Department of Conservation rangers are hoping DNA testing will lead them to a kiwi killer on the loose near Kerikeri.

Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential care celebrated another milestone yesterday, one that trustee Eric Shackleton said had once been regarded as out of reach.

An initially sceptical GP has been won over to fossil-fuel-free transport after borrowing an electric car for a three-day trial.

Marion Palmer wants to catch up with women with whom she went through nursing training at Kaitaia Hospital in the 1960s.

Tripling of Ngawha power station's output could make the Far North self-sufficient in electricity and create up to 200 new jobs, a Top Energy boss says.

Prime Minister John Key will be invited to attend when a unique war memorial in Kaitaia is rededicated for its centennial on March 24 next year.

Northland Regional Council members have started delivering $20,000 worth of Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs) to more than 20 schools around the region, including seven in the Far North.

Crime in Kaitaia will come under increased scrutiny when a partnership between police, the Kaitaia Business Association (KBA) and a non-profit security company funded by the Te Aupouri Maori Trust Board begins increased CCTV surveillance of the town.

All of my life I have eagerly waited for the 'potential' of this region to blossom, unfortunately in economic terms the word potential is a meaningless gesture.

Police are appealing to motorists to slow down, wear restraints and not drive after drinking alcohol.

Government funding has increased by 23 per cent to $77.7 million for the maintenance, operation and renewal of Far North roads over the next three years.

Far North lines network operator and electricity generator Top Energy has acquired the Ngawha Ginn Spa baths and farm as part of a land acquisition deal believed to cover nearly 200ha of the geothermal field.

A dozen or so Houhora volunteers who have been using their own craft to aid boaties in distress for five years are ready to become Coastguard's most northerly unit.

Well known Far North couple Donna and Paul Scutt were among the latest crop of winners of Sport Northland's Lotto Sport Maker programme.

ONE OF the less endearing traits that has developed in this country over recent years is that of shutting down a conversation by labelling one of the parties racist. Or sexist. Or homophobic.

A meeting of financial members of the Kaitaia branch of the SPCA voted overwhelmingly last week to enter an "assimilation" contract with the Bay of Islands branch.

The council has set up a Kaitaia Water Reference Group to liaise with the community and interest groups and work to resolve existing risks to the water supply scheme in drought conditions.

A record number of 113 gymnasts representing the elite from clubs across the province competed at the annual Kaitaia Gymnastics Club competition earlier this month.

A quote from Anglo/French writer, historian and politician Hilaire Belloc summed up Clive Patterson's philosophy nicely when the long-time Kaitaia solicitor was farewelled into retirement (of a kind) last week: 'There's nothing worth the wear of winning b

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.