NewsBank (Northern Advocate, The (Whangarei, New Zealand))

An emotional Kelly Slater has called time on his legendary surfing career, with current world No1 Griffin Colapinto saying all surfers owe him for his contribution to the sport.

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The Warriors have announced the singing of James Fisher-Harris.

The ineptitude of Whangarei District Council is highlighted in your article on the plight of rough sleepers in our city (Advocate, April 15). This council can spend $60 million of ratepayers money on a new building Te Iwitahi (apparently to serve the community), that is not even fully occupied, and yet it cannot even make a mere $60,000 available to help re-open the now boarded up Old Boys’...

Michelle Ruddell, who runs a large-scale dairy farm near Whangārei, is one of four women in the running to be the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.

It has been a great season but grass growth is slowing down and it was obvious that 16 mouths would not make it through the winter on a small hectare of grass.

At some point Kolkata Knight Riders may have to decide if they can afford to wait for Mitchell Starc to find form.

Quiz1How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?

New rules saw more 2-minute suspensions dished out in one round of netball’s ANZ Premiership on the weekend than across an entire typical season.

Picture the scene: a capital city with pedestrianised streets, bustling shops, affordable housing sprinkled through inner laneways while a mega underground tunnel diverts noisy traffic away.

Labour says the Government is opening the door to more foreigners buying land here — with changes made to the way applications are handled.

Vandalism of Rangitīkei’s Lake Alice water tower has prompted one survivor of the former psychiatric hospital to call for the “disturbing” behaviour to stop.

Feijoa growers struggling with lower prices this season are asking consumers to buy the fruit to help boost returns.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said there was “a process that needs to play out here”, regarding his decision not to intervene in the case of two Kiwi brothers imprisoned in Thailand.

New Zealand international Macey Fraser has been sold to Utah Royals, from the Wellington Phoenix.

Major risks to the future of New Zealand’s aged care sector have been highlighted in a damning report released by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora.

More space, improved structure, some variety and time.

The Government promises savings found through cutting jobs, slashing back-office spending and functions, and culling several work programmes in some areas will be re-invested into the front line, across a number of agencies.

Kiwis like to think New Zealand is an exporting economy — a new report shakes up that idea, saying the facts show we just “aspire” to be one.

New Zealand’s biggest tsunami siren network upgrade is rolling out across Northland this year.

A mistake by financial news wire Bloomberg when reporting the consumers price index prompted selling in the New Zealand dollar, with the currency rebounding when the correct number came out.

More than a third of Northland dairy farms are not fully compliant with their dairy effluent consents — an increase on the previous 12 months — with 6 per cent having significant non-compliance issues.

Economists warn that the big fall in New Zealand’s annual inflation rate, from 4.7 to 4 per cent, is masking sticky pricing for non-tradeable goods and services.

Authorities are refusing to enforce laws put in place along a State Highway 1 detour route during the Brynderwyn Hills closure in Northland, despite trucks illegally using the road.

The United Arab Emirates was inundated by downpours and submerged in flooding yesterday brought on by the equivalent of about two years’ worth of rain.

Grieving parents who spoke out against a Whangārei cemetery’s request for them to remove tributes from their teenage daughter’s grave are still waiting on the district council to resolve the matter.

Northland farmer Caleb Eady has moved closer to clinching one of New Zealand’s top farming honours by winning the Season 56 Northern FMG Young Farmer of the Year title.

Last week 26 Northland schools descended on Ōkaihau College as part of the 49th running of the Te Tai Tokerau Kapa Haka Festival.

Far North Kahika (Mayor) Moko Tepania has been chosen to address more than 800 on Thursday when he graduates from the University of Waikato.

The Government is reviewing the rollout of freshwater farm plans and says work already under way in some regions could be halted.