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D1NZ Whangarei Charges Ahead ›
Over the past six months, the Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship has been working closely with the Whangarei District Council and local bodies to bring the Championship to a new street course in the Ruakaka District of Whangarei.
Manta ray at Poor Knights thrills spectators, The Northern Advocate, Kristin Edge 15 Feb, 2012 ›
For Spanish dive instructor Gines Pastor swimming with a manta ray at one of the world's best dive sites was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
NorthTec students warmly welcomed, North Tec, Feb 2012 ›
Students warmly welcomed into NorthTec Almost 600 people turned out for NorthTec's first day of term at its Raumanga campus on Monday, marking the start of an exciting journey ahead for those studying at NorthTec in 2012.
Junior rally scholarship set to support more competitors in 2012 ›
A special scholarship for junior rally drivers competing in the two-wheel-drive categories of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, powered by Brother, will continue for the 2012 season.
Whangarei’s like home away from home for Alaskan boaties. Joseph Aldridge, The Northern Advocate ›
Whangarei is a hard place to leave, say an Alaskan couple part-way through a marine circumnavigation of the world
Mimiwhangata Road Trip, Liz Light, AA Travel ›
The curly gravel road passes meadows white with cow parsley. Old-fashioned red roses that escaped from gardens decades ago ramble along farm fences. Skylarks, black dots high in the sky, sing for the joy of summer. Then the road threads through patches of lush bush, past nikau groves and giant puriri in shady valleys. It is an Edenesque entry to a heavenly place. Mimiwhangata: I want to go there because I love the sound of the name.
Orca in Whangarei Harbour circle kayaker ›
Daniel Foote shot this video of orca cruising the Whangarei Harbour, off McLeod Bay yesterday!
Adventure Forest First Northland tourism operator to be OutdoorsMark accredited ›
Local tourism operator Adventure Forest is the first in Northland to be accredited with the new OutdoorsMark
