Articles by Mandy Cooper
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National
One dead in Kauri crash, children among seven injured in serious Waipu accident
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 2:38PMThree children are among seven people seriously hurt in a crash on a main route around the Brynderwyn Hills closure. The...
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Crime
Spate of arrests made after 'violent and brazen' crimes carries out on Northland roads
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 2:02PMNorthland police have charged a second man after forestry workers claimed they were chased 20km along a Northland highway. Police...
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National
Person critically injured in crash on State Highway 15
Monday, 12 February 2024, 1:44PMA person has been critically injured in a crash in Northland believed to have involved a logging truck. Police said the vehicle...
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National
Trapped by tide: Surf lifeguards rescue family clinging to rocks
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 2:52PMA family including a young child had to be rescued after becoming trapped inside a small cave on the Northland coastline...
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National
AMI reveals the car most stolen in Northland and New Zealand
Monday, 22 January 2024, 3:18PMWhile the Toyota Aqua may be the car most stolen nationwide for a second year running, in Northland thieves clearly have...
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National
Homeless trespassed from downtown Whangārei streets
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:41AMA homeless man says a trespass notice issued to him by the Whangārei District Council prevents him from accessing the city’s...
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National
'Hell of a splash': Great white shark spotted near Whangarei Heads
Monday, 8 January 2024, 1:51PMA great white shark, believed to be around 3m long, has been spotted leaping out of the water off the coast of Whangārei. Whangārei...
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Sport
Kiwi Olympic medal hopeful to join rivals in Paris buildup
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 1:47PMOlympic medal hope Lewis Clareburt will spend the next month collaborating with several of his main swimming rivals, as the...
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National
Northlanders urged to join the hunt for NZ's next fallen meteorite
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 12:19AMA surprise sighting of a “massive fireball” led a Whangārei man to volunteer with a national project determined to find New...
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Upper North Island
Police name man found dead on Ruakākā road
Friday, 13 October 2023, 2:55PMPolice have released the name of the 24-year-old man found dead on a residential road in Ruakākā. The body of Teina Pickering,...
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National
Social supermarket running on empty as it fields around 50 calls for help a day
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 1:15PMThe doors of Whangārei’s social supermarket have been open for a year, but demand is so high that the shelves are struggling...
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National
'My heart was pounding, I was shaking': Fears women are being targeted on rural roads
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 10:33AMFears a motorist is targeting women travelling on a remote stretches of Northland roads have gripped a small rural community. The Advocate recently...
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National
'Huge flash and loud bang' as lightning strikes gas bottle and sets home alight
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 3:27PMA Whangārei mother was at home with her kids when a spectacular bolt of lightning struck part of a gas bottle underneath...
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National
Raw sewage spill: Woman left to pay $1300 bill after council sewer line blocks
Friday, 15 September 2023, 9:16AMA Whangārei woman has been left $1300 out of pocket after the council refused to pay a plumber’s bill incurred when one of...
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National
'We're struggling now and it's getting worse': Doctors continue battle for better conditions
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 3:05PMFrustrated and demoralised doctors continued to press for better conditions to turn the tide on what they say is Northland’s...
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National
Couple living in mouldy, run down home call out Māori Development Ministry
Monday, 14 August 2023, 9:13AMA dialysis patient and her husband living in a cold, mouldy home with no running water say iwi slammed the door on them despite...
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National
'Corrects a grievance': Kamo name change given the green light
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 1:50PMThe Whangārei suburb of Kamo has officially had its name restored to Te Kamo to right a wrong and raise awareness of the...
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National
Official recognition shows Hundertwasser toilets anything but bog standard
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 12:21PMKawakawa will be flushed with pride as the Northland town’s iconic Hundertwasser toilets have officially been recognised...
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National
‘It can happen to anyone’: How job injury saw man go from a home to a tent
Saturday, 15 July 2023, 9:10AMA job-ending back injury and a determination to escape a violent home thrust Whangārei man Jason Poutai out on the streets. And...
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National
Poisoned port: Reward turns up new clues in hunt for Dave Davan's killer
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 8:19AMNew information has surfaced in the case of Herekino man Dave Davan’s cruel death thanks to a substantial reward put forward...
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Sport
Teen kickboxers fight hard to rise to the top of world champs
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 1:46PMA Kawakawa teen won two international titles at the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) World Championships 2023 roughly a...
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National
Five people injured in serious crash: State Highway 1 set to reopen
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 3:10PMFive people were hurt in a serious crash on State Highway 1 north of Whangārei which sparked a major response from emergency...
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Upper North Island
400 lightning strikes illuminate Northland overnight
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 8:54AMNorthlanders were treated to a dazzling display last night as 400 lightning strikes flashed over the region. MetService says...
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Education
Whangārei Boys High School needs more time for review into education outside the classroom
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 4:27PMWhangārei Boys’ High School has asked for more time to complete a mandatory review of its education outside the classroom...