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Northland's first fixed speed camera

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

Gastro: Havelock North illness NZ's largest

It's up to the people to decide whether Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule keeps his job in October, following the largest outbreak of waterborne

Gastro: School's out due to illness

All Havelock North schools have now closed because of the gastro outbreak with up to half the rolls sick.

Gastro outbreak: Villlage deserted

Cafes and restaurants in Havelock North are also feeling the effects of the gastro bug with tables and chairs sitting empty.

Kura gets $6.9m upgrade

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

Gastro: MP calls out bottled water firms

Napier MP Stuart Nash called yesterday for bottled water companies to "step up and provide a couple of truckloads of water to the

Shabby ute parked in posh protest

A shabby ute is being used to protest suburban snobbery just north of Wellington.

Woman who fell from horse, flown to hospital

A woman who fell from a horse was picked up by the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter and airlifted to hospital today.

Last minute rush for mayoral bid

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

Man dead in workplace accident

It is understood that he was caught in a potato harvesting machine while working on a property in Barber Rd, Moutoa, just north of Shannon.

Bummer: Car thieves get smelly surprise

They say karma comes in many forms - and for some brazen Wellington car thieves, it was the pungent smell of a stoat's backside.

Teen caught wearing stolen clothes

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

Beautiful, but disastrous

It looks like a winter wonderland - unless you're a farmer who has lost stock and fences, say Hawke's Bay locals struggling after the area's worst snow storm in more than half a century.

Unitary Plan twist: Maori Board opt out

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

'The proudest moment in my life'

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

Unique eco-bach for sale

The acclaimed and well-documented Hawke's Bay bach First Light is on the market. Named after New Zealand being the first country