Northland AgeA memento from Monte CassinoDon McCulloch can be forgiven for the fact that he knew nothing of the battle for Cassino, in Italy, where New Zealand troops served with distinction...19 May 09:13 PM
Northland AgeAn old way of building homesCollaborative approach aids Maori housing cause19 May 09:04 PM
Northland AgeTake 2 an instant successIf the response to the opening of the Far North Hospice shop, Take 2, in Kaitaias main street on Friday was anything to go by it will do a great job of raising funds for the organisation.19 May 08:58 PM
Northland AgeKaitaia crims had the best of itIf any of those who were arrested and flung into a police cell outside The Warehouse in Kaitaia on Saturday didnt want to be there they did a good job of hiding it.19 May 08:49 PM
Northland AgeNield secures fourth enduro championshipMitchell Nield won his fourth national enduro and with a round to spare in the King Country on Saturday.14 May 10:02 PM
Northland AgeSharpshooter gives trophy collection to Special OlympicsA veteran marksman has donated a large number of his medals and trophies to the Far North Special Olympics.14 May 09:55 PM
Northland AgeThe artist and the chocolate makerTransition Town Kaitaia has unearthed a unique link between a "radically different" Caribbean chocolate enterprise and Far North stained glass artist Kathy Shaw-Urlich (Ngapuhi, Ngati Hau).14 May 09:48 PM
Northland AgeSandhoppers turn mandarin pickersOrchardists are always happy to see a horde of willing pickers hove over the horizon when fruit needs to be harvested, but those who arrived at Tony and Diane Hewitt's property at Waiharara last week were something special.14 May 09:41 PM
Northland AgeProtection at last for 'hungry ghosts'The site of one of Northland's most significant shipwrecks has been given legal protection as an archaeological amid concerns that divers have been raiding what is in effect a mass grave.14 May 09:19 PM
Northland AgeThe cops are coming for CarterAn arrest warrant has been issued for Mayor John Carter. It won't be executed until Saturday, when he will be handcuffed and placed in a cell.14 May 08:58 PM
Northland AgeWaipapakauri One, Two still unbeatenThe two home teams kept their unbeaten record at Waipap in local darts last Wednesday after hosting Awanui and Mussel Rock, with Betty Masters notable for putting in a good performance for Awanui taking out two games.12 May 09:40 PM
Northland AgeNext one gets it in the gutsKaitaia pensioner Clyde Korach has had a "gutsful" of burglars, and he doesn't have much more regard for the police.12 May 09:32 PM
Northland AgeBoard of trustees election examinedThe Ministry of Education is investigating the legality of a board of trustees election at a Far North school where the roll has plummeted by more than half.12 May 09:25 PM
Northland AgeLocal hero defeats evil doctorThe efforts of a dedicated group of skaters who had driven all the way from Kaitaia to take part in the Hoki Sk8 2014 competition last month helped convince organisers not to pull the plug on the event because of rain.07 May 09:45 PM
Northland AgePicture postcard autumn conditions in AhiparaAhipara turned on picture postcard autumn conditions for the Te Houtaewa Challenge Run Walk Cycle for Life.07 May 09:23 PM
Northland AgeThe icing on the cake for BlancheGraduating with a Bachelor's degree in nursing was enough of an achievement to make Blanche Frost happy, but winning the 2013 New Zealand Nurses' Organisation Whakawatea Taonga was the icing on the cake.07 May 09:16 PM
Northland AgeA mercy missionKaitaia vet nurse Donna Badorek will be having a week off in October, but while she'll be bound for the tropics she won't be lying on a beach drinking pina coladas.07 May 09:05 PM
Northland AgeTaggers and vandals - and now squattersKaitaia's Pirates Rugby Football Club has had some ups and downs over the last 60 years and more, but the good times seem a long time ago as the club battles an on-going spate of vandalism.07 May 09:02 PM
Northland AgeAhipara 2010 drowning raises joint concernsNorthland Coroner Brandt Shortland has welcomed a series of recommendations from Surf Life Saving New Zealand at the inquest into the death of 40-year-old Auckland man Ieremia Denis Galuvao at Ahipara in January 2010.07 May 08:59 PM
Northland AgeReturn Of The ChiefColin Dale strolls into the room in the Far North District Council offices looking far more like everyone's grandfather than the council's newly-appointed acting chief executive officer.07 May 12:06 AM
Northland AgeHer Word is LawKerikeri has more lawyers per capita than all but three other places in New Zealand. Who knew?06 May 11:54 PM
Northland AgeNorth Country RocksThis year the Country Rock Festival in Paihia celebrates 25 years of bringing music to the Bay.06 May 11:08 PM
