Local kura dominated the two divisions contested at the 3rd ASB Northland Secondary Schools Waka Ama Regatta on Lake Ngatu on Friday, November 22.

New Zealand's first dedicated playing field for the traditional Maori ball game ki-o-rahi at Waitangi domain, Te atarauarangihaeata, is in full readiness for the official opening.

The war might have a long way to go yet but the anti-mining faction in Northland could claim to have won a battle last week.

Yet again

The mouths of babes

Two long-serving firefighters were feted at Taipa on Saturday night when they received their Gold Star decorations for 25 years' service.

A Kaitaia company has been fined $30,000 on convictions arising from the injury of an employee at Mangamuka last year.

The kids at Pamapuria School, 10 kilometres south of Kaitaia, know all about keeping themselves safe on the road.

We might dream of producing a CD of our own songs but few actually achieve it. God knows, it's even hard for established artists to produce an album.

What now?

Houhora's resident police officer will be taking leave in August next year, but she won't be lying on a beach somewhere ordering pina coladas.

Thanks to the efforts of literally a cast of hundreds, New Zealand's first carved community ki o rahi field at Waitangi will open soon.

Young Zadkiel Beazley Tango is representing the Kaikohe Amateur Swimming Club at the Special Olympics National Swimming Championships in Otago this week.

Peria craftsman Cam Wilson has been carving slabs of wood into beautiful pieces of furniture for years, and, at the age of 74, he has no plans to stop any time soon.

Dave Cook, originally from Kaimaumau, but now living with his wife and their three children in Tauranga, became a regular blood donor in 2007.

Get off your bum

Above and beyond

The Ngati Hau and Puhipuhi Mining Action Group (PMAG) has told the Northland Economic Advisory Group that the region has alternatives to the mining of minerals.