Mike Dinsdale

There is only one Northland finalist in the inaugural Trade Me Property People's Choicest awards, but it's one of the region's most famous attractions – The Hundertwasser toilet block in Kawakawa

Far North's famous loos only Northland finalist in national competition.

A Far North community has been angered by the theft of “priceless taonga” from a Hokianga rugby club - New Zealand rugby league player James Fisher-Harris ' boots.

Far North Energy Wellness Fund putting thermal curtains into homes to make them warmer.

“I was really worried how cold it was going to get in winter and what that would mean for the kids,” a Kaitāia mum who has had free thermal curtains installed from a new fund says.

It will hopefully be third time lucky for Far North District council in getting water from the controversial $17 million Sweetwater Aquifer into Kaitāia homes.

After two false starts water from Sweetwater Aquifer to flow into Kaitāia homes

The two-year $204 million rebuild of State Highway One over Mangamuka Gorge in the Far North has passed its first major test - heavy rain and strong winds.

‘‘Bouncing from cloud to cloud is just a sensational feeling - it's the closest to flying like a bird that you can get.”

Flying like a bird sees Far North man win national hang gliding title