Photo: Four men have been arrested following a terrifying armed robbery of a Far North electronics store earlier this month – but police are still hunting for two more. A Bay of Islands man...
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Councils to vote on challenge to Māori ward polling rule
Far North mayor Moko Tepania. Photo: Susan Botting / Local Democracy Reporter Northland Far North mayor Moko Tepania says he will support a challenge to a new rule around polling on Māori wards. Under...
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Patient faces 14 hour roundtrip to doctor as Kaitāia’s GP shortage bites
Tangipo Ryder has to travel seven hours each way for a face-to-face consultation with her GP. Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ Kaitāia residents are being forced to drive as far as Auckland – and in...
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Nurses at Dargaville Hospital to strike over concerns about lack of doctors after-hours
When no doctors were available after hours, Dargaville Hospital was making use of telehealth service and transferring the sickest patients to Whangārei. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Stressed-out nurses in Dargaville are going...
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Toxic mould at ambulance site adds to health woes in Bay of Islands
St John Ambulance depot in central Auckland Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers Kawakawa’s St John Ambulance station has been closed due to the discovery of toxic mould. St John Northland operations manager Ben Lockie...
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Operation Freya: Final four sentenced for roles in Whangārei $8m drug empire
By Shannon Pitman of Whangārei High and District Court Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The last of the offenders implicated in a multimillion-dollar methamphetamine empire involving an intricate web of players and allegiances...
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Whangārei in desperate need of new hospital after ‘Code Black’, mayor says
Whangārei Hospital. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The mayor of Whangārei says the city is in desperate need of a new hospital after its emergency department was at more than 150 percent capacity on...
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Whangārei Hospital ED hits ‘Code Black’
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon An earlier version of this story included the incorrect information that being in Code Black meant the ED was unable to accept more patients. Whangārei Hospital’s emergency department hit...
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Bay of Islands Hospital doctors speak out as new patients to be turned away: ‘We are now at our limit’
Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa won’t be able to admit new patients this weekend due to a shortage of doctors, but the ED will remain open. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Doctors...
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Bay of Islands Hospital unable to take new admissions amid doctor shortage
Photo: Supplied / Google Maps Bay of Islands Hospital will not be able to take any new admissions until Monday because of a shortage of doctors, according to hospital insiders. New patients will be...
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