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Meet the candidates: Emily Henderson
Build small houses and relaxation of resource management rules to fix housing needs.

Meet the candidates: Chris Leitch
Social Credit Party leader opposes GMOs and centralisation of local govt in Northland.

On the farm with Northland MP Matt King
Northland MP Matt King talks cows and policing while trying to find the coffee at home.

Taniwha record second win in the Mitre 10 Cup
Taniwha notch second win in the Mitre 10 Cup against Kieran Read's Counties Manukau.

Cannabis referendum: What could it mean for Northland?
You must be registered to vote to take part in the two referendums.

Former Whangārei mayor and NRC chairman Craig Brown dies
Accolades pour in for former Whangārei mayor and Northland Regional Council chairman.

The Covid Chronicles explores how a group of Kiwis handled lockdown
Hokianga author Paul Little's book portrays how 21 New Zealanders coped with the upheaval.

Beating the track for brain cancer: fundraiser walking Hatea Loop
Illness survivor Kate Coatsworth is partway through traversing NZ on Te Araroa Trail.

Whangārei conference and events centre gets $60m from Govt
The funding is being given to the Prosper Northland Trust for the Oruku Landing complex.

Can we really live in a world without health inequity?
Our health officials have hope inequity will be a thing of the past, do you?

Meet the candidates: Helen Jeremiah, The Opportunities Party - Northland
Opportunities Party Northland candidate backs taxes on properties and on drugs.

Darleen Tana Hoff-Nielsen: Clean drinking water a must for Northlanders
Green Party Northland candidate calls for a stop to water consents for avocado orchards.

The Pulse of Northland: The benefits of community-based healthcare
The Northern Advocate explores community-based healthcare in the fifth part of the series.

Peters hits election trail in 'must-win' Northland seat
On current polling Shane Jones will have to win Northland or NZ First is out of Parliament

Tools and a ute nicked in commercial burgs across Whangārei
Whangārei businesswoman questions why commercial premises being picked on by burglars.

News snippets from Northland
Meet the candidates in Hokianga; and stock truck tips over.

Meet the candidates: New Conservative's Trevor Barfoote Northland
New Conservative's Northland candidate's push to bring housing costs down.

The Pulse of Northland: Mum of patient hopes others will learn from experience
The fourth instalment of the Advocate's series focuses on mental health and addiction.

A hullabaloo's coming to the Mid North
A wrap-up of events and news snippets from around the Bay of Islands and the Mid North.

Woman falls off boardwalk 48 hours after elderly woman's fatal tumble
Resident Danny Simms is angry and has offered a solution in the form of a "stumble fence".

Covid crunch: Northland businesses brace for labour shortages
Northland businesses reliant on overseas workers are concerned about the border closure.

Govt giving $8.5m for 54,000ha predator-controlled kiwi zone
Charitable trust Kiwis for Kiwi will distribute funds, which will create up to 100 jobs.

WWII codecracker dies aged 104
Lady Ellen Elizabeth Reed was possibly the most famous Northlander you've never heard of.

News snippets from Northland
Digger no risk to refinery pipeline; Anika Moa to perform in Kerikeri.

The Pulse of Northland: GP shortage crisis a growing concern
An impending crisis in primary care is unfolding with potentially dire consequences.