Grieving whanau set minds on tangi
A couple shot at their Fairburn home are lying together in death, as they did in life, at Te Paatu Marae south of Kaitaia.
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An Ahipara woman named New Zealand's top radio journalist says she could relate to some of the terrible stories she had to cover in the Far North last year.
Ray of light shines on fish mystery
A bizarre find on Ninety Mile Beach is not a two-tailed sea monster but an electric ray.
Help for family who lost everything in house blaze
An Omapere couple is finding comfort in the generosity of family, friends and complete strangers after losing everything they owned in a devastating house fire.
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A record field of 235 athletes participated in the fourth annual Top Energy Northern Crossing on Saturday between Omapere and Kerikeri.
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Man sentenced for indecent assault after giving girl synthetic cannabis
A 43-year-old man who gave a 12-year-old girl synthetic cannabis and put his hand up her skirt when she passed out avoided being sent to jail today. The judge hit out against legal highs during sentencing, they were filling up her courtroom and causing widespread social problems. Long-time cannabis and synthetic user Kirk Daniel Rutledge, 42, had smoked the then-legal Tai High before going to Woodham Park in Dallington, Christchurch, last year. The young girl, truant from school, approached him and asked him for a cigarette. After sharing a cigarette, Rutledge then offered her one of his synthetic…
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