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Half of pre-schoolers still at home
Many parents are still at home and/or afraid to send their children back to centres.
Ardern and Bloomfield speak on level 2 rule breach
Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield: Why they broke social distancing rules.
Fired farm worker awarded $14,000
ERA finds man accused of damaging a power pole with a tractor was unjustifiably dismissed
Northland Orca sightings wanted
Northland Orca sightings wanted as one could be entangled in cray pot line
Nat MP: 'Hypocrites' Ardern and Bloomfield caught breaching social distance
Images show PM and director general of health breaking social distancing rules.
Police pursuits on rise in Northland
Northland police take new approach to understanding reasons behind fleeing drivers.
Wild weather: Flooding, slips, heavy rain pack a sting at end of holiday weekend
Heavy rain warning for the top half of the country, with floods in the Coromandel.
House engulfed by fire north of Kaiwaka, Northland
"All I could see was just a whole lot of flames. The whole place was engulfed."
Travel boom as Kiwis escape for long weekend
It's the first holiday weekend since New Zealand moved to alert level 2 - and we're off.
Bowel cancer 'not just old person's disease'
"They say we're not in the risk category but it's everywhere," says 37-year-old.
Four appear in court on drugs and firearms charges
Four people arrested in police drug operation named in court.
'People may be unprepared': Power cuts, flood warnings for upper North Island
Heavy rain, severe gales have the upper North Island in the firing line.
Covid-19 latest: Testing centres closing, no new cases as elimination looms
Kiwis are out and about, with only one remaining active case in the country.
John Stone signs off after 38 years as an Advocate photographer
John Stone has many tales to tell after working at the Northern Advocate for 38-years.
Busy roads, heavy rain and flood warnings: Warning for holidaymakers
Northland and Coromandel set for the heaviest falls; motorists urged to take care.
Holiday weekend: Crashes cause delays across Auckland motorway network
A motorist is in a critical condition after a three-vehicle crash in Mangere Bridge.
Deals aplenty for long weekend domestic travellers
Queen's Birthday weekend bargains galore on tourism activities, campervans and hotels.
Northland gang members arrested in police meth bust
Five gang members and associates now face meth or weapons charges.
Cape Reinga roadblock: Iwi sends out invitations to reopening ceremony
The roadblock to the national tourist attraction has been labelled illegal by several MPs.
How Northland start-ups faced down Covid-19
Now is the time to mobilise creativity, community-mindedness, and resourcefulness.
Northland carjacking: Arrest in petrol station theft of car with baby
Man arrested in relation to carjacking incident with baby on backseat.
Shane Jones is getting 'good vibrations' from new National leader
Jones says Labour gave NZ First the 'cold shoulder' in terms of a deal in Northland
Covid culture casualties: Hopes hongi and handshakes can return when safe
Traditional Kiwi greetings, the hongi and handshake, have been ditched due to Covid-19.
Watch: Loggerhead Abby stars on World Turtle Day
She's lost a flipper, but the future's still looking bright for Abby.
Woman allows bank account to be used in ticket scam
Home detention for woman who allowed bank account to be used for money laundering.
Kiwi folk art up for grabs
Rare sculptures, early colonial pottery, even a Jim Beam 'Hone Heke' decanter at auction.
Specialist police teams and court could help victims report crime
Survey reveals 94 per cent of sexual assaults not reported to NZ police.
A quarter of Northland kids still at home
Attendance shows south-to-north pattern: 90 per cent in deep south, 75 per cent in north.
National MP flouts social distancing, labels 'St Jacinda's' rules rubbish
Northland MP Matt King dismisses social distancing rules, says NZ not 'Nazi Germany'.
Up to 325 jobs are on the line at Carter Holt Harvey
More than 300 jobs are on the line at Carter Holt Harvey's LVL plant in Ruakaka.
Principals 'pleasantly surprised' by 79% turnout
Principals "plesantly surprised" by school turnout of just under 80 per cent.
Guns, drugs, cash seized during lockdown crackdown
Members of the public were keen to come forward with information during lockdown.
School's back for 82 per cent of kids
About 85 per cent of kids are back at school, but some Whangārei parents scared away.