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![Racing industry in Northland in good health as new report finds it brings in $16.4m annually](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Racing industry in Northland in good health as new report finds it brings in $16.4m annually
New report sheds light on value of Northland's racing industry
![Northland emergency services secure ongoing funding after public speaks up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Northland emergency services secure ongoing funding after public speaks up
Regional council backs down from proposal to cut support after consultation backlash.
![Northland getting to grips with Alternative Reality and impact on the arts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Northland getting to grips with Alternative Reality and impact on the arts
Alternative Reality Gardening Lab 24 exposes Northland to latest technology
![Cause of Whangārei house fire being investigated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Cause of Whangārei house fire being investigated
Fire badly damages Hikurangi, Whangārei home.
![Art on tour as Northland Vintage Car Club’s annual motorcycle rally hits the road](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Art on tour as Northland Vintage Car Club’s annual motorcycle rally hits the road
70-plus on Northland Vintage Car Club’s annual motorcycle rally
![Cameron Leslie heading swim team to Paris](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Cameron Leslie heading swim team to Paris
'It’s my fourth Paralympics, but my first in eight years, so it’s very exciting.'
![Who’s doing the checks? Roading expert angry logging trucks allowed on Brynderwyns detour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Who’s doing the checks? Roading expert angry logging trucks allowed on Brynderwyns detour
Months into the Brynderwyns closure, why are some trucks allowed on a banned detour?
![Can you help find Whangārei’s Zonta Book Fair a new venue?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
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=810)
Dairy couple and sharemilker convicted of animal welfare charges give up farming
Whangārei dairy farmers and sharemilker end long careers after guilty verdicts
![Far North's Viki Heta and Arana Rewha earn major award for caulerpa and pest efforts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
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=810)
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=810)
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=810)
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=810)
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.
![Plan to be best links course in NZ after Kaitāia Golf Club shoots up golfing rankings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Plan to be best links course in NZ after Kaitāia Golf Club shoots up golfing rankings
Kaitāia Golf Club shoots up course rankings, but is aiming even higher
![One dead in Kauri crash, children among seven injured in serious Waipu crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
One dead in Kauri crash, children among seven injured in serious Waipu crash
A person has died in a fatal accident at Kauri, north of Whangārei.
!['Our most successful one so far': Thousands attend Waipu Easter Carnival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'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=810)
‘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=810)
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=810)
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=810)
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.