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Twenty two police staff are investigating the death of a Far North man.

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UPDATED: Man to appear in court on murder charge

A crew member has been rescued from a cruise ship north of Cape Reinga, after suffering a serious eye injury.

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Rescue helicopter called to ship off Northland

Wee rally fans race to school

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Hey dad, look at me!

There's just no stopping the Whangarei Boys' High School golf team. They have been crowned Northland secondary schools champions for the third time in a row.

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Boys' High swing third championship

Matt Andrew continues his progression towards the World 24-hour Mountain Bike Championships this weekend as he takes on a 24-hour race in Rotorua.

Sport

All in a day's work

Today is the first competition day of the International Rally of Whangarei

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Good vantage spots for action

Only hours after receiving the Western Sharks' best player award, rugby-mad Kevin Morrissy was struck with a hammer by two young men outside a drinking hole.

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Hammer blow wrecked man's life

Despite receiving 314 submissions calling for genetic engineering precautions in the Regional Policy Statement, Northland Regional Council has rejected them all

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Regional council says no to most GE views

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

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Drug accused loses secrecy bid

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.

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Relief in sight with final sealing

After losing everything in a house fire, Omapere couple Chantal and Rui de Souza are finding comfort in the generosity of family, friends and complete strangers.

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Hope after fire takes everything

A Whangarei taxi driver was taken back by the generosity of a young man who returned to pay his fare - nearly a week after doing a runner.

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Shock as taxi customer finally pays up

Northland's worst recidivist criminal has 343 convictions - mostly relating to fraud and deception offences.

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Five offenders with 260+ convictions each

Rally fans will get the chance to get up close and personal with top Kiwi driver Hayden Paddon before he hits Northland roads in the International Rally of Whangarei.

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Meet and greet with rally star Paddon

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.

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Budget has 'little in it' for North's poor

Tikipunga's men's premier football side will have the tough task of trying penetrate the tight defence of Kerikeri in their top of the table clash tomorrow in Kerikeri.

Sport

Soccer: Clash of top teams

A Kensington Thai restaurant has been selected as one of the top five in New Zealand by Thailand's Prime Minster.

Business

Thai PM gives restaurant tick of approval

International rally teams are using NorthTec Future Trades workshop as a base, giving students a unique insight into the rally racing industry.

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Students land special rally opportunity

A deaf couple are overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers after finding out almost $8000 has been donated to a fund set up to replace their stolen and torched van.

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Donations to put couple back on road

Two Whangarei men who pleaded guilty to raping a woman they offered to give a lift home will be sentenced next month.

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Rapists await sentence after guilty pleas

Problem gamblers in Northland have been voluntarily asking gaming venues to bar them for two years, a hospitality spokesman says.

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North's problem gamblers impose self ban

After a rough time with weather conditions and two postponements, the men's and women's junior singles were completed at the Maungaturoto greens on Tuesday.

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Bowls: Juniors display excellent skills in tense finals

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.

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New funding won't help

A chunk of Northland's photographic history has been sold to an American photo archive.

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Historic images sold to US

Tests have proven what many rural Northland residents already knew - some are living with unhealthy levels of fine dust particles thrown up by heavy traffic on unsealed roads.

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Unhealthy levels of road dust revealed

Doreen Alexander is looking forward to getting up at 5am on Saturday, putting her new high-viz vest over her winter woollies and driving off to the Whangarei Growers' Market.

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A jolly good 'vollie' at 93

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.

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Assault accused doused in diesel

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Rally day looks to rebuild sport

The two people killed in a four-vehicle crash north of Whangarei on Sunday have been named as Isaac Peters, 41, of Papatoetoe, Auckland, and Kirihimete Paniora, 69, of Waimamaku.

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Hukerenui crash victims named

Business and politics beckon Eru Kapa-Kingi, so he was delighted to be chosen as the Te Taitokerau representative for the Youth Parliament in July.

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Parliament role ideal fit for Eru

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