An Ayrshire bull bred by Takahue farmer Gavin Travers (Pa Hill Ayrshires) is tipped to become the dairy industry equivalent of the next great All Black.

A total of 13 people have been arrested in a major police operation sparked by a confrontation between rival gangs at a Kaikohe service station.

The fish weighed-in in the last 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club contest at the end of April showed the Far North's west coast was still providing good fishing before winter's onset.

There are so many negatives portrayed in our communities, I thought I would highlight a recent positive event for Ngapuhi.

Far North Mayoress Leoni Carter doesn't have much trouble filling in her day, but she will squeeze one more role into a hectic schedule next week - hosting Pink Ribbon breakfasts in Kaitaia.

Kerikeri pilot John (Prickles) de Ridder (69) and 54-year-old Department of Conservation ranger William Macrae, from Awanui, were on a fire reconnaissance flight on the evening of November 30, 2011 when their helicopter crashed into the sea off the Karika

The death of the highly regarded leader, academic and champion of the Maori language, Erima Henare, had left a "huge hole" among his people, a Ngati Hine spokesman said last week.

The party's submission to the select committee quoted a string of polls dating back more than a decade that revealed a lack of public demand for a new flag, and growing support for he existing one.

Ross Beddows was "coerced" into joining the Hikurangi Volunteer Fire Brigade on March 3, 1990. They were a bit short on numbers, he said. Twenty-five years later Mr Beddows was the guest of honour at a function at Te Ahu on Saturday night.

It goes without saying that Terry Jones is a fan of the Far North's Twin Coast Cycle Trail, but he sees much greater potential than that, for Kaitaia at least, in the renaissance of the bicycle.

It was interesting to hear today on National Radio of the solution by the FNDC to the problem of collecting rates on land with multiple owners, such as Maori land.

Hekenukumai (Hec) Busby's extraordinary contribution to the revival of the art of building waka and traditional navigation, now told in his biography (Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby: Not Here by Chance), can be traced back to Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Wa

Mr Davis, who devoted much of his campaign to talk of eliminating sexual violence, will lead a 440km cross-party hkoi from one end of his electorate to the other to raise awareness of the scourge of sexual violence.

Two Kaitaia detectives have been recognised for their part in major child abuse investigations, work described as maintaining the highest traditions of the New Zealand police

The overall winning pair for the Kaitaia ladies contesting the Nancy MacCormick 36-hole Foursomes championship emerged as Fay Patterson and Lynn McCarthny with a combined nett of 148.

Far North Holdings Ltd and Bay of Islands hapu Ngati Manu signed a memorandum of understanding at Karetu Marae on February 27, and last week the two parties met formally for the first time, at Opua, with the focus on improving the water quality of the Tau

Lake Tangonge, which once covered much of the flat land between Kaitaia's western edge (Pukepoto Road) and the dunes of 90 Mile Beach, is almost beyond living memory.

A Facebook page has been launched to shame able-bodied Northland drivers who use parking spaces reserved for the disabled.