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Former Whangārei mayor and NRC chairman Craig Brown dies
Accolades pour in for former Whangārei mayor and Northland Regional Council chairman.
The Covid Chronicles explores how a group of Kiwis handled lockdown
Hokianga author Paul Little's book portrays how 21 New Zealanders coped with the upheaval.
Two months of roadworks start today in Whangārei
Motorists should use alternative roads as work progresses on the $2m upgrade of Mill Rd.
Matt Wright back in the Cambridge blue
Northland ready to take on the Steelers in Pukekohe.
Beating the track for brain cancer: fundraiser walking Hatea Loop
Illness survivor Kate Coatsworth is partway through traversing NZ on Te Araroa Trail.
Whangārei conference and events centre gets $60m from Govt
The funding is being given to the Prosper Northland Trust for the Oruku Landing complex.
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?
Meet the candidates: Helen Jeremiah, The Opportunities Party - Northland
Opportunities Party Northland candidate backs taxes on properties and on drugs.
Darleen Tana Hoff-Nielsen: Clean drinking water a must for Northlanders
Green Party Northland candidate calls for a stop to water consents for avocado orchards.
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: New Conservative's Trevor Barfoote Northland
New Conservative's Northland candidate's push to bring housing costs down.
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.
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.
Health inequity - what is it and how do we solve it?
In the second part of the series, the Advocate explores how health inequity operates.