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All that remains of the Tangiteroria Sports Complex after a suspicious fire in the early hours of this morning. John Stone.

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Tangiteroria Sports Complex in Northland destroyed by early morning fire

16 Jan, 2020 8:57am
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Tangiteroria Sports Complex in Northland destroyed by early morning fire

A United Movers truck from Auckland got firmly wedged under the railway overbridge in Rust Ave, Whangārei, on Wednesday. Photo / John Stone

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Whangārei rail overbridge hit by truck - again

16 Jan, 2020 7:00am
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Even letting down the tyres would not budge the United Movers vehicle.

This orange sky over Maitai Bay, on the Karikari Peninsula was captured between 6pm and 6.30pm on Sunday. Photo / Peter de Graaf

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Orange sky in Northland caused by Australian bush fires

7 Jan, 2020 5:00am
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Orange sky in Northland caused by Australian bushfires

Hamish Boyt has made drone video to promote Whangārei after not seeing anything decent on YouTube. It's now been seen more than 330,000 times. Photo / Michael Cunningham

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Best of 2019: 330,000 online views of Whangārei drone video

6 Jan, 2020 2:32pm
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A drone operator's stunning video of Whangārei has proved popular on Facebook.

Smoke from the Australian bushfires, above, has started having an impact on Northland, and NIWA warns the effects will be more noticeable today and possibly Sunday.

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'Apocalyptic' haze makes its way to Northland skies

3 Jan, 2020 6:00am
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Effects of Aussie bushfires will be more visible today.

John Hawcridge and Carol Armitage are two of 6000 Aucklanders who have moved to Northland in four years. They live at their Teal Bay slice of Godzone and their dog Puku. Photo / Tania Whyte

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Best of 2019: Couple among 6000-strong Auckland exodus to Northland

31 Dec, 2019 2:26pm
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6000 Aucklanders moved to Northland in four years to get far from the madding crowd.

Whangārei man Kim Robinson has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the deaf community. Photo / John Stone

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Whangārei's Kim Robinson, MNZM, fighting for the deaf community

31 Dec, 2019 5:00am
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Whangārei's Kim Robinson, MNZM, has been recognised for his advocacy work for the deaf.

Dolphins leap out of the water at Waipū Cove to the delight of surfers, beachgoers and photographer Brian Same. Photos / Brian Came

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Best of 2019: Dolphin aerobatics at Waipū Cove

30 Dec, 2019 8:00pm
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Dolphin aerobatics at Waipū Cove have been captured on film by a keen surfer.

A woman in her 60s died after a boat flipped at Houhora, in the Far North, above, yesterday, the third water death in Northland in three days.

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Woman in 60s is Northland's third water death in three days

28 Dec, 2019 7:00am
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Water safety warning: Swim between flags and wear lifejackets on boats and while fishing.

Fat Freddy's Drop play at Kainui Rd Winery, in Kerikeri, on December 30 and Northern Bass, at Mangawhai, on December 31.

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Songs old and new when Fat Freddy's play Kerikeri

26 Dec, 2019 12:00pm
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Songs old and new when Fat Freddy's play Kerikeri

Trevor McLean, Community Ministries Team Leader with the Whangārei Salvation Army, at the Christmas Lunch the Salvation Army put on at its Aubrey St headquarters yesterday. Photo Mike Dinsdale

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Whangārei Salvation Army puts on fine festive feast

26 Dec, 2019 7:00am
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Whangārei Salvation Army Christmas Lunch appreciated by many.

This adult male orca sparked a rescue operation in Whangārei Harbour after getting tangled up in a cray pot line, but efforts to free him have so far been unsuccessful. Photo / Orca Research Trust

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Orca tangled in line in Whangārei Harbour yet to be freed

26 Dec, 2019 6:00am
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Orca tangled in line in Whangārei Harbour yet to be freed.

A swimmer died while in the water in Bream Bay, near Waipū today.

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Swimmer dies at Northland beach on Christmas Day

25 Dec, 2019 1:52pm
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Swimmer dies at Northland beach on Christmas Day

Christmas Day on a Northland beach could be just the place for Santa after a hectic Christmas Eve delivering presents, with the region expecting plenty of sun on December 25.

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Northland's Christmas weather forecast

21 Dec, 2019 10:00am
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Plenty of sun expected, particularly on the east coast.

Northland businesses are backing moving Ports of Auckland work to Northport, at Marsden Pt, above, while Whangārei District Council is keen to get the navy to also move north.

