The first and only man to cross the Cook Strait in a hot air balloon has died.Roland `Roly` Parsons died at Paihia on September 17, 40 years on from his historic journey over the Cook Strait.Mr Parsons was in the fourth balloon... Read...
Complaints about a `biased` and `unprofessional` school review have seen the entire report scrapped in a highly unusual move from the Education Review Office.The review of Opua School, a 120-pupil primary near Paihia, was shelved... Read...
Surveillance cameras helped police arrest a 21-year-old man who allegedly assaulted two American tourists in Paihia.Daniel Tito, of Waitangi, appeared in the Kaikohe District Court last Friday on two charges of injuring and was... Read...
Last week I photographed a grey gull struggling to expel plastic kitchen film from its throat.I was on a tourist voyage to the Hole in the Rock, visiting Otehei Bay for lunch on the way back to Paihia.The crew served wraps in... Read...
Prime Minister John Key has some advice for the Australian tourist who`s been sledging him about the cricket while on the campaign trail in Paihia. Read...
Winston Peters has announced his party will introduce a bill to remove name suppression from paedophiles in cases where the victims say they do not want it.Mr Peters made the announcement in a street meeting in Paihia today.`There... Read...
New Zealand First will introduce a Bill in Parliament to remove name suppression from paedophiles where the victim/victims have not requested it, or are asking for it to be removed, Leader and candidate for the Northland by-election Rt Hon Winston Peters announced in Paihia today. Read...