Mangonui man Ian Lange got more than he bargained for when he went to empty his mullet net near Mill Bay last Saturday morning.

A "massive" community effort coupled with a Weet-Bix-eating frenzy has seen a Kaitaia primary school win $5000.

The Winston Peters show arrived in Kaitaia yesterday, drawing a crowd of at least 80 supporters, hecklers and the plain curious who spilled on to the road outside the town's post office.

Having dominated the competition for the previous two years, the Te Rarawa Football Club is aiming to secure a three-peat by winning the under-8 division for the third year running when the Kaitaia junior football winter season kicks off later this year.

The Houhora One Base celebrates its 21st anniversary this year with the annual major big gamefishing tournament set to run from Wednesday to Saturday, March 18-21 (the week after the Snapper Bonanza wraps up).

IT WOULD be nice if politicians and took a leaf out of Hippocrates' book, and resolved to first do no harm. Too often policies, supposedly devised by politicians and enacted by bureaucrats, do very real harm, nine times out of 10 for no better reason than

An agreement that aims to protect the Taumarere River while allowing a controversial marina extension to go ahead at Opua is being hailed a "win win" by the hapu that initially opposed it.

National has pledged to spend up to $69 million replacing 10 one-lane bridges in Northland over the next six years, including notoriously narrow and flood-prone bridges at Taipa, Kaeo and Rangiahua.

For the first time in almost 50 years the race to be Northland's next MP is wide open with polls showing New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has a real chance of breaking National's decades-old grip on the seat.

With the annual Snapper Bonanza week-long surfcasting extravaganza hitting Ninety Mile Beach next week, there is huge interest...

Kasey and Karena Bird, the Bay of Plenty sisters who won last year's NZ Master Chef title, know about life in small towns...

Six months ago the ferocious bombardment on Gaza stopped. While the guns may have fallen silent the war continues for the children of Gaza.

Eight-year-old Te Paea Rameka has had more health issues over the last year than many people would face in a lifetime. But she's never lost the beaming smile...

Police seized what they believed to be a substantial haul of stolen property from a house at Ahipara yesterday, spreading it out on the lawn and painstakingly recording it in detail.

Police displayed exquisite timing when they raided a house on Mataraua Road, south of Kaikohe, on Sunday morning. A fresh batch of methamphetamine was reportedly cooking when they arrived...

The Houhora Fishing Club was in the thick of the action in the New Zealand Sports Fishing Council 2015 nationals competition, with 15 impressive specimens bought into the Far North weigh station....

The saying the devil finds work for idle hands can certainly be applied to Kaitaia.

Paihia's win in the New Zealander of the Year awards will give the town national exposure and pave the way for even bigger projects in future according to community leaders.

Ahipara firefighter Joan Natanahira has a mountain to climb on May 23. Or rather 1103 steps to the top of Auckland's Sky Tower.

The National Party chose former Te Ahu manager Mark Osborne as its candidate for the Northland by-election.

Police had no doubt that two small Kaitaia boys, aged around 5 or 6, were in imminent danger of drowning when a former soldier went to their rescue on 90 Mile Beach on Sunday afternoon.

A significant number of marlin and yellowfin tuna were either bought to the weigh station and or tagged and released during the 2015 Hihi Marlin Classic.

Drag race for revved-up 90 Milers

St John volunteers from Kohukohu have been a fixture at the North Hokianga A&P show at Broadwood for years, not to promote what they and their organisation do but in case they are needed.

Hells' bells and buggy wheels ...

Heather Ayrton JP, QSM, has brought an end to 40 years of service as a Justice of the Peace, a contribution to her community that was acknowledged at a luncheon last week.

At least some of the firefighters who were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on the Awanui Straight, two kilometres north of Kaitaia, on Monday afternoon...

A 61-year-old sailor became the first person to be convicted of deliberately concealing biosecurity goods on a visiting yacht when she appeared before the District Court at Kaikohe last week.

Future Black Caps continue with junior programme...