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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.
Billboard Challenge ›
Budding photographers in Whangarei are being asked to encapsulate in photos their favourite view in a Billboard Challenge launched this week.
Award Winning Whangarei TOP 10 Holiday Park ›
Whangarei Top 10 has once again been recognised as an award winning TOP 10Holiday Park at the Awards Night held during the inaugural Australasian TOP 10 and BIG 4 Holiday Parks Conference held in Christchurch recently.
T-shirt competition launches grass-roots campaign to raise profile ›
“Whangarei: love it – show it!” is the theme for a t-shirt competition to be launched today as part of a longer term plan to raise the profile of Whangarei as a great place to live, work and play. There will be a series of grass-roots initiatives, actively engaging the community who will take a lead role to ensure the initiatives reflect the heart and soul of Whangarei people.
WINTER WALKABOUT - TWO SECTIONS OF TE ARAROA WALKWAY ›
Tidesong is a comfortable B&B east of Whangarei has the Te Araroa Walkway running past their front door and is offering you a special deal this winter!
We’re hottest in NZ! ›
Right now, you're in the hottest place to be in the country.
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research's annual climate summary was released yesterday, and Northland centres were the top three warmest in New Zealand in 2009.
Whangarei recorded the highest average temperature over the year. Kaitaia and Kaikohe shared second place.
While see-sawing temperatures characterised the climate of the rest of the country, the situation in Northland was quite clear.
Whangarei recorded the highest annual average temperature last year of 15.8C, compared to the national average of 12.3C.
Kaitaia and Kaikohe recorded the next highest annual average of 15.6C.
The news is confirmation of what most Northlanders already know, and it already forms part of efforts to attract more tourists into the region.
Northland tourism boss Brian Roberts, chief executive of Enterprise Northland, said this latest news could be more ammunition for the arsenal.
He said information about Northland being the hottest region was already on Destination Northland's marketing campaign and would continue in future.
"A lot of activities such as walking and golf could be done in Northland during winter which people can't do in other parts of the country," he said.
"But in summer, we don't get extremes that places like Hawke's Bay, Marlborough and central Otago get."
Whangarei Museum & Kiwi House Director gets on bike to raise funds ›
Museum Director Claire has literally 'got on her bike' to raise funds for the Whangarei Museum & Kiwi House's 'Kiwi North' redevelopment project. Kiwi North will be an exciting and unique attraction in Northland. Work on Stage 1 is about to start which will provide a new nocturnal house for the resident North Island kiwi and morepork, and also display other native species such as geckos and tuatara. The new facilities will enable visitors and school students to observe the creatures in natural surrounds while finding out more about the conservation issues that relate to the preservation of these unique species. This has been a long held dream for many of the supporters of the Heritage Park.
