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Volunteers pave way for rally

Kaipara service club members were out in force to ensure safety, and organise stages in last weekend's Rally of Whangarei, won convincingly by 22-year-old Finn, Esapekka Lappi.

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New Zealand’s top beef producers

Despite the drought, Te Kopuru farmers, Chris and Karren Biddles, are grand champions for the second time round in the...

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Plan hearings over

Kaipara District Council commissioners have heard submissions from across the district on the council's draft Annual...

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Otamatea five gain gold

Five former Otamatea High School students were among a group of 26 young people recently presented with Duke of...

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Fresh is best — and better value!

Dargaville's Riverside Produce Market is a regular local showcase of great food from all across the district. But is ...

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Women in power

Dargaville's Robyn Dawes is one of the first two New Zealand women to qualify as cable jointers in the electricity...

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Bank lends value to students

A partnership between Dargaville High School and the Dargaville BNZ is lending valuable work experience to students....

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Kaiwaka hosts constitution discussion

An opportunity for people to discuss their aspirations for the way New Zealanders may be governed in the future is being...

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First art festival at Aratapu

Wine tasting, opera, jewellery, poetry, face painting, and balloon art are just some of the attractions at the first...

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Sharing 50 years of memories

This is the Life, Dargaville Little Theatre's jubilee production written and directed by committee member, Deborah...

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Two women and two guitars

Ivy Rossiter from the band, Luckless, has joined forces with folk singer, Nadia Reid, for a national tour called the...

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Farmers ready to trade up for gypsy week

Both Can-Am and Kawasaki have new models of quads and UTVs waiting to hit the paddocks for the winter season, and both...

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A dog’s tail… Ekonomics and all that…

"Well, what a bluddy dissappointmint that was," seda Boss, tirnin' off tha widescreen ina woolshed. Boss's gerlfren...

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