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Whangarei: Almost all our own handiwork, The NZ Herald, Jim Eagles ›
The distinctive sound of Pink Floyd was blasting across the room as I proudly put the finishing touches to my very own bone carving of a fishhook in the shape of a whale's tail.
ORACLE Racing an honour for Whangarei, Whangarei District Council ›
“Next summer promises to bring a spectacle like no other to Whangarei - the enormous sails of America’s Cup yachts slicing through the waves off our coast,” says Whangarei Mayor Morris Cutforth.
Kiwi release in Northland a boost for species, The Northern Advocate, Imran Ali ›
Northland's kiwi population has been boosted with the release of 15 of the endangered birds into the wild by the Department of Conservation.
Tutukaka: Autumnal escape, The NZ Herald, Susan Edmunds ›
Tutukaka is one of the great Northland summer destinations.
Hihiaua Cultural Centre Trust unveiling, The Northern Advocate, 7 March 2012 ›
The Hihiaua Cultural Centre Trust will be unveiling a model today of the $20 million cultural centre it wants to build for the city.
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.
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.
