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Covid 19 coronavirus: Northland businesses nervous wait
24 Jan, 2021 05:40 PM
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Focus Live: Health officials reveal more information about a probable community case of Covid-19 in Northland.
Focus Live: Health officials reveal more information about a probable community case of Covid-19 in Northland.
RNZ
Northland businesses are anxiously waiting to hear whether a community outbreak of Covid results from a woman who has tested positive for the virus travelling widely in the region.
The Northland Chamber of Commerce predicted hundreds of staff won t come into work today after the 56-year-old woman visited about 30 locations across lower Northland and north Auckland.
Supplied
Rotten teeth being extracted from a young child who had been drinking large amounts of sugary juice (file pic). On councils everyone was “quite political”, while on DHBs half were elected and half appointed, and boards also tended to follow health advice much more, while on councils decisions were usually politically based, Keown said. The science was in favour of fluoridation, and health boards needed to communicate that to the people in their area. “I would not vote for it until we had the public on our side.” While some people were strongly opposed to fluoride “by far the large majority don’t seem to have a view on it. That’s what we need to change.”
Sparks fly at public meeting in Northland to discuss satellite station
20 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Part of a large group of Bream Bay residents turned up to hear Great South executives outline their plan for a ground satellite station.
Photo / Imran Ali
Part of a large group of Bream Bay residents turned up to hear Great South executives outline their plan for a ground satellite station.
Photo / Imran Ali
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Irate residents opposed to a satellite ground station in their backyard just south of Whangārei demanded the agency behind the venture take their plans for a base to communicate with spacecraft elsewhere.
Mayor Sheryl Mai: Freedom camping front of mind for Whangārei councillors as summer rolls on
17 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Freedom campers at a site in Whangārei in 2016. The global pandemic s most noticeable impact this summer has been the lack of international tourists, especially at freedom camping sites. Photo / File
Freedom campers at a site in Whangārei in 2016. The global pandemic s most noticeable impact this summer has been the lack of international tourists, especially at freedom camping sites. