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Four people suffered minor injuries after a car they were travelling in hit a tree and overturned. The accident happened about 3.20am on Saturday on State Highway 1 in Umawera, 45km southeast of Kaitaia. Two fire appliances from Kaikohe and Okaihau were dispatched. A Northern fire communications' spokesman said
the car came to a rest in a drain. No one was trapped.
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Northland Muslims have joined about 45,000 throughout the country and more than 1.5 billion worldwide to observe Ramadan- the most blessed month in the Islamic calendar.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and a time of fasting. Fasting started yesterday and will end with the festival of Eid which will be celebrated around June 27.
The Northland Muslim Community Charitable Trust, which caters for the welfare of the region's Muslims, has a centre on Porowini Ave in Whangarei for daily and special prayers. There are more than 100 Muslims in Northland.
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