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Animals are now included in the Northland policy banning genetically modified organisms
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Crossover of council and health board roles may have delayed warning given to water users.
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'Lonely' Northland man who died in legal limbo had people who cared for him, friends say.
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$11m marina with 115 berths is planned near Whangarei's Te Matau a Pohe bridge.
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Northland Inc can access $300,000 of NRC funds each year to scope development projects.
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Joe Lloyd-Jones disappeared three weeks ago - his family make a plea for information.
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A walk through a kelp tunnel will take children into the heart of Seaweek at Port Nikau
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New charts mark where 13,500 properties are in the way of tide and time.
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Exposed logs and chains being removed from Sandy Bay ahead of more bad weather.
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Tenders close and evaluation team set up to decide who builds Hundertwasser Art Centre
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The 15,000km super-fibre Hawaiki Transpacific Cable has landed near Mangawhai Heads.
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A Whangarei dentist says fluoride does not help teeth but can reduce children's IQ.
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Dune and stream remedial work at Sandy Bay has been ripped apart twice this summer.
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Whangarei's Te Kapehu Whetu school is not fazed by Govt intention to end charter schools.
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Former Whangarei woman Jackie Gardner wants advanced directives to be mandatory.
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People still find some names of body parts offensive, says The Vagina Monologues producer
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Northland leaders want SH1 widened as a priority.
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People in the heart of Whangarei could soon hear the call of kiwi from just up the road
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Run-off from rain could dampen a mass plunge to highlight Hatea River's pollution
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Two Whangarei women are applying for a licence to grow medicinal cannabis near the city.
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A search was raised after reports of a light aircraft crash landing near Ruakaka Beach.
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A Mangawhai man is celebrating the New Year with a swim after a long battle with illness.
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Auckland firm Zodiac has lodged another consent request for Poroti Springs.
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Inaugural Kelly Tarlton trophy for services to underwater heritage goes to Noel Hilliam.
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Doctors and health officials urge more high-profile immunisation programme.
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Archaeological dig finds remains of 12 young British soldiers and sailors at Ruapekapeka
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The remains of 12 British soldiers found in Northland burial plot after 171 years.
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No risk to patients despite Whangarei Hospital's blood bank accreditation going on hold
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Amazingly, people walk right past the sign with their dogs in tow.
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Strong response to campaign to give beds to kids who sleep on the floor or share a bed
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No new cases of whooping cough in Northland but ministry declares a national outbreak.
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A heads-up about Northland's summer: wet, windy and wickedly hot.
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Kiwi needed 30 stitches after scrubcutter accident.
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The Waipoua Forest Trust steps-up the assault on pests through a $6212 QE II Trust grant
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Spikes in mumps and whooping cough have Northland health officials appealing to parents
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Emergency alert test via mobile phones deemed a success but pick-up patchy in Northland.
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Northport releases ''a conversation starter'' about doubling the size of the port
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A cavalcade of horses and riders will trek the streets of suburban Whangarei on Sunday.
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Teenager's death spurs Whangarei mayor Sheryl Mai to make a public plea about suicide
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12 of the 13 Denby byelection candidates turn up but only 20 members of public.
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The Acting Prime Minister reckons he'll get stick from his cousins in Tai Tokerau
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Forest & Bird to talk in Whangarei about Russell State Forest on the brink of collapse
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A Whangarei man says NRC rules aimed at preventing spread of marine pests are punitive.
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Fed Farmers ditch Appeal Court hearing against Northland's GE-free policy at 11th hour.
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In his Corrections debut Kelvin Davis acknowledged long serving Northland prison staff.
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Mokau Kohanga Reo's innovative new playground is blessed and officially opened.
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A masterpiece of sculpture and gardens comes together at Whangarei Quarry Gardens
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Hihiaua Centre to showcase excellence in Maori culture and art gets $750,000 grant
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Govt announces water export royalty and Zodiac pulls plug on Poroti bottling plant plan.
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Cultural and community messages proved just the ticket at Ahipara over Labour Weekend.
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Solar storms and geomagnetic shockwaves could have been the last straw for oil pipeline.
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Bowls Whangarei mural puts a bold new face on falling membership and graffiti.
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A collarless, non-microchipped dog was caught raising havoc in rare seabird's habitat
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Northland politicians who didn't make it into the house comment on the coalition
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Satellite imagery fails to show a digger at work, a possible cause of the pipeline break.
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Kiwi and 'smugglers' met with good intentions on Saturday as a kids conservation activity.
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Retired couple upset their large, rural organic garden has been poisoned.
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A Maori company with a 30-year forest rotation under its belt has accomplished its mission
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Kaipara losing mayor after only a year in office - byelection in February.
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Struggling Kaipara district dealt a blow with the sudden resignation of mayor.
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Heavy infestation of Mediterranean fanworm on Bay of Islands boat causes alarm
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Industry says a major money earner for region is under threat.