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![Can you help find Whangārei’s Zonta Book Fair a new venue?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Can you help find Whangārei’s Zonta Book Fair a new venue?
New venue needed Whangārei’s popular Zonta Book Fair sale.
![Dairy couple and sharemilker convicted of animal welfare charges give up farming](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dairy couple and sharemilker convicted of animal welfare charges give up farming
Whangārei dairy farmers and sharemilker end long careers after guilty verdicts
![Lower rates rises for Northlanders and extra $40m if GST on rates given back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lower rates rises for Northlanders and extra $40m if GST on rates given back
Northland councils would get extra $40 million annually if GST on rates were returned.
![Say cheese: Waipū traditional goat cheese maker takes top trophy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Say cheese: Waipū traditional goat cheese maker takes top trophy
Belle Chevre Creamery’s Betta than Feta won the Best in Class Goats Milk Cheese.
![Far North's Viki Heta and Arana Rewha earn major award for caulerpa and pest efforts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Far North's Viki Heta and Arana Rewha earn major award for caulerpa and pest efforts
Viki Heta and Arana Rewha frm Far North win New Zealand Biosecurity Awards
![Northland's men and women singles bowls champs decided](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Northland's men and women singles bowls champs decided
Northland Bowls Centre's singles champs found
![Local Waipu shop's award-winning cheeses answer to new EU regulations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Waipu shop's award-winning cheeses answer to new EU regulations
Origin Northland in Waipu sells food products with the lowest possible food miles.
![New date last chance for Waipu Highland Games to gain volunteers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New date last chance for Waipu Highland Games to gain volunteers
The traditional date for more than 150 years has been changed to get more volunteers.
![Submissions close soon on Whangārei District Council's Long Term Plan - Mayor Vince Cocurullo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Submissions close soon on Whangārei District Council's Long Term Plan - Mayor Vince Cocurullo
Mayor urges people to make submissions on Whangārei District Council's long- term plan.
!['Our most successful one so far': Thousands attend Waipu Easter Carnival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Our most successful one so far': Thousands attend Waipu Easter Carnival
'It really takes the whole of Waipu to make this possible.'
![‘Does this look like chicken?’ Baby narrowly survives choking incident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘Does this look like chicken?’ Baby narrowly survives choking incident
Little Lennox Knight was critically ill, and his parents had no idea why.
![Massive Ruakākā solar farm could provide half of Northland's power](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Massive Ruakākā solar farm could provide half of Northland's power
The proposal is to establish a solar farm with around 200,000 photovoltaic solar panels.
![Traffic safety, flooding, pollution fears raised over SH1 Waipū service centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Traffic safety, flooding, pollution fears raised over SH1 Waipū service centre
The proposed Waipū service station will create traffic safety concerns, objectors say.
![Ruakākā highway service centre finally going ahead after decade of delays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ruakākā highway service centre finally going ahead after decade of delays
Now is the right time for the Ruakākā highway development, director Barry Trass says.
![Generous Northlanders dig deep for Relay for Life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Generous Northlanders dig deep for Relay for Life
More than $120k raised from Whangārei Relay for Life.
![Poor parking at Mangawhai Heads carpark targeted at Easter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Poor parking at Mangawhai Heads carpark targeted at Easter
Mangawhai Heads car park behaviour sees Easter parking officer patrols
![Quieter: Brynderwyns closure impacting pull for out-of-town house-hunters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Quieter: Brynderwyns closure impacting pull for out-of-town house-hunters
'They don’t have to compete with Aucklanders.'
![Whangārei Heads hosting Wild Kiwi multisport race](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whangārei Heads hosting Wild Kiwi multisport race
The event is set to attract more than 700 competitors to Whangārei Heads this Saturday.
![NZ's largest solar farm just the start of Northland's renewable energy campaign](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's largest solar farm just the start of Northland's renewable energy campaign
The company behind Kaitāia farm in Northland to build an even bigger one.
![Brynderwyn road closure: nearly 100,000 tonnes of soil cut so far](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brynderwyn road closure: nearly 100,000 tonnes of soil cut so far
Kiwi sniffer dog among the 520 workers on massive SH1 project.
![OBIT: Northland rugby stalwart Don Hewitt remembered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
OBIT: Northland rugby stalwart Don Hewitt remembered
Northland rugby legend Don Hewitt remembered as 'best and fairest week in, and week out'.