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Whangarei’s like home away from home for Alaskan boaties. Joseph Aldridge, The Northern Advocate ›
Whangarei is a hard place to leave, say an Alaskan couple part-way through a marine circumnavigation of the world
Mimiwhangata Road Trip, Liz Light, AA Travel ›
The curly gravel road passes meadows white with cow parsley. Old-fashioned red roses that escaped from gardens decades ago ramble along farm fences. Skylarks, black dots high in the sky, sing for the joy of summer. Then the road threads through patches of lush bush, past nikau groves and giant puriri in shady valleys. It is an Edenesque entry to a heavenly place. Mimiwhangata: I want to go there because I love the sound of the name.
Orca in Whangarei Harbour circle kayaker ›
Daniel Foote shot this video of orca cruising the Whangarei Harbour, off McLeod Bay yesterday!
Adventure Forest First Northland tourism operator to be OutdoorsMark accredited ›
Local tourism operator Adventure Forest is the first in Northland to be accredited with the new OutdoorsMark
Rugby World Cup “Paint It Red” promotion in Whangarei ›
Anita Sloot is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to sourcing thousands of red bedding plants for Whangarei's flower gardens as part of the district's Rugby World Cup "Paint It Red" promotion.
The idea is just one of dozens of Northland RWC strategies which have already involved thousands of voluntary work hours, looking at every aspect of the tournament, from traffic control to festivals showcasing the regions arts, food, music and sports.
The "Paint It Red" idea leverages off the co-incidence that the colours of all three teams playing and being hosted in the north include red in their team colours.
Tutukaka: A Whale of a Time ›
A survey in National Geographic Traveller chose the Tutukaka coast when listing the world's top three coastal areas. And, Jacques Cousteau considered the Poor Knights Islands, just off the coast, to be one of the world's best diving sites.
It's curious that this area, applauded internationally for its beauty, is just a couple of hours from Auckland and yet many of us scarcely know it's there. It's time I headed north.
The drought is over and Northland is a million shades of lush green. In contrast, Ngunguru, with its estuary and wide sky, is many hues of blue. The town, a mix of posh beach houses and faded baches, straggles along the estuary. We park next to a line of upside-down dinghies and walk to the entrance. A breeze makes bunny-tails bob and spinifex roll.
Oystercatchers and gulls feed in the shallows and Whangarei Heads is a dusky purple shadow across the blue bay.
Entries rolling in to ‘Love it Here’ Billboard Challenge ›
From surf beaches to sunset scenes, Whangarei residents have already entered a dazzling array of photographs in the Whangarei ‘Love it Here’ Billboard Challenge.
Posh Digs for Broken Hearted Kiwi ›
He was only a lovelorn kiwi, whose rejection saw him almost starve himself to death.
Pretty soon though Manuiti, a 12-year-old kiwi, will have a state-of-the-art desirable residence that will get female kiwi feathers aflutter when he becomes the first resident of the $1.2 million Kiwi North kiwi house.
