Councillor Pera Paniora (left) wanted to begin the council meeting with a karakia but Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson (second right) was quick to reject her request. Photo: Screenshot / Kaipara District Council Kaipara’s mayor...

Darius Martin-Baker of the Youth Advisory Group is for the voting age to go down to 16. Photo / Michael Cunningham Sixteen-year-olds should be given the right to vote, according to a neuroscience educator,...

The Hundertwasser Art Centre, along with other new developments along the Hātea River, has breathed new life into Northland’s arts scene, says travel publisher Lonely Planet. Photo / Northland Inc The best thing Whangārei...

Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson alongside Te Moananui Mōari Ward councillor Pera Paniora wearing her korowai Photo / Susan Botting Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is calling on Kaipara’s new Mayor to reconsider his ban...

Ōkaihau farmer, businessman and community stalwart Ken Rintoul was “one of nature’s gentlemen”, former Mayor John Carter says. Photo / Peter de Graaf A champion of the community, a tireless advocate for the North...