Plans to build an 850-seat Riverside conference centre in Whangārei have been revived. Photo: LDR / Northern Advocate Last year the council refused to help pay for the Ōruku Landing project – originally pitched...

New Shoots kids, London Harrison, 3 (left), Preston Harrison, 5, and Darcie McNaught, 4, with a few furry friends from Bay of Islands Animal Rescue. Photo / Peter de Graaf First concert of the...

Mezzo soprano opera singer Katie Trigg at her University of Waikato Honours recital early last year. Photo/Katie Trigg She’s come a long way from busking at a Far North market, but now this talented...

Barbara MacDonald, Angela Ferster, Rob Soar and Anne Richards set up for the fair. Photo / Tania Whyte. You’re bound to find a book to read this weekend at The Great New Zealand Book...

Van crashes into petrol pump at Gull petrol station in Raumanga, Whangārei. Video / Carl Newman Customers at Whangarei’s busy Gull petrol station alongside SH1 in Raumanga, feared the place would go up in...

We need the Green Party to be fighting fit for the upcoming election. Photo / Mark Mitchell OPINION At his media briefing on Monday, James Shaw came across, as he most often does, as...

Riverside Dr, Whangarei is one example of many where the roads aren’t up to scratch. Photo / Tania Whyte New data shows Northland roads are getting worse despite Waka Kotahi’s insistence that safety improvements...

Greenpeace say a focus on reducing plastic over recycling is most important moving forward. Photo/File As Plastic Free July comes to a close, Far North mum Joanne Rome has looked back on her efforts...