Lance Goodhew. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The skipper involved in a boating tragedy that claimed five lives off North Cape two years ago made a series of decisions that increased the risk...
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Bumper harvest brings relief for Kaipara kumara growers
Dargaville kumara grower Doug Nilsson checks the seed kumara that will form the basis of next year’s crop. Photo: Peter de Graaf One year ago, the future for New Zealand’s favourite root vegetable looked...
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Systems rather than people led to failures, emergency response leader says
NEMA national controller Wendy Wright and Northland Civil Defence manager Graeme MacDonald. Photo: Susan Botting, Local Democracy Reporter Northland New Zealand’s highest-ranked civil defence emergency response leader says systems rather than people are at...
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‘Another challenging couple of weeks’ for businesses as Brynderwyns reopening delayed
Excavators at work near Waterfall Corner as part of a major roading project on the SH1 Brynderwyn Hills road. Photo: Supplied/ NZTA A Northland business owner says it was horrific to see yet another...
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Body of one of two missing fishermen found
The two fishermen have been missing in Taiharuru, a small bay in Whangārei Heads since Wednesday (file picture). Photo: Supplied / Google Maps The body of one of two fishermen missing in Northland since...
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Two fishermen missing in Northland recently migrated from India
Waves pound through The Gap in the aftermath of 2015’s Cyclone Pam. Photo: Supplied/Cliff House The two fishermen who have been missing in Northland since Wednesday, had recently moved to the country from India...
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Northland wants to be the the first region to eradicate wild deer
Originally from Japan, sika are smaller and more wily than other species of deer found in New Zealand. Photo: DOC / Steve Pilkington An ambitious plan to make Northland the first region in New...
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Fishing spot where two men went missing is notorious danger zone
Waves pound through The Gap in the aftermath of 2015’s Cyclone Pam. Photo: Supplied/Cliff House The fishing spot where two men went missing this week is notorious among locals as a danger zone. The...
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Tikipunga house fire: Hoani Reupena-Tuoro, 61, named as victim
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The man who died following a suspicious house and car fire in Northland has been named as 61-year-old Hoani Reupena-Tuoro. The Whangārei man was also known to friends and...
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Search resumes for two missing fisherman in Northland
The men were fishing in Taiharuru (file image). Photo: Supplied / Google Maps A search is resuming this morning for two fisherman in Northland’s Taiharuru who failed to come home last night. Police said...
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