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Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north
The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.
Autumn's fallen fruit (+ recipes)
If you don't have tasty feijoas to harvest, odds are your neighbour does, if you ask nicely.
Criminal career turns full circle
Policeman recalls arrest of driver 26 years before crash that killed woman
Mother's quest to help son
Four-year-old boy is battling one of the world's rarest genetic diseases
Interiors: Learning to maximise space
An Auckland woman used practical tricks for extra space in the smallest room.
Newborns beat odds to survive
A pint-sized namesake of rocker Axl Rose and his identical twin brother have fought the odds and survived. Newborns Axel and Kyan Crossley-Coe suffer from a rare syndrome that affects just 5 to 10 per cent of identical twins. About one in 2
Thousands taken in Eftpos scam
A con-artist has taken thousands of dollars from Northland shops in a sophisticated Eftpos scam. Police say the scam - involving a fake courier - is likely to have been used elsewhere in New Zealand
Pollution hits Northland tourist sites
People visiting the Kerikeri Basin near the Stone Store could come face-to-face with a sign warning them the water is polluted.
Far North 'rubbish' ads provoke and delight
A shirtless Far North Mayor Wayne Brown with a body that looks suspiciously like Dan Carter's. The Mona Lisa in a judge's wig and a bikini.
Man jailed for killing toddler
A man who admitted more than 20 drug charges, and was found guilty of a toddler's manslaughter, has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.