In 2004, about 1000 kids took part in Northland's first "kids triathlon". It was the Northern Advocate and Allens Northland Kids Tri-athlon at Onerahi, writes Craig Cooper.

Later on this year, we'll get to vote over the design of the New Zealand flag and in 2016 we'll vote again, putting the favoured design up against our original flag, writes Andrew Bonallack.

Andrew Bonallack writes: Every school does what it can to find resources and a huge resource for schools are parents.