Photo: ST JOHN NZ Whangārei Airport has re-opened after a light plane crash on Monday morning left a pilot with minor injuries. The Alpi Pioneer 200 aircraft crashed as it was landing at about...
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Emergency services at scene of light plane crash at Whangārei Airport
Photo: ST JOHN NZ Emergency services are at Whangārei Airport following a light plane crash on Monday. RNZ understands the plane’s nose wheel failed as it was landing just after 10.15am, but the pilot...
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SH1 partly blocked in Northland, near Kawakawa
(File photo) Photo: 123rf Part of State Highway 1 in Northland has been blocked after a crash, with three people injured. A truck and car had collided on the highway, between Main Road and...
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Person dies after crashing car into tree north of Auckland
Police are giving support to their next of kin. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER A person has died after a single-vehicle crash north of Auckland overnight. The crash happened on Mangawhai Road, at Te...
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Problem-plagued Far North water scheme to be reviewed
Far North District Council headquarters, Memorial Ave, Kaikohe. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Far North District councillors have ordered an immediate, independent review of a controversial Kaitāia water project dogged by delays and cost overruns....
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Elderly man’s home destroyed after speeding car smashes through his roof
The home of a Whangārei man in his 80s was destroyed when an allegedly stolen car landed on its roof. Photo: RNZ / Susan Edmunds The home of a Whangārei man in his 80s...
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‘We see it in our town every day’ – inside the ongoing battle against meth use in Northland
A few of the whai ora (“people seeking health”) and staff at Whakaoranga Whānau Recovery Hub, from left, Ngatama, Te Whetu, Toa, Rhonda Zielinski, Wayne Cresswell and Dee Kopa. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Wayne...
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Northland’s meth crisis: ‘There’s no magic wand for any of this’
Rural Northland towns like Kaikohe are bearing the brunt of New Zealand’s meth crisis. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Organisations trying to help people get off meth in Northland towns like Kaikohe say they are...
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Volunteers warn more is needed to halt invasive seaweed species
Ngāti Kuta volunteers cleared up hundreds of tonnes of the invasive seaweed caulerpa, after the ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam weather system roared through Northland. Photo: Supplied Ngāti Kuta, Patuketa A hapū tackling the invasive seaweed...
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Kaitāia man accused of murdering Archibald McKenzie denies charge in High Court appearance
By Shannon Pitman of Lewis Edmonds appeared in the High Court at Whangārei, charged with the murder of Archibald McKenzie. Photo: Supplied / NZME A man charged with murder offered an apology from the...
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