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.

The Northland Community Foundation is launching one final push to raise $1 million over the next two months to reach its Project Promise goal of $3 million for the construction of a cancer treatment

Te Rarawa completed the Mangonui winter rugby season by dominating the annual World Cup tournament.

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

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

The Far North's super cricket crusader Peter Barnett

The Local Government Commission heard a strong argument for the retention of Northland's existing local government structure (one regional and three district councils) in Kaitaia last week.

Editorial - Tuesday August 27, 2013

Letter to the Editor - Tuesday August 27, 2013

Letter to the Editor - Tuesday August 20, 2013