Whangarei — Wednesday's announcement of the preferred corridor over the Brynderwyn Hills to Whangārei signals the unlocking of major gains for the Northland economy, and further enhances connectivity in New Zealand’s most important economic region.

By EMA
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Whangarei — Whangarei District Council's (WDC) application for an interim injunction seeking to delay the start of fluoridation until their substantive case has been heard later this year, has been declined.

By Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Northland — News the Government is to formally open Registrations of Interest for the first stage of the Northland Expressway is being hailed as a ‘game changer’ for the region by the chair of the Northland Regional Transport Committee (RTC).

By Northland Regional Council
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Waitangi — Thousands of people descended onto the grounds at Waitangi for one of the biggest events of the year.

By New Zealand Police
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Northland — Greenpeace is welcoming the decision by an Australian mining giant to pull the plug on its plans to mine for minerals in a forest reserve in the Far North.

By Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Whangarei — Last week the Whangarei District Council reconfirmed its decision to reject the Director-General of Health's (DG) directive to fluoridate the Whangarei water supply with toxic fluoridation chemicals sourced from industrial waste.

By Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Whangarei — In a tense meeting today, Whangarei councillors voted seven to six (with one abstainer) to reject the Director-General of Health’s (DGH) directive to start fluoridation.

By Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Northland — A commercial fishing boat caught operating within the boundaries of the Rākaumangamanga Rāhui Tapu marine protected area has been served an abatement notice as Northland Regional Council begins stricter enforcement of no-fishing rules.

By Northland Regional Council
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Whangarei — A range of sustainability initiatives from innovative packaging and energy-efficient solutions to on-site solar electricity generation have earned a Whangārei-based coffee producer a top accolade for business excellence in the field of sustainability.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A tiny and very rare Northland lake plant, Trithuria inconspicua, has been voted ‘New Zealand’s Favourite Plant’ in a national poll.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A controlled training exercise will be conducted in the Bay of Islands and Paihia areas from Friday through to Sunday.

By New Zealand Police
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Northland — Independent hearings commissioners have granted an application by Meridian Energy Limited (MEL) to build a multi-million dollar 172-hectare solar farm across three sites at Marsden Pt, Ruakākā.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A new to mainland New Zealand red seaweed - Asparagopsis taxiformis - has been found at Tamaterau in Whangārei Harbour and at Iris Shoal, Kawau Island.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Whangarei, Northland – Revolve Environmental, a pioneering environmental services company, is proud to announce the launch of its CCTV stormwater and sewer inspection services in Northland.

By Fabric Digital
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Northland — A project to rewild a Northland valley in New Zealand, creating a wetland from previously grazed land, has been marked to celebrate World Wetlands Day.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — Two people have died after an ATV-style vehicle they were travelling in rolled into a swimming hole in Peria, New Zealand, on 29 December.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — Biosecurity officials in New Zealand are appealing to the public for information after a dead wallaby was found at the side of a highway near Kawakawa on 4 December.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — A Northland man has been fined more than $33,000 for an incident that saw dozens of large tyres burnt on a property south of Kaiwaka in early January last year.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Northlanders are being asked to keep an eye out for new patches of Manchurian wild rice grass within a formal ‘Eradication Zone’ that covers much of the region amid fears the invasive pest plant could have been spread during recent flooding.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A meeting between new Conservation Minister, Willow-Jean Prime, the Northland Regional Council and the Department of Conservation has highlighted the shared goals that local and central government have for Taitokerau, the council says.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Investigations are underway into the mysterious loss of most of the submerged vegetation in Lake Taharoa, the largest in the Kai Iwi dune lakes group and Northland’s deepest lake.

By Northland Regional Council
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Whangarei — Please attribute to Superintendent Tony Hill, Northland District Commander: Searchers working to locate a student missing in Abbey Caves, Whangārei have recovered a body.

By New Zealand Police
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