 17-year-old Northland College student is one of just six from throughout New Zealand to win a place at an international business challenge in Singapore later this year.

Top Energy is warning is customers that they could be in for an "extremely draw deal" as the Electricity Authority (EA) consults on changes to the way electricity transmission is charged by Transpower.

Good waves at the local also means good waves at Fiji so plenty of stoke at the sight of Cloudbreak absolutely lighting up for the men's tour of the 2015 World Surf League.

Mayor John Carter has welcomed questions anyone might have regarding the soon to be established Te Oneroa-a-Th"/90 Mile Beach governance board, but the bottom line was that the parties involved had to make it work for the whole community."

Northland MP Winston Peters is supporting calls for a moratorium on the excavation and exporting of ancient swamp kauri.

Local knowledge appeared to pay off for the Doubtless Bay Line and Rod Club anglers as they prevailed over their counterparts from the North Shore Fishing Club to reclaim the Youvella Trophy over Queen's Birthday Weekend.

Around 200 descendants of Okaihau identity William Imms converged on Whangarei's Barge Park last month for the first family reunion in 35 years.

The students who contested last week's Te Tai Tokerau Nga Manu Korero regional finals at Forum North in Whangarei lifted the bar with their oratory skills, according to an organiser who has been part of the speech competition for 10 years.