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Northland news in brief: midwives protest, robbery accused, Hātea Loop Challenge and more

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Striking midwives in Kawakawa on Friday morning. Photo / Supplied

Striking midwives in Kawakawa on Friday morning. Photo / Supplied

Midwives protest
Midwives staged a protest on Kawakawa's main street yesterday as part of a two-hour national strike. Christine Byrne, of Meras (the New Zealand College of Midwives), said up to 12 members on the picket line from 10am to noon received a ''really positive reaction with lots of waving and
tooting''. Some midwives stayed in the maternity unit to provide life-preserving services. Byrne said midwives felt they were being listened to by the Government for the first time in many years but still had a long way to go, as midwives were leaving the profession ''in droves'' because of low pay. They had been offered the same settlement as nurses but wanted district health boards to recognise them as a separate profession. They also felt nurses had settled for less than they deserved, Byrne said. Action was Northland-wide but the only picket was in Kawakawa. Independent midwives are covered by a different pay agreement.

Robbery accuseds remanded

Two men accused of the armed robbery of Waipapa Superette have been remanded in custody after appearing in the Kaikohe District Court earlier this week. Phillip Wiparata, 22, of Okaihau, and Rihari McGregor, 21, of Rahiri Settlement, are jointly accused of aggravated robbery of two female staff at the store on November 10. Police say Wiparata, whose profession is given as a timber processing worker, was armed with an air rifle and McGregor had a hammer. An undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes was taken. The two men are also jointly charged with unlawfully taking a Nissan Primera car, which was later used in the robbery, from an Okaihau address. McGregor faces an additional charge of burgling an address on Settlers Way in Okaihau on November 7 or 8. The men appeared in court on Thursday after being caught on Wednesday. They are due back in court on December 18.

Hātea Loop Challenge

Entries to an event which challenges workers to get out of the office and on to the pavement close tomorrow. The Ray White Hātea Loop Challenge, which is all about celebrating Whangārei's Hātea Loop and workplace health, is on Thursday from 6pm.
The 4.8km run/walk, which starts and finishes at the Hīhīaua Peninsular near the wave and waka sculpture, gives workplaces the chance to have fun and challenge one another. There will also be on-course entertainment and a fun festive social atmosphere at the finish line. To participate, you have to enter as part of a workplace/organisation team. Participants must be employed — or volunteer for a minimum of 20 hours a year for the organisation - or be immediate family of an employee. To enter, visit hatealoopchallenge.co.nz, entries close tomorrow unless sold out prior.

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Single-vehicle crash

A Northland woman was lucky to survive being thrown up to 20m from her car in a single-vehicle crash near Ohaeawai early yesterday. Kaikohe fire chief Bill Hutchinson said it appeared the woman had been heading west on State Highway 1 about 12.45am on Friday when her car veered into a culvert, became airborne, flew through a bamboo hedge, then rolled end over end. She was found in a drain about 20m from the car. ''She's one lucky lady not be a statistic,'' he said. Firefighters and police spent more than half an hour searching the area in case anyone else had been thrown from the car. The driver was transported by road to Whangārei Hospital. Her condition was unknown. It appeared she had not been wearing a seatbelt.

Kerikeri dance awards

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A Kerikeri dance company has won three awards in a national dance competition. DDF Dance competed in the Battle in the Bay dance competition in Hastings last week. Shayla Harris, 11, placed first in the solo junior division; Peyton Baker, 10, placed second in the solo junior division; Solomon Dickey placed fourth; Harris and Alexis King placed first in the Cell Division and DDF Crew placed fifth equal in the finals. Tutor Alannah Curtis said the kids did an outstanding job at the competition.

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