A French national who imported almost 24kg of cocaine into Paihia that was brought into the country on a cruise ship has been jailed for 15 years.Importing nearly 24kg of cocaine into Northland was Plan B for an international drug... Read...

EDITORIAL It`s what many Kiwi children dream about — lifting the Webb Ellis trophy like David Kirk, Richie McCaw, or Fiao`o Fa`amausili in front of millions of adoring fans from Paihia to Paris.It`s the pinnacle event of the nation`s... Read...

Three Lotto players from Paihia, Auckland and Murupara will be having a magical evening after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight`s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Countdown Waitangi in Paihia,... Read...

Police still looking for attacker after 67-year-old man was punched in the head. Read...

A Swedish couple is appealing for help to find a pair of Good Samaritans who tried heroically to save their friend`s life while they were holidaying in the Bay of Islands. Goran and Lena Bjorkman were in Paihia on March 11 with... Read...

A Bay of Islands environmental group is disappointed by the theft of rat traps from two small but ecologically valuable islands — but heartened by the public response since word of the thefts got out. Bay Bush Action trustee Brad... Read...

``Gut-wrenching`` — that`s how the manager of a Paihia store describes a ram raid on his business early yesterday. Around 3.45am on Monday a ute was used to smash through a side wall of Rip Curl, a sportswear shop on Williams Rd,... Read...

A backpacker staying in Paihia has been left without wheels and out of pocket after a brazen thief stole his car, dumped it and torched it. However, Marvin Rieger, from Germany, said the response afterwards from the Paihia community... Read...

Trees have been poisoned in the Bay of Islands with a Paihia couple discovering several specimens dead or dying on their property.Lisa Harris and Daniel Gonin returned to their Sullivans Rd home in January after a nine-month stay... Read...

Five people allegedly tortured the occupants of a Northland house using a golf club, serrated knife and a gas torch blower for information on the whereabouts of a couple, a jury has heard.The five— Paul Johnson, 30, Frank Rota,... Read...