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New Kaitāia water supply being tested, but no date for tap water supply
No date yet for Kaitāia's new Sweetwater supply to start.
Waste-busters wanted to help clean up at Waitangi Day commemorations
Volunteers are needed to tidy up rubbish at the big day in the Bay of Islands.
News briefs from the Far North - Fundraiser's $17K, culvert work, market cancelled
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Kaitāia cop Tui Baker says lifestyle in the police hard to beat
Love of the job sees Kaitāia constable Tui Baker promote life in the force.
News briefs from the Far North - Sailing Week, Lotto luck and Blood Service back
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Sylvie Currin’s Kaitāia mural wins Keep NZ Beautiful award
Kaitāia artist's award winning mural to inspire environmental care
New world record for Kaitāia shearer Flynn Harvey as part of a three-man team
Kaitāia shearer Flynn Harvey part of three-man world record.
$20,000 funding for three Te Hiku groups in Far North
Te Hiku Community Board gives funding to three organisations.
More than 300 workers needed for Far North kiwifruit season
Far North kiwifruit harvest needs hundreds of people to fill vital jobs.
Pools out for summer: No public swimming pool in Kaitāia as opening delayed
Kaitāia’s new swimming pools won't open until March.
News briefs from the Far North - Mea Motu up for Halberg, kai fund open and bowling club lease
News snippets from the Far North.
$6.6m for Far North iwi Ngāti Kuri for vital environmental work
Ngāti Kuri gets $6.6 million for land restoration and save taonga species
Kaitāia shearer part of three-man world record attempt
World record attempt for Kaitāia shearer Flynn Harvey.
News briefs from the Far North: Dog surgery, walkway formalised, college enrolling and diver named
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Far North schools get road safety lessons and hi-vis gear
Hi-vis vests have been donated to Far North schools.
Kaikohe Foodbank and Fresh Start Family Services & Foodbank Kaitāia get funding boost from Z
Kaitāia and Kaikohe charities get $21,000 from Z Energy campaign
Country’s best young singers to perform in Far North and Whangārei
Fifty-six of the country's best young singers to perform
Council defends taking dog from locked kennel on man's property
Sky was a stray a Kawakawa man wanted to adopt, but council took her from a locked kennel.
Ōmāpere bach could fulfil dreams of waterfront living
Ōmāpere bach expecting strong interest from Auckland buyers.
Northland weather outlook: Warm, wet this month
The last 10 to 15 days of January are ones to watch in terms of possible heavy rain.
Kaitāia police missing out on community interaction
OPINION: Peter Jackson bemoans the changes in officialdom that alter NYE celebrations.
Far North duo to head Northland Inc board
Far North's Suzanne Duncan and Mark Osborne to head regional development agency board.
Far North woman has growing business 18 years after being unable to find eco-friendly coffin for dad
It hasn't been an easy journey for the company.
'Deeply impacted whānau': Council to improve road after two young cousins die
After deaths of two cousins in Far North swimming hole, council to make road safer.
Rain stays away, but Northland's Taupō Bay Tractor Spectacular a happy wet event
Taupō Bay Tractor Spectacular draws crowds to Far North coastal settlement.
Agreement to help save Northland’s largest lake
Agreement should help restore Lake Ōmāpere's life force.
Peter Jackson: Sweetwater still not supplying clean water for Kaitāia
OPINION: FNDC's assurances about the project are utterly without meaning.
News briefs from the Far North: Quirky tractor spectacular, Lotto luck; and new boat race
News snippets from the Far North.
Holiday deaths in Far North sees police issue plea for more care
Far North holiday road and water deaths spark safety plea from police.
Peria School students rebury time capsule to be opened again in 2048
Time capsule opened at Peria School's 150th celebration, reburied it for future discovery
Innovative product earns construction company 30k development grant
Northland's Rockstead Construction wins $30k development grant for eco building product.
Police urge caution after Northland's horror Christmas weekend
Two Northland road deaths and suspected drowning spur police safety call.