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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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• COMMENT There are two sides to every story

  There are always two sides to every story. That was graphically displayed with TVNZ’s recent screening of a documentary that told Australian actor Craig McLachlan’s version of events that led to his being charged with 13 offences, including eight counts of indecent assault, after three women...

• 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....

• THE ACT OPTION 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....

• INSIDE AN IWI Anahera Herbert-Graves The rights of indigenous peoples

  New Zealand is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)....

• MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER Tragic reminder of duty of care to dogs

  All of us were shocked and saddened to learn last week of the tragic death of Panguru man Neville Thomson after he was attacked by dogs at his property. Council animal management officers are working closely with police, who are still piecing together exactly what happened at the remote Puketawa Rd ...

• Do Charities need an Audit? Free seminar can help ADVERTISEMENT

  There is a misconception that all charities are required to have their financial statements audited....

• INSIDE AN IWI A vital role for UN 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...

• 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....

• 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....