A Christchurch superhero who earned fame by helping quake-affected citizens, is heading to the Far North after striking up a super-powered friendship with a little boy from Kaikohe.

Salvation Army Lieutenant Phil Mellsop echoed the sentiments of speakers from one end of New Zealand to the other when he addressed his town's Anzac Day service in Kaitaia on Friday.

Senior resultsMuriwhenua Kuaka 10 Portland Panthers 40: Hard to imagine Muriwhenua could have played much worse in their first game at their new home venue at the Kaitaia A&P Showgrounds on Saturday

Kerikeri Bay Builders 2 Airforce 1 (ht 1-1): The Northland premier division champions began their 2014 Chatham Cup campaign with a win over Airforce at Waipapa in clear, nippy mid-autumn conditions on Easter Monday.

Tokerau Beach man Ivan Conlon knows a good deal about his father Arthur and uncle Elmer, but many gaps remain to be filled. And some of the questions concerning Elmer are whoppers.

Your columnist Joe Carr suggests the Ministry for Primary Industries is penny-pinching on biosecurity. This is not the case.

A floating dock that broke free from a privately-owned island during Cyclone Lusi is posing a serious threat to marine life along Northland's east coast.

The voice of Te Tai Tokerau has been silent as the Mana Party makes a "whole lot of noise" about who it will form an alliance with, according to Labour electorate committee chairman Haydn Edmonds.

Fiona Beale is one of the lucky ones. A self-confessed "massive pot head" in her younger days, she wasted no time in embracing synthetic cannabis.

Bay of Islands Netball Centre (BOINC) teams vied for positioning on the final grading round in Kaikohe on Saturday, knowing this was their last chance to move up and/or keep themselves from being relegated.

Fruit fly pathways

A 37-year-old Kaikohe woman who chained up a dog and let it starve to death has been convicted in the Kaikohe District Court.

Top of Kaeo man Tom Gordon's shopping list is a personal locator beacon.

The appointment of a commissioner at Pamapuria School will be of minimal cost to the school, vastly less than the $206,000 cited on Tuesday (School kids going without to pay the commissioner, Northland Age April 15).

Luck played no part in Muriwhenua's stunning success at last weekend's Te Tai Tokerau senior kapa haka competition in Whangarei.

There's no doubt the Tigers - one of the most successful Bay of Islands teams in the province over the past decade - are hurting.

The biggest turnout ever by students representing schools across the province in this year's Northland Scholastic Surfing Series left organisers in no doubt the sport was currently enjoying a massive surge in interest.

The worm is turning

Karena Hart is a solo mum who works hard for what she and her 6-year-old son Rangi have.

Taipa teenager Talia Rogers was crowned Miss Far North New Zealand 2014 at Te Ahu on Saturday night.

The Ministry of Education-appointed commissioner at Pamapuria School has cost the school more than $200,000. And that has outraged at least one Pamapuria parent.

Northland athletes completely dominated the top places in the fourth annual Craigs Northern Crossing, which took place between Omapere and Kerikeri on Saturday.

The first leg of the 2014 Northland Secondary Schools Clay Target Shooting Competition went ahead at the Kaeo Clay Target Gun Club.

Fresh air

Students rarely expect to leave a school assembly with $750 in their pocket, but Javia Maheno did just that on Tuesday afternoon.

The man who organised the Reinga Basin hikoi to Waitangi earlier this year said he was shattered by the news from Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges...

Far North-based Labour list MP Shane Jones is beginning to wonder if the North's planners were trained by the CIA.

Lin and Don McKellar have every reason to feel betrayed by the child who took advantage of their kindness and stole from them last week.