Russell was once known as the Hell Hole of the Pacific, but the title is now owned by Paihia, according to residents and business owners.The fed up Bay of Islanders say gratuitous violence and anti-social behaviour is ruining their... Read...

A small group of Paihia residents, the Foreshore For Sure Letter Writers, is working hard to put an end to the violence that has plagued their town, specifically in Kings Rd.`It has gone on for too long,` spokesman Don Mandeno said,... Read...

Bar owners having to break up booze fuelled fights at a notorious tourist hot-spot in the Bay of Islands say they`re fed up doing the police`s job. Read...

Colin Quincey, the first person to row solo across the Tasman Sea, has passed away in Northland, aged 73.Quincey, a longtime smoker, died of lung cancer at Kawakawa Hospital, having spent the past five years living in Paihia where... Read...

A Paihia woman is taking part in Dry July to raise funds for cancer patients while going through cancer treatment herself. Giving up alcohol for Dry July will be a little easier for Rebecca van Dijk – as she wouldn`t have been drinking... Read...

State Highway 11 between Kawakawa and Paihia will re-open to traffic twice a day - starting next week. Read...

Holiday makers will need to allow more travel time this Easter if they`re heading north to the Bay of Islands. Read...

Road crews will use explosives to help clear a huge slip which closed State Highway 11, between Paihia and Kawakawa, in Northland over a month ago.Work is at a point where dynamite blasting is now a safe, viable option for moving... Read...

A Bay of Islands skipper has been ordered to pay fines and reparations of more than $93,000 after one of his passengers broke their back during a boat ride near Paihia. Read...

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will provide much-needed investment in three Northland wharves, boosting the tourism sector and creating new jobs and opportunities to the region, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says. Read...