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Police find more than $100k of stolen farming machinery in Mangawhai
Wellsford cops looking for owner of wood chipper.

How to make the Public Works Act work for you if your land is needed for a highway
Land is needed for the SH1 corridor, but what about the property owners?

Downed pylon: Transpower boss says context missing from failures announcement
Transpower says its position in the fallen pylon incident has not been fairly represented

Downed pylon 'an act of incompetence and negligence' – Northland leader
Northland leaders have responded to the energy authority's findings about a downed pylon.

Head Hunter charity run ends with 27 bikes green-stickered, two impounded
Cops swooped on the bikie gang's anniversary ride over the weekend.

Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses
Most respondents in a new survey were worried about rising costs and network resilience.

Auckland house-building outstrips population rise
On the fringes, especially to the north, west and south, are where real growth occurred.

Increasing prison beds will not reduce crime, say experts
'Using prisons to deter crime or reoffending doesn’t work.'

‘Zombie’ snapper caught in Auckland suggests disease more widespread
The sick snapper caught near Port Albert suggest the problem is widespread.

Crash pair remain in hospital after motorists doused one injured man with water
Critically-injured man in his 30s flown to hospital by rescue helicopter after crash.

'Patients will die': End of overnight GP service as underfunding, ageing workforce bite
There is now no overnight doctors service between Whangārei and Auckland's North Shore.

Rare ‘UFO cloud’ has Aucklanders’ eyes on the skies
Those who saw the spectacle said it looked like a hole in the cloud cover.

Weather repairs on Northland’s sole rail line now chugging forward
The slip-impacted North Auckland Line is set to reopen in the middle of the year.

Shot at 12 times: Meth likely aggravated man's mental state before fatal police shooting
Jerrim Toms, 29, died near Wellsford 12 days before his daughter was born.

Watch: 'Worse than childbirth' - Mum's life-changing spinal injury after fall from rail bridge
Son, 15, went for help after watching mum "cartwheel" off bridge on bike trip.

Two North Island highway projects will each add ‘billions’ to economy
Each year big projects are delayed costs country $500m, transport business group says.

I will never be whole again, says mum as son's killer sentenced
Desmond Bourne insisted he was fearful, not resentful over a drug debt. A judge disagreed.

State Highway 1 near Dome Valley to open at midday after rockfall
The large rockfall is between Wayby Valley Rd and Wilson Rd.

Rugby: Moerewa keep playoff hopes alive with win over Wellsford
Missed opportunities cost Wellsford in Premier rugby.

Club rugby: Wellsford give Mid Northern a fright before losing
Mid Northern scramble well in defence to hold out a rampant Wellsford.