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Peter de Graaf
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Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocate
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Cause of 2800ha fire, Northland's biggest in decades, still under investigation.
Dam will have a volume equivalent to 300 Olympic swimming pools.
So far 415 boaties spoken to for breaching dolphin rules; 11 potentially facing fines.
Victim, 70, is employed by Focus Paihia to keep the town spick and span.
Dancing Petrel's Viognier Reserve 2020 was also named best of its variety in the show.
Fast-growing pest vine smothers mature trees and spread vast distances on the wind.
The 160m-long wharf at Rangi Pt, North Hokianga, is one of the longest in the Far North.
Fast-tracking process suspended while Far North Holdings seeks more information from iwi.
Tickets to world's biggest surfcasting comp to be honoured at 2023 event or refunds given.
Helicopters are trying to bring the fire under control before wind is expected to pick up.
Northland fire boss says blaze will take a week to put out and a month to mop up.
At least half the waste dumped into bush, stream could have been recycled free of charge.
Organiser says cancellation a terrible financial hit for the market and stallholders.
Kerikeri's John Levers has been fighting for a Hi-Cane ban for years. He's almost got it.
Northland escapes the worst of the wild weather, with power disruptions the only hiccup.
Illegal dumps on Whangae Rd part of bigger problem costing local ratepayers $200K a year.
Rangitane community is split over plans for new boat ramp and reclaimed parking area
Orphaned lamb insists on twice-daily walks with his foster family.
Other Northland growers have been lucky with the Delta outbreak coming between harvests.
Farmers urged to check their machinery for nests after Takahue blaze.
Of the 59 crayfish allegedly taken at the Black Rocks, 48 were undersized packhorse crays.
Workers from Covid-free Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu to ease orchard labour shortage.
Opponents, however, say they won't let down their guard until SNAs are binned for good.
Councils, govt agencies expected at Houhora meeting from 10am on July 28.
About 1600 utes, trucks, vans and tractors brought Northland towns to a standstill.
Utes and tractors will gather from 11am in Whangārei, Dargaville, Kerikeri and Kaitaia.
Community effort ends in frustration as dogs lie low.
Family plans a cull this weekend helped by volunteers from as far away as Waikato.
Farmer wants a cull of feral dogs before more animals are killed.
Rural Māori already face extra barriers to becoming road-legal, driver advocate says.
Farmer on guard day and night but attacks continue. More than 80 animals killed so far.
The first panel of the 16MW solar farm was bolted on by PM Jacinda Ardern today.
Waka Kotahi says the $88m allocated is well up on the $73m from the previous three years.
'Finally insects are grabbing the limelight. They are the ones that run the planet.'