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Birthday honour and respect Change in directors at museum A founding family connection with The Kauri Museum at Matakohe has been underlined with the appointment …
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Addressing the issues National Party agricultural spokesperson Todd McClay accompanied Grant McCallum to Dargaville last week to discuss various topics …
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p Lou Thompson celebrated a memorable birthday with family and friends at Dargaville’s RSA during the weekend as people from around the north gathered to wish him a very happy century. A respected local farmer, horseman in the Northland Hunt and a veteran soldier who fought in the second world war, Lou marked his 100th birthday with accolades from King Charles and a prestigious award presented by RSA representative David Gilbert.
Revitalising ‘a Cinderella province’ u by Andy Bryenton
Dargaville’s Lighthouse Function Centre was packed to capacity and beyond last weekend as New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and local candidate Shane Jones addressed the neglect of Northland and plans to revitalise the province.
A heart for Kaihū
Manjeet Kaur and Sukhmeet Singh have been inundated with support from the local community and those afar following the fire that devastated their …
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The crowd of more than 200 citizens, including Kaipara’s mayor and some civic councillors, listened to Mr Peters outline some of the policies his party is advancing for the forthcoming general
election. There was time to ask questions of the veteran parliamentarian following his speech. “For decades, this has been a Cinderella province, so to speak,” said Mr
Peters. “If you look around the Northern Wairoa, and indeed all of Northland, you can see the lack of infrastructure. continued on page 3 …
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