Returning to the marae where she used to throw a rugby ball around with her cousins as a nipper, Portia Woodman was officially presented

For the 65 competitors representing Te Taitokerau at the seventh Iron Maori half marathon in the Hawke's Bay last weekend, the months

Kaitaia is on Warriors alert after the club's NRL squad arrived in the Far North town today to kick off a three-day community visit. Far

The Kaikohe Rugby Football and Sports Club and Kaeo Rugby and Sports Club were acknowledged for making significant contributions to

Four local athletes stood out for the Kaitaia-based Far North Flash Junior team at the Iron Maori Rangatahi in Napier on Saturday. They

A Far North player featured in the Maori side which took out the women's division of the 2016 NZ Communities Football Cup in Auckland

Several young, upcoming Far North players made their debut for the Northland team at the Waikato Sevens tournament last weekend. Coach

Now into her third season of competitive speedway at Taipa, Pam Fisher is adamant life in the fast lane is the only way to go. Competing

A fantastic time was had by a number of Year 9 students from Bay of Islands College who enjoyed two days of learn-to-surf lessons

Just 147 words was all it took to convince an NZ Olympic medallist to fly more than 1000km to visit a keen young shooter who looks

Former All Black Mike Burgoyne has passed away suddenly while in Fiji. Kaitaia car dealer Archibald Cars posted on its Facebook page

Northland public have their say on the best parts of the sporting year by voting in the Northern Advocate 2016 People's Choice Award

A record crowd turned out for the Mangonui Lions Club's annual Fun Run and Walk on Sunday. The event began from Mangonui School and

The Cooper's Beach Bowling Club completed its domestic championships fours titles over the weekend of November 5 and 6. Six teams

Hundreds of local students made the most of an opportunity to catch the surfing bug during schooltime when the Wave Warriors learn

Kyle Chen was undefeated on his way to winning his weight division at the President's Cup boxing tournament in Taiwan last month. The

As a superstar of New Zealand sport, Portia Woodman returned to her home town earlier this weekend to share her silver medal success

Another talented local rugby league player heads across the ditch today to play for the Coogee Wombats in the South Sydney under-18

Northland reported mixed results at the national masters squash tournament in Dunedin earlier this month. The northernmost club at

Local motorcycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities received tips from the best when Paul Whibley and the PWR Yamaha Programme

The Transformers Youth Group are enjoying their first season in the Kaitaia Touch Module, which kicked off on the Kaitaia College

Puawai Munro Halkyard claimed another national title at the Olympic Weightlifting 2016 National Championships in Auckland last weekend

Having nearly two dozen children enjoying a full day of watersports-based activity at Houhora last Saturday made the first ever Community

Mikayla Gardner was the standout for the Kaitaia Fire Brigade team which travelled to Dargaville to enter two teams in the Northern

Eight teams of women and 11 of men took part in their respective sections of an annual triples tournaments at the Cooper's Beach Bowling

Pamapuria for the first time entered two teams in the senior section of Mangonui Netball this year. The girls started with an off-season

The University of Auckland has named Far North taekwon-do and kickboxing champion Riley Phillips-Harris as its Sportsman of the Year

The Northland Taniwha are heading to Invercargill to play Southland this coming Saturday after ending a 19-game Mitre 10 Cup losing

The Northland team competing in the 2016 National Scholastic Surfing Championships at Gisborne this week includes Kalani Hansen and

The Real Housewives of Herekino - Michelle Hammond, Doolz Rawiri, Roberta McLean and Kelly Rawiri - had a long, hard battle to bring