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![Far North woman stymies Gold Coast kidnapping](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Far North woman stymies Gold Coast kidnapping
Quick thinking saves a child from kidnapping.
![Sleeping baby carjacking: Offender gets home detention as 'last chance'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sleeping baby carjacking: Offender gets home detention as 'last chance'
A 53-year-old man was asking for the chance to turn his life around, the judge said.
![Landcare group claims Russell spraying 'random, indiscriminate'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Landcare group claims Russell spraying 'random, indiscriminate'
Outcry in Russell follows similar controversy over sprayed native trees in Waimate North.
![Battery fire caused glider crash that killed Far North pilot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Battery fire caused glider crash that killed Far North pilot
The fire would have spread quickly and filled the cockpit with toxic fumes.
![Police response fails to impress](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police response fails to impress
A Kaitaia woman says not all police complaints are treated equally.
![Fire leaves Moerewa family homeless](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fire leaves Moerewa family homeless
Fire destroys one house and damages those next door.
![Two more join the Gold Star club](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Two more join the Gold Star club
Kerikeri Fire Brigade has its 12th and 13th Gold Stars.
![A whole new playground to explore](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
A whole new playground to explore
Mission Place Kindergarten has a flash new playground.
![Harsher penalties for killing police dogs?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Harsher penalties for killing police dogs?
National wants longer prison terms for those who kill police dogs.
![A slippery slope of political correctness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
A slippery slope of political correctness
Rob Sintes - eventually the piper will have to be paid.
![St Mark's ladies hand over the tea pot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
St Mark's ladies hand over the tea pot
Changing the guard at the Broadwood sale tea urn.
![Baby dead, two others injured in Far North crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Baby dead, two others injured in Far North crash
The tragedy occurred just after 1pm on Kaitaia-Awaroa Rd near Ahipara.
![Shane Jones takes the 'bongo van' around the roundabout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Shane Jones takes the 'bongo van' around the roundabout
Ex-minister Jones says the roundabout will improve daily lives but baulks at $24.5m cost.
![Is the electoral system biased against minorities?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Is the electoral system biased against minorities?
Do we really vote according to ethnicity?