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Under 14s get free entry to both games
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Kaipara Harbour to get $200m restoration plan
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Kawakawa's Te Hononga community hub officially opened by Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern
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Huge Northland boulders put on a barge and shipped to Napier
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Thieves steal dead son's photos, raid piggybank, open bag of his ashes
Prized photos of late autistic boy and a pounamu among items stolen from Whangārei home.
Baylys Beach Community Centre construction site broken into
Young apprentices gutted at theft of power tools from Bayly's Beach construction site.
Pastor, businessman get home detention for sex with underage Northland girl
"Massive fall from grace" after church leader pays for sex with 15 year old girl.
Veteran Taniwha prop not quitting any time soon
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Men get home detention for sex with under age girl
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Refining NZ to scale down Marsden Point operation from 2021
Bitumen production to cease in Northland as oil refinery cuts production.
Firefighters battle blaze near Ahipara, homes evacuated
3 homes evacuated and 2 helicopter being used in Far North Fire
Taniwha and Northland Kauri notch wins
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Great-grandmother stranded in Brazil slums during trip of a lifetime
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Safely open up borders and remove red tape from small and medium businesses.
Meet the candidates: Moemoea Mohowhenua, Independent - Te Tai Tokerau
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Meth in Northland is symptomatic of poverty and disconnection and needs a cultural fix.
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Meet the candidates: Janice Epiha
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Report burglaries immediately, police urge
Whangārei police looking into recent spate of mostly commercial burglaries.
Meet the candidates: Daniel Watts, One Party - Whangārei
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Meet the candidates: David Wilson, NZ First - Whangārei
Build more houses in Whangārei using pinus radiata to address chronic affordable housing.