Parts of Whangarei's CBD need an injection of colour and life. Move beyond the mall area and the atmosphere dissipates fairly quickly, writes Craig Cooper.

We had our best chance to achieve a proper democracy at the last election via the Conservative proposal for binding referenda and we blew it.

Post-election discussion has been dominated by talk of Labour's future.

Every day we are faced with financial choices. It may be as simple as a choice of whether to buy this week's special at the supermarket or as complex as whether to buy a house.

Melissa Belleville from Whangarei is commenting on 'Rebranding the entrance to our city'.

A reader from Onerahi comments on a Northern Advocate article published on 4th September 2014.

The modern day attitude towards smoking tends to be zero tolerance in the workplace.

I wish to express my strong opposition to Onerahi having yet another alcohol outlet.

The National Standards are flawed and impeded in their intended purpose, because of two things: Overall Teacher Judgment and inconsistent assessment tools.