The media labelling Kaitaia earlier this year as the Murder Capital of New Zealand sparked an outpouring of affection and positivity. Thousands

Apparently our recent governments regard the majority of New Zealanders as being of inferior mentality, unable to face the truth.

Give me my puzzles! Regarding your reconstituted puzzle page (letters, September 20). While "elderly men at cafes" might be an issue

Is this really sport? At a recent sporting event I was very disheartened to see the treatment of the brave sportsmen and women taking

So there he was, The Offsider, surprised by last week's wintry blast following a well moderate July which had suggested the weather

Someone's telling porkies regarding the problems that have beset Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Rangiawhia. The question is, who? The Ministry

Well done Caitlin I wish to congratulate teenager Caitlin Rose Johnson for her feature 'It doesn't need to be like this' (September

Why we're so sad I thought the following was quite a good explanation as to why this beautiful world has become so sad. It was written

Most of us understand that life is rarely fair. For some, however, it can be cruel beyond all measure. Georgia Buckingham is evidence

Radio talkback host Leighton Smith once asked, rhetorically, if, when one found oneself agreeing with Green MP Kevin Hague, it was

Pick wild food carefully After many requests to the council to get their contractors to add colourant to their spray tanks, and getting

This newspaper is hardly unique in being accused, albeit not often and generally unfairly, of not checking its facts before publishing

Let's just get on with it ourselves So often we expect the council, central government, DOC or another public entity to fix our problems

The editorial on August 16, 2016, is most timely and should be prescribed reading for all voters everywhere.

Not unusually, the Better Local Services Bill, now before a select committee, is not written for the layman. Those who don't know

Plenty of good news stories Last week I read about Kaitaia resident Naomi Austen-Reid. In one simple act, Naomi has expressed the

So much to love in our town So many people in the Far North have taken offence to a lot of the media's portrayal of our fantastic

A week or two ago someone at the top of the IOC heap made the observation that it needed to take a hard line against cheating if the

MANY years ago a man died at a party at Awanui.

Before I begin my tirade, I wish to say that I am not speaking in any way for the SPCA. I am just an individual member of this community of Northland.

My rates bill arrived in the post this morning. My reaction, as I would think that of many others, was of consternation, and then anger.

Driving around the Mid North I see the price of fuel on most of the service stations. Fuel prices are on my mind as I owned the Rawene Service Station for around 30 years.

Kalani Hansen delivered a textbook display of local knowledge when he took out the Remember the Days surfing contest at Ahipara on Saturday.

I see in Tuesday's Age, July 19, that your cartoonist, Malcolm Evans, is once again on his anti-semitic bike.

Re Waimatenui-Mataraua Road Bridge N15 - response to letter from Des Mahoney in The Northland Age, July 14.

THE FAR NORTH seems to have reached the stage where discussing the drug problem is pointless.

Conform or else Ahakoa ko tenei Te Wiki Reo Maori, ka wepu tonu te Tahuhu Matauranga i nga kura kaupapa o Tai Tokerau e pa ana ki

Moving on Correspondents such as Bruce Moon and Anahera Herbert-Graves insist on pushing their own one-track and selective versions

CAN'T remember who suggested this (a sign of advancing age, perhaps), but the idea that older folk should not be allowed to vote should not be dismissed out of hand.

I read your editorial of July 5 with awe. I'm new to this region. My God, I exclaimed to myself, this is not the ravings of the mainstream left-wing liberal media. Is there political incorrectness here in the Far North ?