Whangārei s kiwi population set to swell with more released this weekend
9 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Pukenui Forest rangers Bevan Cramp and Ben Lovell check the microchip in the kiwi chick before its release. Photo / Tania Whyte /note
Pukenui Forest rangers Bevan Cramp and Ben Lovell check the microchip in the kiwi chick before its release. Photo / Tania Whyte /note
Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz
The kiwi bird population is set to swell by a further 20 on the Whangārei mainland this weekend with the biggest release of the year starting off the season.
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Whangārei-based MP and National Party deputy leader Shane Reti hopes to bring his colleagues to Northland for a caucus retreat another year. (File photo) As his colleagues expressed excitement in coming to Whangārei, Reti was hopeful the event could be held in Whangārei next year or in subsequent years. Other events to be shelved include a Medieval Madness carnival planned for Saturday at Whangārei’s Kiwi North museum. Also postponed is Te Taitokerau Regional Trade Hui planned for Kerikeri on February 2 and food and entertainment event Carnival on the Bridge planned for Whangārei on February 27.
Covid 19: Two positive Auckland cases confirmed by Ministry of Health
27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield heaped praise on Northland yesterday for its response to the latest community case. Photo / Getty Images
Two Aucklanders are being treated as confirmed community Covid-19 cases by the Ministry of Health.
In a statement late last night, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said it was likely the pair contracted the virus at their managed isolation facility, Auckland s Pullman Hotel - the same facility where it is believed the 56-year-old Northland woman contracted the virus on Saturday, causing mass testing in the region.