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Bad day at the office for Kerikeri premiers

Speech honours go to Taipa school

The honours went to Taipa Area School when a very impressive field of five contested the 2015 Lions Young Ambassador speech competition in Okaihau last week.

Letter to the Editor, Tuesday August 18, 2015

Another heroI salute Dudley Andrews for his courageous rescue of two small boys, and for the richly deserved award he has received (Pride of NZ award for Dudley, August 13).

Editorial, Tuesday August 18, 2015

IT WOULD be too much to expect that every employee of every government department is totally committed to upholding whatever standards of behaviour those departments demand of us ordinary people, but revelations...

Another turtle now on the mend

Another ailing sea turtle has been found on 90 Mile Beach, and is now receiving what is hoped will be life-saving treatment at Auckland Zoo.

Critics aplenty brave the rain

Rueben Taipari Porter, one of those who addressed the anti-TPP rally at Kaitaia's Saturday morning market, was surprised by the response, given the frequent squally showers and the fact that he had been asked just the day before to help organise it.

Living in Aotearoa not so bad

The head boy at Taipa Area School, who has his long-term sights set on a political career, has a much greater understanding of issues facing his community, and Maori youth in particular, than many, but he's just come home from a conference in Washington D

Letter to the Editor, Thursday August 13, 2015

There have been, from time to time, efforts to change our justice system from the adversarial to inquisitional, so all the evidence can be presented that would enable the truth of the matters in question to be resolved beyond all doubt.

Path to higher ground starts in Kaitaia

Anyone remember cult '70s television series, Kung Fu?

Editorial, Tuesday August 11, 2015

IT'S POSSIBLE to feel a smidgen of sympathy for the Far North District Council as it continues to take flak for ending its northern rubbish contract with Clean Stream Northland.

College rebuild a boon for Kaikohe

A $14 million rebuild of Northland College will lift the entire Kaikohe community according to principal Jim Luders.

LGC - change is still on agenda

The Local Government Commission's proposal for one unitary authority in Northland is no longer "on the table" but the Commission wants to have new proposals for change in the region ready within 12 months, sooner if possible.

Winston Peters' dairy fix

Northland MP Winston Peters has responded to the "crashing" of the benchmark price for whole milk powder by calling on Fonterra to temporarily suspend its participation in the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) process.

Thief nobbled with a trolley

Two men have been arrested after an incident at Mangonui on Wednesday afternoon, which a woman did her best to foil by pushing a shopping trolley into the path of the suspect as he sprinted out of the Four Square.

Uniforms raise game at Taipa

Taipa Area School will have three netball teams taking the court next season thanks to an ANZ Netball Grant worth more than $3000.

Eastern's Emery outflanks 'em all

Last Saturday, following the conclusion of the Mangonui senior club rugby finals, Eastern flanker Leon Emery was bestowed with the EJ Thompson Taiaha as the best player over the 2015 domestic season.

Awards for seven outstanding youngsters

Seven Far North primary school students have received Sir Peter Blake Young Leader Awards, in recognition of their outstanding leadership qualities.

Letter to the Editor, Thursday August 6, 2015

I had to write a response to Hone Harawira's letter to Obama (Northland Age, August 4.) I am Native American, from the Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota, Sicangu Lakota Oyate (the Burnt Thigh Nation).