Seven remarkable young Far Northerners have been recognised for the highest personal qualities with Children of Courage awards.

Heather Smith is hoping against hope that the truth of the old saying 'Many hands make light work' will be manifested at the SPCA adoption centre at Awanui, sooner rather than later.

Ngapuhi leader David Rankin has fired a broadside at the Waitangi Tribunal, which he accuses of being a bully, inventing history and delivering New Zealand into apartheid.

Athol Ernest Johnson was an Aucklander - he was born there on October 29, 1925, and died there on January 20, 2015. And he spent his first few years living in Mt Albert. But the Far North was to play a major role in shaping the man he was to become.

Doubtless Bay woman Jackie Connell suffered rather more than the "sore arm" described by police (in that no bones were believed to have been broken) after her left arm was caught under a wheel of her car at Cable Bay earlier this month.

Richie Harris was appointed as director of rugby and head coach of the Northland ITM Cup side earlier this week.

The inclusion in the SkyCity Mystics line-up of a local girl who cut her chops playing through the grades in Kerikeri has given the Far North sporting community...

Over the years I have read various letters in this column using Te Ahu as a club to beat up on others or carry out a haters' agenda...

Kaitaia teenagers Te Amo-haere Rudolph and Georgia Buckingham and their families are extremely grateful for all the support they have received from their community as they battle cancer...

Hokianga residents are being urged to make use of a new bus service to Kaikohe, to make sure it survives beyond a 15-week trial.

Two of the Far North's best-known faces were transformed on Tuesday, when Mayor John Carter and Kaitaia pharmacist Eric Shackleton had their heads shaved for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand...

Kaitaia police have launched a new appeal for news of 49-year-old Cable Bay woman Leeann Ailini Scott, who was last seen at Taipa on December 12.

Organisers of the annual Houhora One Base big game fishing tournament could probably feel entitled to give themselves a quiet pat on the back following the success of this year's event.

Rugby league once gain took the initiative in the Cold War against its rugby union counterparts...

Tears were not far away last week when Dudley Andrews met the two small boys whose lives he saved off 90 Mile Beach on March 1. And no one was closer to tears than Mr Andrews himself.

Dunedin woman Stephanie Sommers first saw the picture of the little church, apparently somewhere near Ahipara, more than 20 years ago.

Friends of Kaitaia teenager Te Amo-haere Rudolph's family lost no opportunity to fill their icecream containers and buckets with cash at Kaitaia's market on Saturday...

Far North electors have voted against establishing Maori wards for the 2016 and 2019 Far North District Council elections.

Kerry Hewitt joined a small and prestigious club when he speared an 84kg fish 12 miles off the Hokianga Harbour...

SO there he was, The Offsider, getting rather excited at the prospect of seeing some epic waves in his backyard courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Pam.

It always disheartens me to see the lack of application of soil erosion principles to basic roadside stormwater drainage...

The Royal New Zealand RSA has labelled the timing of the referendum that could lead to a new flag as unacceptable.

The Far North's best known, and at almost half a century old possibly longest-surviving moustache has joined the endangered species list...

Abundant Life School (Kaitaia) principal Mark Tan has four words for those who do not believe in the power of the individual - "Look at Travis Burrows."

On the eve of the 175th anniversary of the sacking of Russell and the outbreak of war in the North, Ngati Hine is leading another rebellion, this time against family violence.

It took until the last day of this year's 2015 Snapper Bonanza for the ultimate winner to be revealed.