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Navy urged to move to Whangārei as well as Ports of Auckland work

21 Dec, 2019 9:00am
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Navy urged to also make the move north.

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Toys flow in to Whangārei Lions' Christmas toy appeal

20 Dec, 2019 1:00pm
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Toys flow in to Whangārei Lions' Christmas toy appeal.

NorthTec's Raumanga Valley Rd campus where former employee Vania Hamlin worked before being unjustifiably dismissed.

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NorthTec to pay ex-staffer $45,000 for unjustified redundancy

23 Oct, 2019 8:00am
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NorthTec didn't do what a fair and reasonable employer could have done

Simon Mehrtens, from Absolute Stainless, with Whangārei mayor Sheryl Mai and Hank Easterbroek from the About Time Trust

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Whangārei's unique rolling ball clock project starts

21 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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About Time clock will be a unique, kinetic, time measuring sculpture.

Jason Smith has been confirmed as being returned as Kaipara Mayor with a big majority, but other Northland election results are still pending.

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Kaipara result confirmed, wait for rest of Northland results

19 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Results for all Northland local body elections still pending, apart from Kaipara.

Jason Smith has been confirmed as being returned as Kaipara Mayor by a huge majority after final local body election results were released.

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Kaipara's local body election results - Dr Jason Smith is Mayor

18 Oct, 2019 7:37am
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Brian McEwing misses out on Kaipara council seat after final results released

Last term NRC councillor Joce Yeoman is 14 votes ahead of Bill Shepherd in the race for the Coastal North constituency's second seat and could learn her fate today.

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Northland's local body final election results delayed

18 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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Final results from local body elections in Northland still not released

Wolfmother will play at January's Bay of Islands Music Festival, joining a line-up that includes Toots and the Maytals, Shaggy, Shihad, The Black Seeds, Blindspott, Mel Parsons and Northland's Otium.

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Bay of Islands Music Fest has Wolfmother and Ladi6 join up

16 Oct, 2019 6:00pm
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Bay of Islands Music Fest gets better with more acts joining.

Northland's wild kiwi population will be boosted with the release of three birds at Tutukaka later this month.

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Three wild kiwi to be released at Tutukaka

16 Oct, 2019 11:00am
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Public have the chance to see the wild kiwi up close before they are released.

Sheryl Mai celebrates at home with husband Mike Regan after being re-elected as Whangārei mayor Photo / Tania Whyte

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Mayor Sheryl Mai has three priorities

14 Oct, 2019 1:05pm
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Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai has three priorities

Bill Shepherd has been provisionally re-elected to the Northland Regional Council, but he will have a nervous wait for special votes to be counted. He leads Joce Yeoman by 61 votes.

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Northland Regional Councillor Bill Shepherd has nervous wait

14 Oct, 2019 8:00am
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Northland Regional Councillor Bill Shepherd has nervous wait

Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai is congratulated by husband Mike Regan at home yesterday after winning her third term at the helm. Photo / Tania Whyte

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Northland elections: All three mayors returned

13 Oct, 2019 6:00pm
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Northland elections: All three mayors returned.

Sheryl Mai celebrates at home after being re-elected Mayor of Whangārei for a third term. Photo / Colleen Thorpe

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Local Elections: Mai re-elected as Whangārei Mayor

12 Oct, 2019 1:14pm
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ELECTIONS: Mai re-elected as Whangārei Mayor

Regardless of who become the next mayor of Whangārei today - Alex Wright, Sheryl Mai or Tony Gordon - the district's ward seats will have around a quarter of new councillors.

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Almost third of Whangārei council ward seats to have new representatives

12 Oct, 2019 12:00pm
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Almost third of Whangārei council ward seats to have new representatives.

Six60 sold out Toll Stadium in Whangārei in March, 2018, and will be hoping for another sell out when they play the same venue next February.

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Six60 play Whangārei again in February

11 Oct, 2019 6:00pm
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Six60 to play in Whangārei again in February

Julianne Bradley holding a photo of her grandfather Sergeant Harry Shaw in uniform during World War II. His war medals were stolen and she wants them back. Photo / Tania Whyte

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'We just want them back': Grandfather's war medals stolen

10 Oct, 2019 7:00am
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Thieves also took jewellery, TVs, stereo equipment and other electrical items.

Onerahi Bookshop and Lotto is Northland's luckiest Lotto Shop, with 20 First Division winners. Owners Neha and Dipesh Patel hope the luck continues and tonight's $28M Powerball jackpot goes to a local

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If Powerball's $28m is won by a Northlander, here are some ideas

9 Oct, 2019 6:00am
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If Powerball's $28m is won by a Northlander, here are some ideas on how to spend it.

