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Lindy Laird is a reporter for the Northern Advocate
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Northland MP: Northern railway 'a white elephant'
National MP says putting $95m of PGF fund into northern railway is a waste of money.
A land of contrasts: Tourism, culture and change in Chiang Rai
Caves, temples, food and contrasts: twenty-four hours in Thailand's Chiang Rai.
Hundertwasser job: The arts building and building the arts
Kathleen Drumm - from Toronto International Film Festival to Whangārei's Hundertwasser.
Community plays fairy godparent to fairy terns
New Zealand's most endangered bird is getting another helping hand in Northland.
Kaipara catchment first for Govt $12m waterways fund
Kaipara Harbour catchment will be first to tap into new $12 million clean waterways fund.
Ethical elephants in Thailand
Elephant riding was big business, but in Thailand things are changing, writes Lindy Laird
Salvation Army terminates family's emergency housing contract
Work and Income pays for family in motel after Salvation Army evicts them.
From drugs and gangs to God's mob
A former gang-affiliated drug dealer is now leading a church set up in an old nightclub.
Oceania Marine trims its interiors operation
Oceania Marine has ''let go'' of its Hewlett St boat refit operation.
Zego boats help clean up the seas
Zooming along the Waipū River like a rubber ducky on steroids - meet the Zego.
Video store: 'We're alive and well'
Video stores anywhere in New Zealand are a rarity these days.
Principal shocked by police P raid, arrests at her house
Waipu School principal explains to the community after P and stolen goods found at house
Marsden Pt rail link more a promise than a maybe
Geotech study on proposed Marsden Pt rail line complete but no start date yet.
Meningococcal outbreak: At the frontline of a mass vaccination
First it rained and then the sun blazed as many hundreds waited for the MenW vaccination
Rail lines checked for use beyond Marsden Point
Trainspotters are waiting to see the condition of the Auckland to Northland railway line.
Great white sharks - what's luring them to Northland?
Lindy Laird looks at two rare dramas on Northland's Ripiro Beach this year.
Ambulance staff hired out for private events
St John says it's providing appropriate care despite paramedic shortage.
Kuala Lumpur: A city on the move
Lindy Laird stands in the contrasting footprints of a city on the move.
Panelbeaters embrace four-day week
Staff at a Whangarei panelbeaters are happy about moving to a four day working week
Borneo: All creatures weird and wonderful
Lindy Laird hangs out with proboscis monkeys and unforgettable orangutans.
Stranded whale too weak to be saved, to be killed today
The surviving humpback whale of two stranded on Ripiro Beach will be euthanised today.
Woman at crash site hit by second vehicle
A Kerikeri woman, hit by a car as she helped at the scene of a crash, wants lower speed.
Beetles found in Indonesian stock food
Beetle-infested palm kernel product in lock-up near Whangarei after needing fumigation.
Whangārei Harbour dredge approved
Dredging Whangārei Harbour means full super-sized tankers could access the oil refinery.
PM announces $46m development package for Northland
The PM in Northland today to announce $46 million for regional development.
Lemon's Hill limited opening sour for some
The blocked road between Paihia and Kawakawa has hit business on both sides of the divide.
End in sight for unclaimed Dargaville body
'Lonely' Northland man who died in legal limbo had people who cared for him, friends say.
Please help find Joe, family pleads
Joe Lloyd-Jones disappeared three weeks ago - his family make a plea for information.
Maps show coastal homes under threat
New charts mark where 13,500 properties are in the way of tide and time.
Super-fibre Hawaiki cable makes landfall
The 15,000km super-fibre Hawaiki Transpacific Cable has landed near Mangawhai Heads.
Storms wash away $70k sand dune repairs
Dune and stream remedial work at Sandy Bay has been ripped apart twice this summer.
Whangarei charter school hopeful for future
Whangarei's Te Kapehu Whetu school is not fazed by Govt intention to end charter schools.
SH1 widening essential - Northland mayors
Northland leaders want SH1 widened as a priority.
Women cultivate medical cannabis plan
Two Whangarei women are applying for a licence to grow medicinal cannabis near the city.