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- Report: Potential for global spread
Global avocado trade will continue to grow in the next few years but increased competition will force operators to be more efficient and sustainable, a Rabobank report says.
- Exclamation point for Daniels
Northland boxer Lani Daniels is gearing up for an historic world title fight in Auckland at the weekend and hoping her previous big-fight experience will bring her the belt.
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- EDITORIALWas $5 script cull the best medicine?
Prima facie, the removal of the $5 co-payment for prescriptions was a welcome dose in Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s May Budget to take some pressure off struggling households.
- Teen jailed for killing man who gave him lift
ANorthland teen who stabbed a man to death during an attempted carjacking has been jailed for five years and 10 months for manslaughter.
- Fish not being used to their full potential
It’s not uncommon to find food thrown to waste along the beach when families nearby are going without. But some look at a fish and only see kai in the fillets stripped from the bone.
- Foodbanks forced to scale back as shortage of donations hits home
As New Zealanders grapple with the cost of living crisis, some who rely on foodbanks are being turned away, as charities struggle to meet demand.
- Kaitāia’s main drag in need of facelift but who pays?
Some of the shabbiest buildings on Kaitāia’s main street were spruced up using town funds — and now the council is being asked to bring in a bylaw to force landlords to do better.
- Mauri stone gifted to new village
The Bay of Islands’ iwi Ngāti Rēhia has gifted a sacred Mauri stone to the Arvida Retirement Village clubhouse which is currently under construction.
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- Final tally shows 91 candidates contesting Far North local elections
Final checks have seen the total number of candidates standing in the October local elections for the Far North drop from 92 to 91....
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Let’s have an end to UNDRIP
Act is calling on all parties in Parliament to renounce the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....
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Anahera Herbert-Graves
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indigenous peoples
New Zealand is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)....
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Tragic reminder of duty of care to dogs
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A vital role
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instruments
Last week, I began sharing extracts from an article penned by one of our most courageous speakers of truth to power, Moana Jackson. In his article, A Challenge not a Threat, Moana looks back on the history of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and at why...
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Whangaroa rāhuiToday we had 40-plus people attend our hui in Kāeo around this kaupapa to set a rāhui on our scallops from Takou to Taemaro....
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Whangaroa rāhuiToday we had 40-plus people attend our hui in Kāeo around this kaupapa to set a rāhui on our scallops from Takou to Taemaro....