Northland MP Matt King says some Housing NZ tenants are living in fear of their neighbours. source...
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Two men deny murdering Shayden Perkinson outside Whangārei petrol station
Supplied Shayden Perkinson died from stab wounds outside the Raumanga Gull station in April. Two men have denied murdering Shayden Perkinson outside a Whangārei petrol station last month. Perkinson died from stab wounds on...
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Abbey Caves death prompts month-long rāhui, hapū consider further restrictions
Mana whenua will consider further restrictions to the Abbey Caves system, after a 15-year-old school boy died there on Tuesday. Karnin Petera was on a Whangārei Boys’ High School trip to the caves with...
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Gwen Lawson: Kensington triple win bronze at national bowls comp; postponed events back on
The Kensington triple of Diane Strawbridge, Dave Hopper and John Hooson took the bronze medal in the Bowls3Five National tournament last weekend. The weather might have had the final say last weekend here in...
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Abbey Caves tragedy: Local hapū and whānau gather to place rāhui after Whangārei Boys’ High student died
By RNZ A month-long rāhui has been placed over Abbey Caves, where a Whangārei Boys’ High School student died in a caving incident on Tuesday. Year 11 student Karnin Ahorangi Petera died after a...
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Abbey Caves death: Mangatepopo canyoning survivor asks ‘why were they out there in that weather?’
The death of a teenager on a school trip to Abbey Caves has left a survivor of the 2008 Mangatepopo canyoning tragedy feeling like “nothing has been learnt”. On May 9, Whangārei Boys’ High...
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Northland Mall in metro Detroit demolished to make room for Amazon
Northland Mall was demolished Thursday to make room for new Amazon headquarters. Southfield Mayor Kenson Siver said, “We … source...
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Whangārei father who pulled son from fatal school caving trip says it should not have happened
A father, who stopped his son going on a fatal school caving expedition because of safety concerns, says the trip should never have gone ahead and someone needs to be held responsible. Whangārei Boys...
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WorkSafe visited Whangārei Boys’ High School after machinery incident in March
Whangārei Boys’ High School. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A Northland school facing scrutiny after a student died on a trip is also in the spotlight after revelations of another safety incident. WorkSafe is...
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WorkSafe visited Abbey Caves tragedy school weeks ago after machinery injured teacher
Stuff can reveal Whangārei Boys’ High was visited by workplace safety inspectors two months before a student died on a trip to the Abbey Caves. In March 2023, WorkSafe visited the school to carry...
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