Marlins bagged at junior fishing tournament
Despite catching a 203.6kg blue marlin, Oliver Avery's catch didn't win the tournament.
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Best of 2019: Baby great white shark smallest recorded in NZ
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Intense action at Oceanview
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Home and Away star holidays it up in North Island
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Best of 2019: Beached monster manta ray stuns scientists
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Roaming dog killed family pet while they slept
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Best of 2019: Giant Ngāwhā kauri log dated to 40,500 years old
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Time for the chop? How public will decide fate of Goodhue's mullet
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Best of 2019: Couple among 6000-strong Auckland exodus to Northland
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288.2kg blue marlin great start to season
Even though it weighed in at 288.2kg, it was only the third heaviest Haliday had caught.
Speedway invasion
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Pod of pilot whales spotted, locals asked to report sightings
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Your New Year's weather: Hot and dry as temperatures expected to climb
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Cemetery Circuit hometown heroes
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Best of 2019: Dark future of Whangārei city centre
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Woman dies after boat flips in festive season's fourth water tragedy
A woman in her 60s after the boat she was in flipped in the Far North.
Best of 2019: Ice cream does make you happy, says dairy owner
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New Year's Eve weather: Outlook good for summer-starved Kiwis
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Northland heritage champion retires
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Northland man's unusual gift for PM inspires art show
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Land owners block vehicle access to beach amid 'hoon' concerns
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Drug addled youth now running rehab programme
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Higher honours on Cooper's horizon
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Gun buy-back: Criminals and gangs should be focus of police - sport shooting representative
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Hapu irate at breaches of rāhui at Mermaid Pools
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Householders could lose homes after rating arrears
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New Zealand's One Mile Championship is back
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