'Saving money costs lives' key message of Northland striking ambulance officers
The ambulance officers are striking for four hours each shift on Tuesday and Saturday.
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'Our EDs don’t turn people away, or close': Minister defends hospital emergency department
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Major environmental damage: Invasive sea spurge plant discovered in Northland
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Taniwha earn convincing win over Manawatū Turbos
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Vince Cocurullo: Alliance working for Northland and New Zealand
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Changes to benefit ‘may negatively impact young jobseekers’
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Steering toward change: Whangārei launches first young adult drivers court
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Ngāpuhi: Mane Tahere can’t see a Treaty settlement in sight
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Jonny Wilkinson: Northland’s Paralympic athletes will carry with them the hopes of a region.
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'Long overdue': Whangārei of the future revealed in proposed strategy
In the next 30 years, the district will add 40,000 new residents.
How an $8m meth empire was busted as final four sentences handed down
Operation Freya netted about 17kg of meth in the large-scale Northland bust.
Driver dead after single-vehicle crash in Whangārei
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'Never seen this before': Hospital ED hits 'Code Black'
This afternoon, the Whangārei Hospital's ED was at 156% capacity.
One person dies after crash in Raumanga
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Tiny egg to big fish in a year: Land-based farm hooks into global seafood goals
A new state-of-the-art, land-based kingfish farm is officially opened.
‘We are now at our limit’: Doctors speak out as new patients to be turned away
Employed staff already work 40-60 hours a week plus additional shifts.
Kaipara ratepayers face $25k bill after Māori ward abolished
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Little stories of Hikurangi featured in student art
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Fake police officers scamming people for money
Scammers impersonating police are trying to fleece people out of money.
Northland officer investigated for allegedly accessing data and other matters
An 'employment process' found the officer had breached the Police Code of Conduct.
Eleventh hour intervention sees Far North Artisans Fair return
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'Thrilled': Northland brewery now home of NZ’s champion beer
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Kanak independence campaigner seeks support from Harawira whanau
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'It’s absolutely absurd': Review of 'prohibitive' insulation rules welcomed
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