Students learn about collaboration and environmental sustainability
Students plant 1500 native trees to protect the harbour and habitat for native birds.
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Northland Māori artists produce 46-metre long mural for hospital's mental health unit
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Students evacuated after person armed with knife seen on school grounds
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Migrant family reunited after 17 months, wife makes it out of South Africa hours before lockdown
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Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa gears up for its first anniversary
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New hapū group could signal thaw in frozen Treaty negotiations
Hapū to set up a new group based on 1835 confederation with sovereignty their top priority
DoC criticised for 'scare tactics' over sanctuary proposal
Department of Conservation accused of providing 'inadequate' information.
Sixteen youths arrested as Northland police crackdown on car thefts
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K-Pop Academy stars Northland talent
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Jobs for Nature programme will support 12 projects and create 324 jobs across Northland.
Fire takes everything from young family, cellphone charger likely cause
Young family "trying to get on in the world" lose everything in tragic fire.
Fantastic Four: The schools walking the Treaty talk
Four schools recognised on efforts to better recognise Māori language and culture.
Poison in tampons used to kill feral dogs in Far North
Locals frustrated by the ongoing menace have taken to desperate measures.
Northland iwi hail SNA decision - but say it's just the start
Iwi leader says north now has a chance to engage and be a model for other councils.
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Trevor Mallard and the day Parliament acted like a bunch of kids
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Māori wellbeing practices working for Hokianga Hospital patients
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$11m to help overcrowded Northland schools
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Tonnes of citrus from Whangārei's Lions Clubs' Citrus for the South collection
Whangārei's Lions Clubs' Citrus for the South collection gathers tonnes of fruit.
Northland dune lakes are torn between saving native biodiversity and trout fishery
KDC Reserve Management Plan 2016 identifies trout as pest fish, continues ban on release.
Northland is on Time's list of world's greatest places, thanks to Māori tourism ventures
Three Māori tourism ventures have propelled Northland into Time's top 100 destinations.
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The end of bank cheques: Another step digitally excluding older people?
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What a dish: UK author adds a plateful of talent to arts centre fundraiser
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Hope for Moerewa, Ōtiria residents one year after the flood
Residents have been hammered by four major floods since 2007.