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Anti-Violence March, Whangarei City.

Anti-Violence March, Whangarei City, Images Michael Cunningham

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  • 12:26 PM Jan 21st
 

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Phil Paikea calls on men to "man up" against domestic violence.

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School kids, rugby players, firefighters, even butchers flexed their muscles on Sunday in the annual Puff and Pull Carnival, a contest to see who can pull the vintage locomotive Gabriel the length of Kawakawa’s main street in the shortest time. This year the schools’ trophy went to Kawakawa Primary – beating defending champs Bay of Islands College by a fraction of a second – while the community trophy was retained by the Taniwha, Northland’s rugby team.

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Springbank School’s Students Against Drink-Driving (Sadd) staged a mock car crash at the school’s Kerikeri grounds last Friday to highlight the dangers of combining alcohol and driving. Police, a make-up artist with litres of fake blood, and volunteers from Kerikeri Fire Brigade and St John Ambulance took part in the demonstration. The scenario was a head-on crash resulting in one death and multiple injuries; firefighters had to cut the roof from one car to allow the patients to be removed.

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A selection of pics from this weekends sports action.

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A selection of pics from this weekends sports action.

Two waka hourua (double-hulled ocean-going canoes) have returned home to Northland after an epic, ten-month journey to Rapanui (Easter Island) and back. The journey was a long-held dream of master waka-builder Hekenukumai Busby, whose vessels have now sailed all three sides of the Polynesian Triangle linking Aotearoa, Hawaii and Rapanui.

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Two waka hourua (double-hulled ocean-going canoes) have...

Rugby League 9-A-Side, Kensington Park

Rugby League 9-A-Side, Kensington Park

Rugby League 9-A-Side, Kensington Park

Claimants, Crown representatives and Waitangi Tribunal members explored the eastern Bay of Islands by boat on Monday to see first-hand the places being discussed in this week's Northland Inquiry hearings. The site visit by more than 150 people on board the Fullers' vessel Dolphin Seeker was followed by formal welcomes at the three main marae of the Rawhiti Peninsula - Te Rawhiti, Waikare and Karetu.

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A selection of sport images from around Whangarei over the weekend.

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Northland was once again invaded by guitars, cowboy hats and line-dancing squads for the 24th Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival held in Paihia, Russell and Haruru Falls over the weekend. Headline acts this year included Kiwi country crooners Eddie Low and Dennis Marsh, and Texan country diva Gloria River, but 89-year-old dancing gran Fran Craig of Helensville almost stole the show during Marsh's Saturday night gig at the Paihia Pacific. Festival organiser Shirley May put the turnout at 1700, slightly higher than last year.

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