Raewyn Bell, foreground, along with Pat Gavin, back left, Robbie Bell and Kathy Baker, from Friends of Maunu Cemetery, weed and plant the old section of Maunu cemetery. Photo / John Stone

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Friends of Maunu Cemetery cleaning up old part of Whangārei cemetery

8 Oct, 2019 10:00am
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Friends of Maunu Cemetery cleaning up old part of Whangārei cemetery

Support for moving Auckland's port work to Northport, at Marsden Pt, above, is growing.

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Support growing for Northport taking Auckland's port work

4 Oct, 2019 5:30pm
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Northport taking Auckland's port work would boost the North's economy

Whangārei mayoral candidates Alex Wright, Sheryl Mai and Tony Savage are vying for your vote this election.

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Mayoral candidates talk community housing

4 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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Whangārei mayoral candidates talk community housing

Northland guitar maestro Billy TK Jnr has scored a dream gig - supporting Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy at the Buddy Guy's Legends venue in Chicago.

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Whangārei bluesman Billy TK Jnr to play with blues legend Buddy Guy

27 Sep, 2019 4:00pm
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And he's giving two people a chance to win a trip to go with him to Chicago.

Rosemary Olsen, 6, Barnaby, 11, and Felix Gould, 8, with Californian lifesaver Clare Peabody at the Waipū Surf Lifesaving Club's education tour at Matapouri Beach in January this year. Photo / file

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Waipū Cove Surf Club's education tour up for national award

20 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
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Waipū Cove Surf Club's education tour up for national award

Jamaican superstar Shaggy will headline the two-day Bay of Islands Music Festival in January.

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Superstar Shaggy to headline Bay of Islands Festival

19 Sep, 2019 5:00pm
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Superstar Shaggy to headline Bay of Islands Festival

One of four whales that stranded and died on Uretiti Beach today. Photo / Michael Cunningham

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Four whales stranded at Uretiti in Northland die, fears for others

18 Sep, 2019 7:31am
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Four whales stranded at Uretiti in Northland die.

Then Refining NZ CEO Sjoerd Post at the scene of a pipeline rupture in September 2017 that has led to a government inquiry recommending 17 actions to stop the situation happening again.

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Marsden Pt pipeline rupture caused by digger

18 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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The findings are in a Government Inquiry report into the September 2017 pipeline outage.

Pukenui Forest rangers Bevan Cramp and Ben Lovell check the microchip in the kiwi chick before its release in January. Stray and uncontrolled dogs are now putting the kiwi at risk. Photo / File

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Dogs threatening Whangārei kiwi reserve efforts

9 Sep, 2019 5:00am
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Dogs threatening Whangārei kiwi reserve efforts

The aftermath of a fatal crash between a car and motorcyclist near Omanaia in March. Four motorcyclists have died on Northland's roads so far this year and September is Motorcycle Awareness Month.

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Whangārei event to mark Motorcycle Awareness Month

6 Sep, 2019 1:00pm
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Police and road safety campaigners are holding a Get Ready To Ride event tomorrow.

The Government is investing $94.8 million through the Provincial Growth Fund for much needed work on the 181km rail line between Whangārei, above, and Swanson, in Auckland.

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$94M to upgrade rail line from Northland to Auckland

6 Sep, 2019 7:21am
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$94M to upgrade rail line from Northland to Auckland

Northport, at Marsden Pt, has plenty of land available to take some of Ports of Auckland's import car business. Photo / File

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Northport wants some of Auckland's car import business

5 Sep, 2019 6:00pm
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Move would "future-proof the vehicle industry" says Marsden Maritime Holdings chairman.

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Whangārei mayoral candidate debate only four days away

5 Sep, 2019 11:00am
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Whangārei mayoral candidate debate only four days away

Police are at Whangārei Boys' High School after reports of an explosive device at the school. Photo / John Stone

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Whangārei school in lockdown after suspected explosive device found

4 Sep, 2019 11:12am
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Whangārei school in lockdown after suspected explosive device found

Lang's Beach is Northland's most expensive suburb, achieving the most record-breaking sales in the last 10 years.

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Langs Beach Northland's most expensive suburb

4 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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Langs Beach laid claim to Whangārei's biggest house sales in six of the past 10 years.

Whangārei's housing market is still growing, in contrast to the Far North and Kaipara, which both slid backwards in the last quarter of the year. Photo / File

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Northland property values still rising

2 Sep, 2019 6:00am
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One Roof Property Report gives a picture of Northland's market over the past 12 months.

