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Engineering creativity STEMs from Northland schools EPro8 challenge
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Andrew Thiele (EPro8), with Marshall Robinson, Finlay Jang, Ben Barton, Henry Childs, from Parua Bay School s Jimbob Tribe , Steve Macmillan from Northpower, at the Whangārei EPro8 challenge heat.
Andrew Thiele (EPro8), with Marshall Robinson, Finlay Jang, Ben Barton, Henry Childs, from Parua Bay School s Jimbob Tribe , Steve Macmillan from Northpower, at the Whangārei EPro8 challenge heat.
Northern Advocate
Seventeen Northland school teams will compete for the top honours in the Northpower EPro8 STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) competition this week.
Last week, 77 teams from 26 Northland schools competed in seven EPro8 heats at Dargaville and Whangārei Intermediate schools.
Northland news in brief: Alleged kidnapper denied bail; water restrictions eased
7 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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A woman charged with kidnapping after an incident at the Paihia ASB in November has been denied bail.
A woman charged with kidnapping after an incident at the Paihia ASB in November has been denied bail.
Northern Advocate
A woman charged with kidnapping after an incident at the Paihia ASB in November has once again been denied bail. Billy-Joe Witehira, 35, of Paihia, appeared in the Kaikohe District Court last week charged with kidnapping, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a pistol, and discharging a firearm. She was arrested shortly after an incident in which a Paihia business owner was allegedly forced to withdraw money from an ATM. Her partner and alleged co-offender, Cayne Martin-Brown, 22, was seriously injured in a crash at Moerewa later the same day. Witehira s request for electronic bail was declined and she was further remanded