Current and former students have thrown their support in behind a Northland Catholic school teacher who was fired after he supported a gay rights protest.

A Northland teacher who was suspended last month after he supported a pro-gay protest at the Catholic College he taught at has lost his job.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.

The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.

The secret behind Mahe Drysdale's paddle power is being given away for free in Whangarei today.

A $70,000 1966 Lotus Cortina has been found after it was stolen in broad daylight from a golf course.

Whangarei's centre does away with the staid image of art, writes Jim Eagles.