It's a long way from Motatau to America - but it's a journey a group of kids from this remote Northland valley are determined to make to compete with the best in underwater robotics.
Cyberbullying in the spotlight at Kerikeri event
14 May, 2021 05:15 PM
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Netsafe says cyberbullying isn t more prevalent than it was 10 years ago but new technology has given bullies potent new methods for harassment. Photo / NZME
Netsafe says cyberbullying isn t more prevalent than it was 10 years ago but new technology has given bullies potent new methods for harassment. Photo / NZME
Online safety group Netsafe is holding an information session in Kerikeri next week
to help parents protect their kids from cyberbullying. While Netsafe says the proportion of young people subjected to cyberbullying has been fairly steady over the past decade, new technology has created more potent tools for bullies.
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Bay of Islands College parent Erika Kihau, pictured with her youngest son Tuhawaiki Ngawati-Kihau, says students are too immature to have cellphones. The ban has been welcomed by parents of the students spoken to by
Stuff. One mother, Erika Kihau, said the ban should have happened a long time ago. “Fights are caused by phones – they [the students] are getting into fights so they can record them.” The fight scenes are then posted onto social media, Kihau said.
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Bay of Islands College student Bailee Nankivell says she doesn t use her cellphone during the day, but finds it useful after school.
Northland news in brief: State highway work resumes; and marae reopening postponed
25 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Work has restarted on all State Highway roadworks in Northland after the holiday break, including the new roundabout at Kawakawa, above, at the intersection of SH1 and SH11.
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Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is taking advantage of continued fine weather in Northland to push ahead with its summer road maintenance programme.
All the agency s crews are back at work after the Christmas holiday break but will stay off the roads on the Fridays before Auckland Anniversary Weekend- Friday, January 29 - and the Waitangi Day Weekend - Friday, February 5 - to minimise disruption for holiday traffic.
Northland news in brief: Charges laid against Stan Semenoff, fishing competition calls for support
20 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Ex-mayor faces charges
The Northland Regional Council has laid two charges against former Whangārei mayor Stan Semenoff in relation to allegedly discharging contaminants into the air, in contravention of the Resource Management Act. No pleas were taken when his case was called in the Whangārei District Court yesterday and the next callover is on February 15. NRC is alleging Semenoff burnt waste, including tyres, plastic, metal cable, PVC piping, iron, fence posts, plywood from an industrial or trade premises on South End Ave in June last year. The maximum penalty for the alleged offence is jail not exceeding two years or a maximum fine of $300,000.