
Top golfers gather for Waitangi Pro Am
An up-and-coming golfer from Rotorua who has started making a name for himself on the professional circuit won the Harcourts Waitangi Pro-Am title on Friday.
An up-and-coming golfer from Rotorua who has started making a name for himself on the professional circuit won the Harcourts Waitangi Pro-Am title on Friday.
Many tributes were paid to Murray Arnold Rae at Wednesday's funeral, but perhaps the most fitting of them was the venue.
It wasn't too long ago that the Far North was collectively concerned about the migration of its people to Australia, heading there in search of jobs and opportunities that weren't available at home.
Finding out what others think of Holden's new and pretty little SUV called Trax can be misguided. Jeremy Clarkson initially thought it would be a 'gutless mums' taxi'. Gutless mum? Try having a baby, Jerry.
A remarkable woman who, perhaps more than anything else, demonstrated that humble beginnings and adversity need be no barrier to success, passed away in Kaitaia last week at the age of 93.
Kaitaia's protest against the continuing sale of 'legal highs' wasn't the biggest of the 24 that took place simultaneously around the country on Saturday, but it was passionate.
So a Kaitaia man thought moments after he took action to foil, then catch, three people who burgled a neighbour's home last week.
Many of the Far North's most talented junior sportsfolk are once again facing the long and cold road into winter to play the sport they love.
SO there he was, The Offsider, headbanging himself into a virtual standstill before an AC/DC covers band at a local pub on Saturday night.
A long-serving member of the Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade is farewelled.
Kaitaia Veterinary Services and TopVets have launched an agricultural scholarship in memory of the late Heath Harris.
Ngawha Prison opened in 2005 and in the nine years since there is still no bus service from anywhere in Northland direct to the prison.
An accomplished local swimming athlete is currently in training as he prepares to take on the 1km distance at the King of the Bays swim on Auckland's North Shore later this month.
Friday night fighting returned to downtown Kaitaia as the Howling Wolves' March Madness boxing and kickboxing tournament took place at 103 Gym Central last week.
The death last week of Murray Rae, one of the original Te Ahu trustees and who was elected to Te Hiku Community Board last year, was described by Mayor John Carter as a huge loss to the North.
The Far North is still home to a thriving cannabis cultivating industry judging by Operation Lucy, which wound up last week.
Dr Lance O'Sullivan confessed to being more nervous at Friday's civic reception at Te Ahu in Kaitaia, in recognition of his being named New Zealander of the Year, than he was immediately prior to receiving the award.
The true identity of Ironman has been revealed and it's not some fictional character - as in the case of billionaire playboy, industrialist, and ingenious engineer Tony Stark - but Jill Bloggs!
Organisers of a successful junior tennis programme in Kaitaia said plans are in place to grow the event to cater to the unprecedented and overwhelming demand they experienced last summer.
The pilots and crew of the Northland Electricity rescue helicopter had an extraordinarily busy 48 hours last weekend, flying a dozen emergency missions virtually from Cape Reinga to Wellington.
Northland duck hunters have been assured that there has been no reduction in the length of the season for mallards that will begin on Saturday, May 3.
The 59-year-old French tourist who was driving the car that crashed into a motorcycle on Inland Road on February 11 will serve two months' home detention at a Whangarei address before he goes home.
Police have closed what an experienced officer yesterday described as one of the biggest indoor cannabis-cultivating operations found in Northland.
The owners of New Zealand's oldest service station, in Russell, have said a firm no to selling cigarettes and tobacco, and have won two awards for their stance.