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Rates deferrals an `interim measure'
FNDC moves to help ratepayers in financial difficulties.

Continuing support for community checkpoints
Māori Party candidate Heather Skipworth calls for checkpoint support.

Imagine if we united against suicide
Why don't we unite against suicide as we have against Covid-19?

Interviews look to the post-Covid future
Peter Heath looks to those who will shape the Far North's post-Covid future.

Tourists' wedding snap links couples across the world
Welsh couple wasn't invited to the wedding but couldn't resist taking a few photos.

MP calls on police to shut down 'vigilante' checkpoints
Matt King, MP and ex-cop urges police to "uphold the law".

Birdlife rebounds as lockdown empties Northland roads and beaches
The lockdown might be tough on humans but it's a boon for New Zealand birds.

Backpackers 'grateful to be here' despite lockdown
They came here to see NZ's natural wonders. Instead all they're seeing is their dorms.

Northlanders urged to Stand At Dawn to mark Anzac Day
Northlanders urged to Stand At Dawn to mark Anzac Day

Northland Covid-19 case in hospital, NZ death toll at 11
A Northland Māori man in his 70s is in a stable condition in hospital.

New Northland Covid-19 case in Whangārei hospital
A Māori man in his 70s, now in hospital, is Northland's latest case of Covid-19.

Pine forests linked to kauri dieback
A new study links pine forest plantations with kauri dieback.

Even tougher times for many in Moerewa
Covid-19 has made life even harder for many people in and around Moerewa.

Te Rarawa rūnanga appoint new CEO
The new chief executive was raised in Whangape and Ahipara.

Rates demands are on their way
Northland's councils know that the next rates demands will be a problem for some.

More hold-ups for Kaikohe emergency water supply
Kaikohe's emergency water supply originally expected to start flowing last month.

NZ Covid-19 death toll rises, Northland cases hold at 26
The latest update for Northland's and New Zealand's Covid-19 battle.

Kaikohe checkpoint to stay at least to end of lockdown
Checkpoint set up as deterrent to people considering non-essential travel, Jay Hepi says.

Support for DHB clamming up on Covid-19 case locations
Anecdotally, many members of the public want more specific information released.

Region's coronavirus cases still at 26
No new Covid-19 cases in Northland, lockdown may be eased from next week.

Future of Marsden Pt Oil refinery uncertain
Future of Northland's Marsden Pt Oil refinery uncertain

Science to the rescue of livestock
Cows not quite the villains they've been portrayed as.

Businesses prepare for move to level 3
Northland businesses have mixed responses to the PM's outline of life after the lockdown.

Fishing ban disadvantages whānau
Iwi say recreational and subsistence fishing are not the same.