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Meet the candidates: Willow-Jean Prime, Labour - Northland
No to local government restructure and no to GMOs in Northland, says Willow-Jean Prime.

Meet the candidates: Sophia Xiao-Colley
Hope Party candidate calls for improvements to the happiness index.

Meet the candidates: Mike Shaw, Independent candidate
Independent candidate wants harsher penalties for big meth players and more treatment.

Can we really live in a world without health inequity?
Our health officials have hope inequity will be a thing of the past, do you?

Whangārei conference and events centre gets $60m from Govt
The funding is being given to the Prosper Northland Trust for the Oruku Landing complex.

Meet the candidates: Helen Jeremiah, The Opportunities Party - Northland
Opportunities Party Northland candidate backs taxes on properties and on drugs.

Meet the candidates - Shane Jones, NZ First - Northland
Relocatable houses on Māori land shouldn't require building permit, says Shane Jones.

The Pulse of Northland: The benefits of community-based healthcare
The Northern Advocate explores community-based healthcare in the fifth part of the series.

Crash closes SH1, woman in 80s taken to hospital
Injured driver failed to see people mover coming up behind her while turning.

Māori Enterprise course exciting opportunity
Māori Enterprise degree course to run in Northland

Peters hits election trail in 'must-win' Northland seat
On current polling Shane Jones will have to win Northland or NZ First is out of Parliament

Tools and a ute nicked in commercial burgs across Whangārei
Whangārei businesswoman questions why commercial premises being picked on by burglars.

News snippets from Northland
Meet the candidates in Hokianga; and stock truck tips over.

Meet the candidates: Mark Cameron
Act Party Northland candidate Mark Cameron to get tough on gangs in fight against meth.

Meet the candidates: New Conservative's Trevor Barfoote Northland
New Conservative's Northland candidate's push to bring housing costs down.

A hullabaloo's coming to the Mid North
A wrap-up of events and news snippets from around the Bay of Islands and the Mid North.

Woman falls off boardwalk 48 hours after elderly woman's fatal tumble
Resident Danny Simms is angry and has offered a solution in the form of a "stumble fence".

Covid crunch: Northland businesses brace for labour shortages
Northland businesses reliant on overseas workers are concerned about the border closure.

Govt giving $8.5m for 54,000ha predator-controlled kiwi zone
Charitable trust Kiwis for Kiwi will distribute funds, which will create up to 100 jobs.

WWII codecracker dies aged 104
Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed was possibly the most famous Northlander you've never heard of.

News snippets from Northland
Digger no risk to refinery pipeline; Anika Moa to perform in Kerikeri.

The Pulse of Northland: GP shortage crisis a growing concern
An impending crisis in primary care is unfolding with potentially dire consequences.

Whangārei's controversial Hundertwasser Art Centre has plastic shroud removed
Whangārei's controversial Hundertwasser Art Centre has plastic shroud removed

Covid-19 restrictions limit numbers at Northland's Poor Knights Crossing
Covid restrictions limit numbers at Northland's Poor Knights Crossing

Fugitive sparks Northland police manhunt in Mid North bush
A police helicopter, the AOS and tracker dogs searched rough scrub land for the men.

Kaikohe couple devastated after kidnapping of their beloved goat Dean
A Kaikohe couple are gutted after the brazen kidnapping of their beloved baby goat Dean.