'Fly My Pretties' kicked off their Homeland Tour 2013 with an awesome concert at Kaitaia's Te Ahu.

The Hokianga Historical Society is being strongly encouraged by Dr Kenneth Baker, a member who lives in Brussels, to join international commemorations of the beginning of World War I

Mayoral candidate Ann Court broke ranks with the council she has been part of for the past nine years when she addressed a candidates' meeting in Kaikohe.

Editorial - Tuesday September 10, 2013

Letter to the Editor - Thursday September 10, 2013

The Wanderers Kaikohe Netball Club celebrates its 50th anniversary

Pukepoto teenager Esera Saulo (Te Rarawa) won gold at the Mega Crews section of the 2013 World Hip-Hop Dance Championship in Las Vegas

A small but noisy protest against the sale of 'legal highs' in Kaitaia on Thursday morning achieved its immediate purpose, unbeknownst to the protesters.

Fire crews from Kaitaia, Ahipara and Mangonui fought another deliberately-lit fire at the old timber mill in Kaitaia on Thursday morning.

Acts of kindness

While Mangonui senior rugby hovers on the edge of the abyss because there simply aren't enough good men willing or able to put their hand up to take on the thankless task of refereeing..

There was disappointment following a gallant effort from the Kaitaia College 1st XV players, aware they had let a strong lead slip through their fingers in a clash in Kaitaia last Wednesday.

Lambs and daffodils are two sure signs that spring has arrived, and residents at Kaitaia's rest home were visited by both in one woolly bundle on Tuesday morning.

Incumbent Wayne Brown and challenger John Carter offered two clear choices for the Far North mayoralty when they addressed a small public meeting at Taupo Bay on Monday night.

Northland Coroner Brandt Shortland has found that a 15-year-old boy who died near his home at Moerewa on April 5, 2009, took his own life.

A young Kaitaia footballer has been called up to attend a national camp in Auckland next month.

Editorial - Tuesday September 3, 2013

Cashew nut paste, health food with a Maori business model and a simple but effective way of finding light switches in the dark were the winners at Saturday's Young Enterprise Scheme trade fair.

Police are convinced that two men who attacked an 84-year-old man in his home just north of Te Kao live in the same tiny community.

Fly My Pretties arrived in Kaitaia yesterday to make music, but first they were greeted with a warm, and in part musical, welcome from their hosts.

Letter to the Editor Tuesday September 3, 2013

Northlanders will have to wait until next year to find out how the Local Government Commission plans to reshape councils in the region.

Local juniors will don their boots for the last time this winter and make their bid for World Cup glory in the finals of the Mangonui JMB season.

Letter to the Editor - Thursday August 29, 2013