Articles by Denise Piper
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Upper North Island
'Visitors go around and around': Patients miss hospital appointments as parking chaos worsens
Monday, 26 May 2025, 10:51amA lack of car parking at Whangārei Hospital is forcing staff to arrive an hour early for shifts and means some patients are...
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National
'Disappointing': Historic Russell's te reo Māori name bid rejected
Friday, 23 May 2025, 1:24pmThe historic Northland town of Russell will not be formally known by its original te reo Māori name, Kororāreka, despite...
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Upper North Island
'Growing fast': Green light for project set to unlock 3000 homes, supermarket
Monday, 14 April 2025, 10:26amA roading project set to unlock land for up to 3000 houses, plus a new supermarket and shopping centre, is going ahead in...
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Crime
'Completely unacceptable': Police escape injury in alleged car ramming
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 1:25pmPolice officers put life and limb on the line to arrest a man who allegedly went on a crime spree in Northland’s Dargaville. The...
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National
Pay cuts could understaff new radiation cancer facility, say striking doctors
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 11:58amA shortage of doctors is only going to get worse with a poor pay offer from Te Whatu Ora, according to Northland junior doctors...
