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Entrants get cosy with creativity in competition
Itch To Stitch Bernina owner Cushla Gavin, seen posing as here a teapot, has been amazed at the creativity unleashed by her knit-a-tea-cosy competition. The ... More
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EcoCare rate levy invalid, resident tells council
A Mangawhai resident is questioning whether targeted rates set by the Kaipara District Council for the EcoCare wastewater scheme "comply ... More
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Arrests for drunken assaults
Alcohol fuels most domestic violence cases and so it was proved again in Whangarei, with a man and woman arrested ... More
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Return tagged scallops: Niwa
Scallop fishers are being asked to return tagged scallops to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa). The ... More
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Pokies won't be phased out in Far North
Restrictions on pokie machines in the Far North will be eased - despite a near-record number of submissions urging the ...
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Local News
Four years' jail for drink-drive deathA recidivist drink driver was today jailed for four years for killing a Northland mother while driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit. Warren John ... More
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- > WDC set five-month deadline to upgrade wastewater plant
- > Thieves are breaking in to our homes for food
- > Families lose everything in horror fires
- > Ball kicks off tourism drive
Local Sport
Lions are first-time champs
The Kaikohe Lions played with heart and desire to lift the Whangarei City and Districts Rugby League Premiership trophy for the first time, overcoming last ... More
- > Matson makes the grade in Squash Open
- > North too strong for Auckland
- > Whangarei runners outclass rivals
- > Whangarei Old Girls make it two in a row
- > Northern coaches opt for more strike power in NHL assault
Life & Style
Hatch a plan for backyard chooks
There is nothing quite like a freshly boiled egg for breakfast - dipping toast cut in fingers into that rich orange yolk - "egg and ... More
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- > Hot deals: Stroll in Shanghai
- > Two fruity
- > Switch on to power-saving ways
- > Crippling condition brings an end to musician's sound
Entertainment
Album Review: Something For Everybody - Devo
Devo - Something for Everybody3/5Back in the 70s and early 80s when silly outfits and robot voices were de rigueur, Devo were kings.Their distinctive synth-heavy ... More
- > Electric thriller makes most of grim and grimy reality
- > Books for dad
- > 5 recent reads: Whispers of the Dead, The Tenth Chamber, Warbirds Over Wanaka 2010, Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars, Dear Sweet Harry
- > Yarns with the boys on a break
- > Album Review: My Own Private Amsterdam - Pistol Youth
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Northland Performing Arts Ballet/Ja
Where: Whangarei District > Forum North Northland Performing Arts Ballet & Jazz dance competitions will be held in September 2010. Entries ...
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Orifus
Where: Whangarei District > The Butter Bank Orifus productions lads will be playing an impromptu gig this Friday... Bring your earplugs... It ...
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Lounge Sweet
Where: Whangarei District > Butter Factory Wine Bar An event especially for Jazz lovers.... The Butter Factory presents you with Lounge Sweet (4 ...
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Live Jazz - Lounge Sweet 4 Piece wi
Where: Whangarei District > Butter Factory Wine Bar Lounge Sweet, the four piece jazz quartet version or the normally 5 piece band, plays ...
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The Thing About Men: CANCELLED
Where: Whangarei District > Riverbank Centre Based on a 1985 German film by Doris Dorrie, "The Thing About Men" is written ...
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