Sue Hill, from Whangārei South Rotary Club gets a donation from Tony Savage in Cameron St Mall, while the Whangārei Intermediate School Choir performs at the Daffodil Day Festival. Photos / John Stone

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Northlanders dig deep for Daffodil Day

31 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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Northlanders dig deep for Daffodil Day

Car enthusiast Phil Schultz with his Mini that will join a convoy of around 20 other Minis on a parade through Whangārei today to mark the 60th birthday of the iconic little car.

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Mini convoy through Whangārei to mark 60 years

31 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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Mini convoy through Whangārei to mark 60 years.

Whangārei Intermediate band Te Reo Kai Maori Mai after winning the North Shore heat of Bandquest. The youngsters will now compete in the national final of the event on September 20.

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School band makes Bandquest national finals

30 Aug, 2019 1:00pm
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Whangārei Intermediate band makes national finals of Bandquest

Whangārei's Alter-Natives Nursery and Landscaping have been involved throughout August supporting cancer patients and their whanau. Here Tilly Tihema is with the company's Daffodil Day display.

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550 Northlanders collecting for Daffodil Day

30 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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550 Northlanders collecting for Daffodil Day

Brian Cunningham retires from Stand, Maunu, after 27 years at the helm. Photo / Michael Cunningham

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Stand Whangārei's Brian Cunningham retires after 27 years

29 Aug, 2019 12:00pm
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Stand Whangārei's Brian Cunningham retires after 27 years.

Whangārei Bird Recovery Centre manager Robert Webb cares for a kūkupa. Photos / John Stone

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Whangārei Bird Recovery Centre full of starving kūkupa

28 Aug, 2019 7:00am
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Food source dries up in the wild and birds forced to eat plants that are toxic to them.

A Northland man was quick to realise a phone call he received purportedly from Spark was a scam and he's urging others to be careful.

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Northland man's suspicious call Sparks scam warning

27 Aug, 2019 12:00pm
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Northland man was told he hadn't paid his bill and risked being cut off.

Tessa Lang after finishes walking a marathon in honour of her late father Darren around Whangārei's Hatea Loop Walkway. Photos / Supplied

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Whangārei woman walks marathon to honour late Dad

24 Aug, 2019 10:30am
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Whangārei woman walks marathon to honour late Dad

A fleet of tenders shuttled thousands of passengers about 1km to shore when cruise ships like the Ovation of the Seas, above, visited the Bay of Islands.

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Record cruise ship season pours $21m into Northland

20 Aug, 2019 4:57pm
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Bumper season sees $21m flow into Northland.

Bell's Produce owners, from left, Jeffrey Moore, Nick Bell, Allan Bell and John Reed, with Te Rarawa chairman Haami Piripi and Te Waka Pupuri Pūtea chairwoman June McCabe. Photo / Mike Dinsdale

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History made as iwi buys Kaitaia market gardens

13 Aug, 2019 9:00am
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History made as 'European whānau and Māori iwi' sign deal for 212ha horticulture business.

Firefighters at a blaze that destroyed a home at Ahipara on Saturday night. Photo /Supplied

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Suspicious fires have Far North firefighters worried

13 Aug, 2019 5:01am
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Suspicious fires have Far North firefighters worried.

Michael David Nepia was today sentenced to eight months home detention for the manslaughter of Whangārei homeless man Eddie Townsend. Photo / Mike Dinsdale

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One 'stupid, impulsive punch': Home detention for killing homeless man

9 Aug, 2019 10:52am
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Home detention for manslaughter of Whangārei homeless man

When Nathan Cox (pictured) and sister Rachel saw a dorsal fin appear beside their kayak in Houhora Harbour their first thought was great white shark. Photo / Rachel Cox

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Orca pod an 'amazing experience' for kayakers

6 Aug, 2019 7:41am
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When the siblings saw a huge fin in Houhora Harbour their first thought was 'shark!'

Ngunguru man Shannon Tana, with Melissa and children Evie, Malachi, and Caprice. Tana died in a motorcycle accident in Kalgoorie, Australia on Saturday and his family need help to bring him home.

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Whangārei man dies in Australian motorcycle crash

6 Aug, 2019 7:00am
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Whangārei man Shannon Tana dies in Australian motorcycle crash

A staff survey in Whangārei Hospital's Tumanako Mental Health Unit paints a picture of a service in crisis.

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Whangārei mental health unit 'in crisis'

4 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Staff survey reveals an at-times stressful work environment.