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...

A pensioner with terminal cancer has been told he must move out of his Paihia home because of a slow-moving landslide. Read...

A slow-moving landslide is threatening three homes in the Bay of Islands. Read...

A 100-strong contingent of anti-oil exploration protestors have arrived at Waitangi.The hikoi convened at Paihia before making their way towards Te Tii Marae.With the day`s schedule running late, the group have been stopped about... Read...

The man whose piano-playing prowess became an internet sensation is a holidaying English sparkie who can`t read music.Now Craig Michael Gregory is hoping the viral video, filmed at Paihia`s public piano, will help him realise his... Read...

The manager of a Paihia backpackers lodge where two American guests were attacked says the town is still a safe place to visit.Jacob Ulgenes, 22, and Scott Kelleher, 23, were less than 48 hours into a New Zealand holiday when they... Read...

The memory is an unreliable faculty at the best of times. So it may be that I was mistaken in remembering that Only Seafood in Paihia was bloody good.The Professor and I ate there about four years ago when we took some visiting... Read...