Hospitality comes naturally for Ani
The Lunch Box makes between 300 and 400 lunches a week and there are plans to expand.
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Man swims through raging flood to rescue pigs
The pigs were struggling to keep their snouts above water after flood rose 3m in 30 min.
Schools cancelled, roads closed as flooding hits parts of NZ
Kids find joy as wet weather closes roads and causes slips across the north.
Holidaymakers claim threats made over rahui
Family told to stop playing on beach, despite rahui applying only to swimming and seafood.
Man who died saving children had saved before
Army veteran saved a fellow soldier from losing an arm, if not his life, in East Timor.
Rugby: OBM take out top-of-the-table tussle
OBM continued to show their dominance in the Bayleys Premier rugby competition.
Father reports son after burglary
The boys were captured on CCTV breaking in to Kaeo's BP service station.
Rugby: Old Boys Marist stay unbeaten
OBM grab another bonus point as Mid Northern and Western Sharks keep pace.
Rugby: Kamo break Premier duck
Kamo picked up their first win of the season in the Bayleys Premier grade.
Northland house slides down road
A house has been condemned after a section of road slumped in Cyclone Cook's rain.
Big storm: What you need to know
Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.
Driver smashes power pole, but survives
Police are amazed a man survived a crash that destroyed a power pole near Kerikeri
Rachel leaves jandals on famous Kaeo fence
Supermodel Rachel Hunter might not have left her heart in Kaeo when she visited the Far North town recently - but she did leave her
'Tragic and unnecessary death'
The two people who died, Vernon Lawrence-Samuels and Ryan Wikaira, both 23, had been at rugby training before the accident.
Police search for missing man in Northland
Police have been searching throughout the night for an elderly man who failed to return home after checking equipment on a farm in Kaeo.
Suspected drowning in Northland
A woman in her 50s has died in a suspected drowning incident in Northland today.
Kaeo: Northland farmstay
A weekend visit to a farm can be an educational experience for the kids, writes Diana Clement.
Kaeo: More vocation than location
A Far North farm hostel has been voted the favourite in New Zealand by those who like staying at backpacker lodges. Colin Moore discovers its attractions.