Hikurangi Lions Club has responded to a request from the Hikurangi Bowling Club to help buy a lifesaving Heartstart Defibrillator to be fitted to the clubhouse. Access will be available to bowling club members and guests plus the entire community of south Hikurangi. The bowling club at 11 Park St is surrounded by recreation facilities with the rugby grounds next door and netball across the road. All these facilities and residential area will have access to the Heartstart machine 24/7. This will be the third such defibrillator the Hikurangi Lions Club has donated to the community with one installed at the golf club and another outside the Miners Cafe.
Body found in crashed car
Northland police searching for a woman who has been missing in the Far North since Wednesday have found a body in a crashed vehicle in Ahipara. The vehicle was located down a bank on Kaitaia-Awaroa Rd by search and rescue staff yesterday afternoon. They were in the area making inquiries to locate the missing woman and the vehicle she was driving. A woman was found deceased inside the vehicle and the police serious crash unit is investigating.
Meet the candidates
People wanting to vote in the Northland Regional Council's Whangārei Urban seat byelection can meet the candidates at a public event next week. The byelection - expected to cost about $80,000 - was called after the seat was left vacant by the resignation of former Northland regional councillor John Bain late last year. The meet the candidates event will be held at Whangārei Central Baptist Church, from 7pm on February 4. The byelection candidates are Terry Archer, Stuart Bell, Chrichton Christie, Paul Dimery, Fiona Douglas, Kieran Powdrell, Darleen Tana Hoff-Nielsen and Charlotte Toner.
Driver arrested
A 19-year-old Kerikeri man has been arrested after an early morning crash in which alcohol is thought to have been a factor. The single-vehicle smash occurred on State Highway 10 near Kapiro garage about 7.30am on Friday. Police say the driver lost control, went into a ditch and rolled. He was not injured but was noncompliant and had to be arrested. Police also suspected he was intoxicated so he was processed for drink-driving. The results, and any charges, were not known at edition time yesterday. He is likely to appear in the Whangārei District Council today.
Rubbish collection normal
Northland Waste is advising Whangārei residents that there won't be any changes to the refuse and recycling collections following Northland Anniversary and Waitangi weekends. Households are being advised to make sure their wheelie bins are at the kerbside by 7am on collection day. For more information, call Northland Waste on 0800 499 246.
