This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Mild Orange perform live. Photo: Mild Orange Mild Orange are a band who met early in life – in fact two of them went to...
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Northland tornado victim holds fundraiser to give back to her rescuers
Tina Johnson’s home after the tornado. Her bedroom was on the upper level, which was totally obliterated. Photo: Peter de Graaf / RNZ A Northland woman severely injured when a tornado destroyed her home...
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Northland councils vote to create single company to manage drinking, wastewater systems
Far North district councillors debate joining a Northland-wide council-controlled company responsible for all drinking water and wastewater services. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf All three of Northland’s district councils have voted to create...
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Man accused of fatally shooting Yvonne Chapman in Whangārei park dies awaiting trial
Yvonne Chapman died at Onerahi’s Beach Road Reserve on 27 February. Photo: Supplied / Facebook A man accused of fatally shooting his long-time partner in a Whangārei park earlier this year has died while...
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Northland drunk-drivers caught as early as 10am
Northland police say they’ve carried out 5500 breath tests in the past week alone. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Northland police say the odds of getting away with drink-driving have fallen sharply, with officers...
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Name suppression bid by Two by Two sect member facing sex charges adjourned
The Whangārei District Court Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A name suppression hearing for a Northland man who is linked to a secretive sect known as the Two by Twos and is facing...
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Far North man Abel Wira found guilty of manslaughter after dogs maul Neville Thomson to death
Abel Wira has been on trial at the High Court at Whangārei for the manslaughter of Neville Thomson (inset) in August 2022. Photo: NZ Herald A jury has found a man guilty of manslaughter...
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‘Genuine Kiwi bloke’ Barefoot Bill, paralysed in boating accident, dies
The late Bill Elliott, seen with two of his grandchildren before the crash that sank the family-owned ferry and left him critically injured. Photo: Supplied A Northland skipper critically injured when his ferry was...
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Freak storm coats Northland beach in hail
Two Northland fishermen stumbled on a scene resembling a winter wonderland after a freak hail storm left hundreds of metres of a remote beach blanketed in ice. David Bishop, of Kerikeri, and his mate...
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Whangārei court hears closing arguments in deadly Panguru dog attack trial
By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice Journalist of Abel Wira had been living on Thomson’s Northland property with 21 dogs in a caravan. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Jurors have been asked to consider...
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