Four young women have been arrested for the aggravated robbery of a Paihia dairy thanks to an alert local who noticed a suspicious car while he was having `a few quiet ones` after work. About 8pm Wednesday last week three women... Read...

A real estate agent and her husband have been acquitted of charges relating to dealing the illicit drug methamphetamine, after a jury found them not guilty.Paihia agent Tonya Spicer, 47, and husband Paul Spicer were jointly charged... Read...

The Crown has set out its case against a real estate agent accused of dealing meth, saying the woman and her husband were `desperate` to source the drug from their dealer to share with `clients` in the Far North.Paihia agent Tonya... Read...

One lucky Kiwi will start 2017 $1 million richer.A Lotto player from Paihia won Lotto First Division tonight. The winning ticket was sold at Paihia Four Square in Paihia. Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over... Read...

Paihia residents and visitors are urged to conserve water as a sharp increase in use strains the town`s water supply.The summer influx of visitors increases the amount of water used in Paihia but this year the average daily use... Read...

The `it!` Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival is on next Saturday and the Northern Advocate has five double passes to give away.The festival runs from 11am to 6pm at the Paihia Village Green, and features not just wine and food,... Read...

The Supreme Court has refused to hear a case brought by a group of owners of an upmarket Bay of Islands apartment block suffering weathertightness issues.The case involves owners of Bridgewater apartments in Paihia which the court... Read...

She checked her ticket about 49 times, but despite her initial scepticism, the numbers didn`t lie and a Paihia woman is now $500,000 richer.The woman had a sleepless night last Wednesday after she found out that she had won $500,000... Read...

It`s been a lucky night for the regions, with two lotto players from Paihia and Invercargill winning $500,000 each. Read...

There`s a corner on the road which takes you around a bay at the north end of Paihia and there, before you, is Waitangi. There is Te Tii Marae and the one-way bridge over the river which leads to the grounds where the Treaty of Waitangi... Read...