Do you know this man?
Police are looking for a man who was caught on security camera robbing a bank on Christmas Eve.Canoe unearthed at beach
Rodney Times
A full-length Maori waka was unearthed at Muriwai Beach after a member of the public spotted it sticking out from the sand.
Felled tree hits house
By: MICHELLE ROBINSON - North Shore Times
The felling of a neighbour's gum tree resulted in a buckled roof and shattered conservatory for a Glenfield couple.
Battle for Auckland
By MIKE BISHARA - Rodney Times
Greater Auckland residents have until this Friday to make a submission on the government's third and final supercity bill, which sets out the framework of the proposed new Auckland Council.
Teens take graffiti art to the wall
By: HANNAH NORTON - Manukau Courier
Nine Clendon teenagers armed with spraycans have bombed the Clendon Community House fence.
No easy road for Kiwi of the year
From a street kid sleeping rough Ray Avery has led a movie-script life, capped on Wednesday night when he was honoured as New Zealander of the Year.
Water runs foul
Filthy waterways out west could cost up to $300 million to clean over the next three decades.
Don't split Manukau
Spate of Shore attacks
Women call coach to take footy team
New Waitemata AFC women’s first team coach Carlin Secker is definitely the man for the job.
Pirates get kick start
A novel fundraising idea could help the Pt Chevalier Pirates League Club's premier side get back on track.
Eden Park makeover
Tonu'u looks back at season launch
Head coach job tops Hunterâs career
Tania Hunter is a basketball coach on the rise.
Questions the cows want answered
In four words: "What about the cows?"
Getting families out the door in time
When the long Christmas and summer holidays come to an end it can be hard to re-adjust to the routines of back to work, back to school and back to busy family life. For many families the morning rush hour is the most stressful part of the day. So how can you and the kids get out the door on time?
Expert warning on 'get tough' rules
Another long wait for the truth
Jail reforms - a hung jury still out
No surprise. Views from a specialist forensic psychiatrist quoted in this column - that tougher, longer sentences could actually cause more crime rather than deter it, that long-term jailing of fathers causes at-risk sons to offend more, and too many prisoners having serious mental health problems - predictably struck raw nerves among readers.
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Suicide high in Northland
Northland's high numbers of poor, isolated and Maori populations are being blamed for its high suicide rate.
Turning boys into leaders
Lifting the success rates of Whangarei's Maori boys and creating role models is the aim of a new academy starting this week.
New bridge designs divide public opinion
Swine flu vaccine offered to those at risk
Shame of north gateway
SOME Whangarei residents are ashamed of what welcomes bus tourists to the city and want to see improvements made before the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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