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Plastic barriers planned for highway where 14 have died
Barriers to stop overtaking and cut head-on crashes.
Sacked doctor used meth and cannabis
Disgraced doctor smoked meth and cannabis before she was sacked.
City facing sports and arts imbalance
An arts centre isn't enough to redress the imbalance with sport, says Craig Cooper
Whangarei play to give lesson to Don Brash
Powerful Whangarei Girls' High School play to give lesson to Don Brash on te reo.
Adventure park set to create buzz
Opening marks the fulfillment of a longheld family dream at HeadsUp in Onerahi.
Canterbury swelters in mid-30s heatwave
The mercury touched 35C in Hanmer today, but cooler weather is on the way next week
Whangarei's average house price almost $500,000
Average property price in Whangarei $5 short of $500,000
Foreign forestry restrictions welcomed
Northlanders say plans good news for forestry and wood-processing industries.
Bat and firearm used in Kamo robbery
Two heavily armed men make off with money and cigarettes in store raid.
Argument heard before man shot dead
Michael John Paewhenua denies shooting an acquaintance from close range.
One critical after car crash in Ruakaka
Person airlifted to hospital after crash in Ruakaka.
100 mums donating breast milk for sick girl
A 'phenomenal' show of support follows calls for breast milk for a terminally-ill girl.
'Beautiful' Kiwi dies in tragic London accident
Donations have poured in to help bring home the body of a young Kiwi who died in London.
Whangarei's leopard seal settles in
Leopard seal Hatea seems happily at home in the upper Whangarei Harbour.
The Pulse Whangarei can stay on site until 2019
The Pulse will be able to stay on site despite demolition happening around them.
Shocking footage captured at poultry farm
Animal rights activist said Northland farm was amongst the worst she had ever seen.
'What I wish I was taught in medical school'
Nutrition doctor reveals golden rules of diet he wished he'd been taught long ago.
Shane Jones: Northland could join golden triangle
Shane Jones has big ambitions for a $1 billion regional economic development fund.
Man found dead on Whangarei rocks believed to be fisherman
A man found dead on rocks in Northland may have been fishing on the remote spot.
Boatie upset about fanworm costs
A Whangarei man says NRC rules aimed at preventing spread of marine pests are punitive.
Vocational education crisis: MIT jobs go
Union says NZ vocational education is in crisis as jobs go at another technical institute
German woman one of three killed in crash
German woman one of three people killed in fatal crash at Oakleigh.
Businessman denies 'attack' on seal
A complaint has been made claiming a Whangarei leopard seal was 'attacked'.
We have a deal: Coalition winners, losers
The full details and costings of promises are yet to be hammered out but parties happy.
Whangarei organic gardeners cop spray drift
Retired couple upset their large, rural organic garden has been poisoned.