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An iwi-led drought relief programme is changing lives in the Far North, one water tank at a time.

A50-year-long quest to return a forestry land block to a hapu-owned North Hokianga trust has finally been realised.

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The 2024 Far North Pool Association annual pool competition began last Tuesday evening in style at various venues in the Far North.

Scottie Scheffler has underlined his dominance of world golf with a second Masters triumph in three years.

‘The lady doth protest too much, methinks ... ” A famous line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It’s uttered in response to the insincere over-acting of a character in a play within the play. In everyday use, the phrase indicates doubt of sincerity, especially regarding the truth of a strong denial.

New Zealand rebounded from their Olympic qualifying disappointment by beating Japan 1-0 in a women’s hockey series in Albany.

Blues forward Cameron Suafoa has revealed he is taking a break from rugby to complete radiation treatment for cancer.

The horrific mass stabbing in Sydney on Saturday will rattle Aussies and Kiwis alike.

Expect the unexpected.

Kaitāia and the Far Far North’s tourist attractions will be in focus when the More FM Northland Breakfast show crew hit the area on its Touristy Tour of Northland.

The 2024 Far North Darts Association season started on Wednesday night with 22 teams participating this year. This year’s format includes four doubles games and 16 singles games per match.

Since my recent letter regarding side road maintenance, with emphasis on the policy of not grading side roads during the dry months from December to April, I have been doing some online research. This has mainly been because, in spite of follow-up calls, I have had no response to my request to speak to a roading engineer or someone able to explain the overall rationale behind this policy and who...

Kaitāia’s world boxing champ Mea Motu will put her title on the line later this month in Auckland, in her first fight since retaining her IBO super-bantamweight world title in Whangārei, in December.

This week I experienced a coincidence when two friends commented on using cast iron cookware.

Far North RSA Bowling Club hosted the Centre Umpires Fundraiser A/C Triples on Wednesday, April 3.

The lives of thousands of people will be hit hard by a record 16.5 per cent rates rise proposed for the Far North, former council deputy mayor Dover Samuels has warned.

Far North students interested in a career in the Air Force have had some first-hand feedback on what it is like when Leela Brown - who grew up in the district - visited schools in Kawakawa, Kerikeri and Kaikohe.

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.

Anew charity supporting Northlanders struggling to feed their pets and their families has expanded into Kaitāia and surrounds.

When the NZ All Black Sevens needed some inspiration to get to the final, and then win, the Hong Kong leg of the World Sevens tournament up stepped Kaitāia’s own Tepaea Cook-Savage.

From Flores Azores, Portugal, to Mangonui, New Zealand — The life story of Nicholas Maria by Yvonne Simms

Colin Thorne is ready to pull down the curtain on his Red Stag Rotorua Marathon journey next month as the 100-year-old gets set to participate in the 5.5km race.

A2024 report from Columbia University titled Key Ocean Current Contains a Warning on Climate, by Kevin Krajick, details a massive research project that took 40 scientists on a research ship in the Southern Ocean over five years, drilling the seabed for sediment cores, and the research has taken another four years to publish so it is a massive undertaking.

I’ve just returned from travelling around Taranaki and on to Wellington in a camper van, as my wife had not been to Taranaki before.

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Once upon a time, long, long ago, Eric Wagener was elected to the Far North District Council (FNDC). His career in local government wasn’t a long one; I don’t recall why, but perhaps he suffered that almost invariable fatal affliction, for a politician, of living in the “real world”.

Behind the glittering performances and graceful movements of rhythmic gymnastics lies a darker reality — one where extreme pressures, unhealthy body standards and toxic environments plague young competitors. Recent revelations from former top New Zealand gymnasts shed light on these distressing aspects.