Free Waitangi Day access
Heritage New Zealand has responded to huge public demand by declaring that all its staffed Northland properties will again be open free of charge on Waitangi Day.
The full list of properties is Clendon House, the Kerikeri Stone Store, Kemp House, Mangungu Mission, Pompallier Mission and Printery and Te Waimate Mission House in Northland. For details on times and events planned at individual properties go to www.heritage.org.nz closer to the day.
Cafe snuffs out smokers
Whangarei cafe Smith and Local Cafe is the latest in Northland to go smokefree. The cafe, in Rathbone St, has been awarded with a Smokefree Cafe Award by Northland DHB and Cancer Society Northland for its decision to make the outdoor seating area smokefree.