Articles by Susan Wood
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Sport
Savea becomes all-time leading Super Rugby try-scorer
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:36PMMoana Pasifika second five-eighths Julian Savea became Super Rugby’s all-time leading try-scorer on Friday night, bagging...
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Sport
Kennedy Simon retained as Chiefs Manawa captain for 2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 9:28AMBlack Ferns loose forward Kennedy Simon MNZM has been retained as Chiefs Manawa captain ahead of the 2024 Sky Super Rugby...
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Sport
Te Awamutu’s Scottish rugby connection and the late Doddie Weir
Monday, 8 January 2024, 11:48AMJust over a year after the death of former Scottish international lock Doddie Weir, Te Awamutu’s David Fox spent a weekend...
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Sport
Kiwi Ferns 2023 Pacific Championships squad named
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 12:18PMWaikato women feature strongly in the 2023 Kiwi Ferns Squad for the Pacific Championships with Te Awamutu’s Capri Paekau...
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National
Feather mystery stumps locals
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 12:30PMA trail of white feathers is littering the road from one end of Waikato to the other this morning. The feathers were first...
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National
Flying Te Awamutu brothers fight Canada's wildfires
Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 2:47PMTe Awamutu helicopter pilot brothers Matt Otto, 30, and Tom Otto, 28, are flying high above Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest...
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Politics
Govt unveils new measures to protect native biodiversity
Sunday, 9 July 2023, 1:53PMStronger protection for New Zealand’s threatened biodiversity has taken a step forward as Government Minister James Shaw...
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National
Retreat could be best option for storm-hit coasts
Monday, 3 July 2023, 2:52PMCoastal retreat may eventually be the best option for some affected Whangārei coastal communities facing expensive and ultimately...
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Politics
Councillors vote to extend lease for rescue chopper base
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 3:53PMWhangārei District Council (WDC) has formally approved extending the lease – and a new building - for Northland’s emergency...
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National
Caulerpa eradication in Bay of Islands could take decade, regional council says
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 12:32PMNorthland is leading the way in New Zealand as the first region to focus solely on invasive seaweed caulerpa’s eradication from...
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National
Anchorage ban for Bay of Islands cove after major caulerpa find
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 3:29PMBoaties from around the world will soon be banned from stopping at one of the Bay of Islands’ most important anchorages,...
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National
Northland council slams government for lack of action on invasive marine pest
Monday, 8 May 2023, 11:06AMNorthland Regional Council has launched a broadside at the government for being too slow to act over the new “foot-and-mouth”...
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National
'Eyesore' to live on- $7m renovation due to start this year
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 4:24PMWhangārei’s old town hall “eyesore” is to live on in a now $7.43 million renovation due to start by June - in spite of five...
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Politics
Whangārei District Councillor Jayne Golightly apologises for breaching council confidentiality
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 4:24PMWhangārei District Councillor Jayne Golightly has publicly apologised for breaching council confidentiality. Golightly sad...
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National
Public to have say as rescue chopper shift delayed
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 12:37PMThe continued presence of Northland’s rescue helicopter base in Kensington will be the focus of three Whangārei District...
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National
$10m of Kaipara works cut to help pay for cyclone, storm damage
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 2:51PMNorthland’s worst-hit Cyclone Gabrielle district is deferring more than $10 million worth of planned work rather than almost...
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National
Motorists rescue trapped driver in ditch
Friday, 12 August 2022, 12:40PMA Canterbury motorist who was on his way to work felt a sense of dread as he ran to a car that had just crashed into a ditch. Cam...
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Entertainment
Best Christmas album releases of all time
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 3:43PMI adore everything about Christmas, even the cheesy Christmas carols. In my humble opinion, however, Christmas songs don't...
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National
Covid-19: NZ man selling bleach 'cure' slammed by scientists
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 5:42PMBy Susan Strongman of RNZ A New Zealand website is advising people with symptoms of coronavirus to drink or inhale a bleach...
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World
Prince Andrew offers alibis, regrets in interview about Jeffrey Epstein
Sunday, 17 November 2019, 12:36PMPrince Andrew has spoken publicly for the first time in a 'no holds barred' interview about his relationship with billionaire...
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World
Meghan Markle stitched fabric from first date with Harry into her wedding dress
Sunday, 23 September 2018, 8:05PMThe Duchess of Sussex carried an intimate reminder of her first date with Prince Harry when she walked down the aisle, ITV's...
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World
Women accuse US customs officers of invasive body searches
Monday, 20 August 2018, 8:35AMTameika Lovell was retrieving luggage at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when Customs and Border Protection...
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National
Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki blames earthquakes on homosexuality
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 1:54PMUPDATED 7.23PM Homophobic comments by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki blaming gays for earthquakes are just "plain loopy",...
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Emergency
Laundry, carport and car taken out by slip in Huntly
Sunday, 2 October 2016, 6:14PMUPDATED 9.50pm: Geoff O'Sullivan was just about to put his home on the market when he heard an "almighty boom". The Huntly...