Letter to the Editor Tuesday January 27, 2015
Travelling on a recent QantasLink Australian domestic flight, I browsed through the excellent QantasLink in-flight magazine Spirit.
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Editorial Tuesday January 27, 2015
WE'VE long been told that we take sport too seriously in this country...
Letter to the Editor Thursday January 22, 2015
A short while ago both the Northland Age and the Northern Advocate printed a short and uninspired item on the legal speed when passing a school bus which had stopped to discharge cargo.....
Letter to the Editor Tuesday January 20, 2015
At the public meeting on the draft regional land transport plan held in Te Ahu last week, there was discussion on big-picture issues of relevance to the Far North.
Editorial Tuesday January 20, 2015
NEVA Clarke-McKenna, who passed away peacefully in Hamilton last week aged 94, was a remarkable woman.
Letter to the Editor Thursday January 15, 2015
Years ago our family and neighbours would go to the beach or around the rocks etc on horseback or Model A truck and trailer, adults on the outside, kids in amongst the food boxes....
Letter to the Editor Tuesday January 13, 2015
2015 stands before us. This provides a real opportunity to see things afresh. To take a deep breath and look out over the horizon and to be encouraged.
Editorial Tuesday January 13, 2015
ONE-TIME broadcaster, Mayor and Maori Party candidate Derek Fox knows what it's like to hold (and express) a minority view, but...
Letter to the Editor Thursday January 8, 2015
My son was the young man whose jaw was broken (in Paihia on Saturday) and had surgery to repair his jaw...
Letter to the Editor Tuesday January 6, 2015
Looking to tomorrowI respond briefly to your article about my actions to address the lack of public concern about the oil companies coming to pillage and pollute our seas and coastlines.
Editorial Tuesday January 06, 2015
AMERICA is the land of the free, according to The Star Spangled Banner. Whether it remains so 201 years after Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became the national anthem is a moot point.
Letter to the Editor, Tuesday December 30, 2014
What happened to the initial agreement between the government and Sky City whereby in return for allowing?
A rush of blood
There is no doubting the passion behind Rueben Taipari Porter's opposition to exploring and/or drilling for oil in Te Reinga Basin, but he did enormous damage to any faint hope he might have had.
Letter to the Editor Tuesday December 16, 2014
I want to pay tribute to the volunteer spirit that is alive and well in the Far North. But first I'd like to outline our story.
What makes us poor?
TE TAI TOKERAU MP Kelvin Davis should have opened a few eyes with his Northland Age column last week.
Letter to the Editor Thursday December 11, 2014
Today's (December 9) editorial is an excellent analysis to a sad aspect of our current societal behaviour, to which I have a cynical response.
Letter to the Editor, Tuesday December 9, 2014
I am not normally one to respond to letters to the editor that throw bricks at people without having the courage of their convictions to publish their name.
Editorial Tuesday December 9, 2014
KAITAIA librarian John Haines wrote in this newspaper last week about learning from our elders.
Letter to the Editor Thursday December 4, 2014
Christmas bonus! A $100 reward is now offered for information leading to the conviction of the thieves who smashed the back window of van and stole my stuff?
Editorial Tuesday December 2, 2014
The Far North District Council's plan to gauge the entire community's attitude towards the addition of Maori-only seats to the council table is a valid one.
Editorial Tuesday November 18, 2014
THE END was clearly coming when Air New Zealand announced a few weeks ago that it would was preparing to introduce 50-seat aircraft for its Kerikeri-Auckland service.
Letter to the Editor Thursday November 13, 2014
Regarding Air New Zealand's decision to cancel flights in various locations, I have to say this is an extremely poor business decision on Air NZ's part.
Editorial Tuesday November 11, 2014
Whatever soothing noises Treaty Settlements Minister Chris Finlayson might make, some will be fearing the worst now that the issue of traffic on 90 Mile Beach has been raised once again.
Letter to the Editor, Thursday November 6, 2014
I just have to remind you that I told you so.
Letter to the Editor Tuesday November 4, 2014
As a retail business owner in Kaitaia, I can only support and reiterate the editorial 'Shop till they Drop' (October 28).
Editorial Tuesday November 4, 2014
MEMO to self: Don't accept what politicians say when passions are running high, especially if a general election is looming.