Northland AgeLocal hero defeats evil doctorThe efforts of a dedicated group of skaters who had driven all the way from Kaitaia to take part in the Hoki Sk8 2014 competition last month helped convince organisers not to pull the plug on the event because of rain.07 May 09:45 PM
Northland AgePicture postcard autumn conditions in AhiparaAhipara turned on picture postcard autumn conditions for the Te Houtaewa Challenge Run Walk Cycle for Life.07 May 09:23 PM
Northland AgeThe icing on the cake for BlancheGraduating with a Bachelor's degree in nursing was enough of an achievement to make Blanche Frost happy, but winning the 2013 New Zealand Nurses' Organisation Whakawatea Taonga was the icing on the cake.07 May 09:16 PM
Northland AgeA mercy missionKaitaia vet nurse Donna Badorek will be having a week off in October, but while she'll be bound for the tropics she won't be lying on a beach drinking pina coladas.07 May 09:05 PM
Northland AgeTaggers and vandals - and now squattersKaitaia's Pirates Rugby Football Club has had some ups and downs over the last 60 years and more, but the good times seem a long time ago as the club battles an on-going spate of vandalism.07 May 09:02 PM
Northland AgeAhipara 2010 drowning raises joint concernsNorthland Coroner Brandt Shortland has welcomed a series of recommendations from Surf Life Saving New Zealand at the inquest into the death of 40-year-old Auckland man Ieremia Denis Galuvao at Ahipara in January 2010.07 May 08:59 PM
Northland AgeReturn Of The ChiefColin Dale strolls into the room in the Far North District Council offices looking far more like everyone's grandfather than the council's newly-appointed acting chief executive officer.07 May 12:06 AM
Northland AgeHer Word is LawKerikeri has more lawyers per capita than all but three other places in New Zealand. Who knew?06 May 11:54 PM
Northland AgeNorth Country RocksThis year the Country Rock Festival in Paihia celebrates 25 years of bringing music to the Bay.06 May 11:08 PM
Northland AgeEarly dental assessment provides more treatment optionsDr Simon Leith and Dr Andrew McNaughton from the Kerikeri Dental Centre strongly recommend early assessment.06 May 10:46 PM
Northland AgeJecentho and Cap secure hat-trickAt the time of this edition going to print, a number of Northland's top sheepdogs and their handlers were getting their North Island Championship campaigns under way in Taumaranui.05 May 10:00 PM
Northland AgeMarine reserves - have they got it right?Five years' work went into the proposal to establish two marine reserves in the Bay of Islands and now Fish Forever, Bay of Islands Maritime Park Inc., wants the community to decide if it has got it right.05 May 09:52 PM
Northland AgeKoutu Point school decision reservedThe Environment Court reserved their decision of an appeal against the Ministry of Education's notice of requirement to designate land on Koutu Point Road as the site of a new school.05 May 09:49 PM
Northland AgeDuck will not be on the menuKaitaia farmer Victor Rakich admits it. His farming instincts are on the wane. And it's all thanks to his 18-year-old granddaughter Chanelle Cooper.05 May 09:31 PM
Northland AgeTime for unsung heroes to shineNominations for the inaugural Pride of New Zealand Awards, to celebrate New Zealanders who make the most positive, uplifting and inspiring contributions to their community, are now open.05 May 09:24 PM
Northland AgeCrossfit team heads downtownSeven Kaitaia College students represented a Kaitaia gym when they competed at Teen Gauntlet Crossfit Competition in Auckland on April 12 with the following achieved.30 Apr 09:14 PM
Northland AgeWinter brings heightened sense of melancholySo there he was, The Offsider, feeling winter start to creep across the Far North in near nonchalant fashion.30 Apr 09:10 PM
Northland Age'Something new' from the cauldron of warThe horrific, doomed campaign at Gallipoli did more than forge a bond between the New Zealanders and Australians who fought, were wounded and died there.30 Apr 08:57 PM
Northland Age'Cultural vandalism' by Kaitaia's museumA former curator/manager of Kaitaia's Far North Regional Museum has accused its successor, the Te Ahu Heritage Museum, of cultural vandalism.30 Apr 08:50 PM
Northland AgeLights on at Lindvart Park - and hockey sticks providedEveryone will be welcome at Kaikohe's Lindvart Park next week for the naming ceremony and the formal flicking of the switch to turn on the newly-installed lights.30 Apr 08:44 PM
Northland AgeKevin Griffiths shines againAhipara man Kevin Griffiths has added to his national reputation as a very talented mouth painter with success at a major New Zealand art competition.30 Apr 08:40 PM
Northland AgeAll fishing for a good causePete Watson won the heaviest snapper prize of $500 with this 10.3kg fish at the Houhora Big Game & Sports Fishing Club's Easter Sportsfishing Contest, held Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20.28 Apr 09:22 PM
Northland AgeWhen the Kaitaia Originals upped sticks and went westAmong those celebrating five decades of links play at Ahipara over Easter weekend earlier this month were several members of the exclusive Originals club.28 Apr 09:17 PM
Northland AgeThe important time to talk is nowThe inaugural Conversations that Count awareness day was celebrated in Northland earlier this month.28 Apr 09:12 PM
