- Joined: Feb 2012
- published: 260
Published a story 8:49am May 20th
Chopper in offshore rescue
20 May 2013
A cruise ship worker who had his eye pierced by a shard of glass had to be airlifted off the boat in a dramatic high seas rescue about 100 nautical miles off the Northland coast.
Published a story 6:18am May 20th
Arrest after 'low speed' chase
20 May 2013
A man who allegedly had a large hunting knife and mask in his car led Whangarei police on a "low speed" chase covering about 100km before he was stopped after all four of his tyres were burst by police using road spikes.
Published a story 6:55pm May 17th
Drug accused loses secrecy bid
18 May 2013
A man accused of selling meth and cannabis to a woman has lost his bid for continued name suppression but still can't be identified
Published a story 11:35am May 17th
$365m boost to refinery
17 May 2013
The first signs of a $365 million expansion to the Marsden Pt oil refinery will start being visible to the general public next week with work starting on removing two massive oil tanks to make way for a new Continuous Catalyst Regeneration Platformer.
Published a story 11:32am May 17th
Relief in sight with final sealing
17 May 2013
The roundabout on Whangarei's Riverside Dr that has been causing traffic jams for commuters is ready for its final seal and is just waiting for suitable dry weather for the hot mix to be laid.
Published a story 6:27am May 17th
Budget has 'little in it' for North's poor
17 May 2013
The Government's "Budget boost" to support low income families will have little effect on improving Northland's appalling child poverty rates, a Whangarei Child Poverty Action Group spokeswoman says.
Published a story 5:30am May 16th
New funding won't help
16 May 2013
Today's Budget promise of an extra $21.5 million to reduce New Zealand's high rate of rheumatic fever among children will do little for Northland, which has the highest rate of the "Third World" disease in the country, Northland medical officer of health Clair Mills says.
Published a story 5:27am May 16th
Rapists await sentence after guilty pleas
16 May 2013
Two Whangarei men who pleaded guilty to raping a woman they offered to give a lift home will be sentenced next month.
Published a story 5:37am May 15th
Assault accused doused in diesel
15 May 2013
Armed police and a dog were used to capture a man who doused himself with fuel and threatened to set himself alight after he allegedly assaulted another man north of Dargaville.
Published a story 6:40am May 14th
Lesbian pair file bias complaint
14 May 2013
The Human Rights Commission is looking into a complaint that a Whangarei lodge discriminated against a lesbian couple by insisting they could not share a bed because the owners did not want "unnatural" sexual acts going on in their premises.