Four years' jail for drink-drive death

A 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

Razed house uninsured

The Northland family whose home was destroyed by fire  this week was uninsured and they had only just paid off the mortgage, a fire officer says. Fire broke out in ... More

 
WDC set five-month deadline to upgrade wastewater plant

The Whangarei District Council has been given five months to adopt an  upgrade of its wastewater treatment plant or face having its application to discharge partially treated sewage into a ... More

 
Thieves are breaking in to our homes for food

Police are warning Northlanders to lock up their freezers and petrol stocks. Thieves have targeted  "basic living items" during recent burglaries. Whangarei police tactical co-ordinator Senior Sergeant Rob Huys said ... More

 
Families lose everything in horror fires

Three house fires in just over 12 hours have left two Northland families homeless. In two cases, children - one of them just a toddler - are being credited with ... More

 
Ball kicks off tourism drive

Whangarei's 25m-long, 13m-high rugby ball is being kicked for touch in a location to die for from tomorrow  - Sydney's Circular Quay with stunning views of the Sydney Opera House. ... More

 
Thieves target vets' drugs

Police and veterinarians are concerned that Northland vets are being burgled and dangerous drugs capable of killing people and animals stolen.Police are worried the drugs - which include powerful animal ... More

 
Teachers reject pay offer and vote to strike

Northland's 9500 secondary school students look set to have their classes disrupted after their teachers rejected the Ministry of Education's latest pay offer and voted to go on strike.Teachers are ... More

 
Home deaths on the rise

Northlanders emerge as nation's most accident prone householdersNorthland's homes have been labelled the most dangerous in the country with 41 people dying from accidents in the home last year, more ... More

 
Two broken ribs, a punctured lung ... Car crash? Nope

Patricia Leslie knows just how dangerous the home can be and is urging people to seek help to carry out household tasks after spending three months recuperating from a fall ... More

 

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The Government has extended the reporting deadline for the Welfare Working Group to February. The group is reviewing the welfare system and will recommend ways of reducing long-term welfare dependency and improving economic and...

 

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Sarah Palin and the Tea Party have recorded another victory in the Republican primaries with their candidate in Alaska winning against the odds. Joe Miller, a little-known conservative lawyer backed by the former vice-presidential...

 

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