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Editorial: Road safety cops - it's a thankless job
Who'd be a road safety cop, asks Craig Cooper.
RIP DVD stores but long live DVDS
May the DVD survive the onslaught of streaming services, writes Craig Cooper.
Railway should top highway in plan for Northland's future
Forget the Hundertwasser, let's move on to a more important debate
PM's Waitangi speech: Hold us to account
Jacinda Ardern has asked Maori to challenge her government
Should Jesus Christ stay or should he go?
An all-encompassing reference to God has not gone down well with some.
The pay equity tide has arrived
Unionist and anti-unionist will be disappointed about the employment law reforms.
Crew's beach cleaning job from hell
A Far North group of people who care voluntarily took on a tough cleaning job.
Ditch working-mum thing, big picture first
Ardern needs to keep the focus on reducing inequality and making housing affordable again.
Watch out for a warning, and be wary of watches
Watching the weather is a tough job, writes Craig Cooper.
When good times turn bad
The essential ingredient to restore balance and harmony, are friends and whanau.
No longer waspish about Daddy Long Legs
Thoughts of war on Daddy Long Leg spiders have dissipated after a wasp attack.
Could cuts have saved Stage Challenge?
Is the Stage Challenge a victim of its own success?
Road safety nerds know what works
What will snap us out of the lingering disrespect for human life on the roads?
Northland spots on 'best beach' shortlist
Life's a beach in New Zealand's summer but which one is best?
Lorde takes heat over cancelled Israel show
The only solution is one state where Palestinians and Israelis have equal rights.
Raglan Roger too obscure for no one in particular
Strange summer encounters on Raglan's main street.
Questions remain over runaway runabout
Runaway runabout highlights need to pay attention to boating safety.
What will the year to come bring?
Vaughan Gunson offers his predictions of what's just around the corner in 2018.
Reflections on highballs, lowballs of 2017
...it's not like you've got cancer."Me (internally): WTF! Yep, low, lowball."
Thanks for your loyal support
Advocate among the best performing regional newspapers in the country.
The Drongo Awards for 2017
We have sports awards, business awards, music awards, Oscars etc... drum roll please...
Nostalgia ahead of Windies Whangarei fixture
I grew up in the '80s, which meant, like many of that generation, cricket was a big deal.
Unearthing our next Black Caps
Northland may have unearthed a couple of future Black Caps this week.
Rare toys pop up in Christmas appeal
The cowboys and Indians set may be worth hundreds of dollars.
City facing sports and arts imbalance
An arts centre isn't enough to redress the imbalance with sport, says Craig Cooper
Andrew Johnsen: Drug bust shows dark underbelly of sport
School students taking enhancers a worrying affair, writes Andrew Johnsen.
Time to debate merits of solar heating
Fitting out 20,000 low income households with solar heating would cost $120 million.
We need to have faith in CAA
CAA should rethink its approach to a skydiving accident, says Craig Cooper
Bruce Dickens: Waxing lyrical on 1080 isn't credible
The deer that die of 1080 poison do not look like they died with a smile on their face.
A question of freedom, liberalism and the Amish
Recognising this might help the debates we're having about a range of social issues.
Common sense should prevail in mobility parking bylaw review
Common sense suggests there won't be changes to Whangarei parking bylaws
The age of guerrilla gardening is at hand
500k, 1 or 2 billion, I don't care, let's just do it. Planting trees is a good thing.