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Mercury risks too great, say protesters
Protesters have turned out in Northland to voice concerns at the potential health risks associated with mining in Puhipuhi.
Protesters have turned out in Northland to voice concerns at the potential health risks associated with mining in Puhipuhi.
"It's not every day you get to hug somebody and tell them 'Congratulations, you are a millionaire'."
The identity of Northland's overnight millionaire who won a first division Lotto prize of $1 million remains a mystery.
It has been 50 years since Northland brown kiwi could be heard foraging on the forest floor of the Brynderwyn Hills, crying to one another at dusk and dawn.
Fonterra is shaking up its organics business to refocus supply in the central and lower North Island, leaving Northland organic farmers out in the cold.
A linesman escaped almost unscathed after receiving an 11,000 volt shock - almost four times as powerful as an electric chair.
A 3-month-old baby was the youngest of 17 children found by police living in unsafe drug houses during the annual cannabis blitz.
Whangarei police want help tracking down a man involved in a "sinister" attack on a woman as she entered her home after a night out.
A Northland dairy farmer is "flabbergasted" by the $40,000 he's been fined for polluting a stream.
A former diplomat has lost his appeal against a conviction for assaulting the Northland Crown solicitor.
A taxi driver had to jump behind the wheel of an ambulance and drive it to hospital because the sole paramedic was working to save the life of a heart attack victim in the back.
Lifeguards and police have recovered a body on Uretiti beach and believe it may be that of a missing Russian swimmer.
In Kaitaia, get sand between your toes and see the sights, says Elisabeth Easther.
A Northland father killed after losing control of his campervan near Mt Bruce had ignored a warning from his 10-year-old son to pull over and rest, an inquest has heard.
During a full moon, Danielle Wright is taken kite-fishing at a Northland nudist beach