Introducing the waka carvers: Billy Harrison. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata

Sir Hek Busby and the lost art of canoe building. Made with support from NZ On Air. Video / A Tawera / E-Tangata

Northland iwi checkpoint set up at Waiomio to stop spread of virus. Video / Tania Whyte

Fourteen close contacts of the Northland community case have tested negative, with three more contacts waiting for results. Video / Adam Pearse

Northland residents have waited up to three and a half hours to get a Covid test this morning after the discovery of a community case in the region. Video / Adam Pearse

Whangarei District Councils Simon Weston at the site where hazardous waste materials have been kept for years at Ruakaka

The director general of health is set to address issues of the vaccine rollout and calls to tighten New Zealand borders as Covid rages across the globe. Video / Newstalk ZB

Hundreds of warriors from around the North Island perform a series of haka during commemorations for the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Te Ruapekapeka. Video / Peter de Graaf

House Democrats have now formally introduced the article for impeachment against Donald Trump, alleging he incited last week's insurrection. Video / AP / CNN

Emergency services responded to reports of a fire at about 1pm yesterday. Video / Supplied

Rhonda Zielinski and some of her team come to The Northern Advocate to collect some of the donations for the Our Hidden Homeless campaign

A timeline of Coronavirus in 2020. Graphic / Phil Welch

Ron Davidson organiser of the Waipu Community Festival

Kaiwaka Lights up.

A man is rushed to a helicopter on a Tamaterau beach before being taken to Whangārei Hospital. Video / Adam Pearse

A Tamaterau resident captured the moment a man was rescued out of the water by helicopter. Video / Supplied

Our Hidden Homeless collections by the crew from The Hits Northland

Containers leaving Northport heading south on State Highway 1 for Auckland

Four time Olympian and Sandy Bay resident Ian Ferguson outlines his concerns about a Tutuakaka Coast freedom camping hotspot to Whangarei District Council (WDC)s Camping in Public Places Bylaw review submissions hearing

PM Jacinda Ardern said the inquiry into the Christchurch terrorist attack revealed an 'inappropriate concentration of resources' and apologised on behalf of the government. Video / Mark Mitchell

There are six new Covid-19 cases in managed isolation today with eight recovering taking our total number of active cases to 54. Video / Will Trafford

The number of ongoing COVID-19 media briefings is being reduced to four per week. There is one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation today.

Among the nine new cases, two more Pakistani cricketers tested positive but are deemed historical Covid infections. Video / Will Trafford

The man and woman wanted over fatal Wellsford shooting located by police. Video / Will Trafford

Police have confirmed they have shot a man who shot a police dog in the tiny Northland town of Tangowahine. Video / Will Trafford / Adam Pearse

Far North police area commander Inspector Riki Whiu speaks at the scene of a serious crash outside Affco Moerewa which followed an extortion and kidnapping attempt at a Paihia bank.

Eric Monk has schizophrenia and has spent his entire adult life in an out of prison his sister Sharee Tito applied for a portacom to put on their ancestral Māori land in Waitangi

Rhonda Zielinski is a Kaikohe nurse and director of Whakamanamai Whānau Trust

Shopping malls are packed across the country in the shopping event of the year. Video / Dean Purcell

Coby the Duck at Morningside School