Latest from Dargaville

Meet the candidates: Kerry Campbell
New Conservative candidate opposed to restructure of local government in Northland.

Meet the candidates: Chris Leitch
Social Credit Party leader opposes GMOs and centralisation of local govt in Northland.

Meet the candidates: Moea Armstrong
Green Party's Whangārei candidate favours port rationalisation and a GMO-free Northland.

Meet the candidates: Emily Henderson
Build small houses and relaxation of resource management rules to fix housing needs.

Taniwha record second win in the Mitre 10 Cup
Taniwha notch second win in the Mitre 10 Cup against Kieran Read's Counties Manukau.

Cannabis referendum: What could it mean for Northland?
You must be registered to vote to take part in the two referendums.

Former Whangārei mayor and NRC chairman Craig Brown dies
Accolades pour in for former Whangārei mayor and Northland Regional Council chairman.

Beating the track for brain cancer: fundraiser walking Hatea Loop
Illness survivor Kate Coatsworth is partway through traversing NZ on Te Araroa Trail.

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: Matt King, National - Northland
Get rid of RMA to make housing cheaper in Northland, National's Northland candidate says.

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.

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.

Meet the candidates: Brad Flutey - Northland Electorate
Social Credit's Northland candidate opposed to amalgamation of councils and GMOs.

The Pulse of Northland: Mum of patient hopes others will learn from experience
The fourth instalment of the Advocate's series focuses on mental health and addiction.

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".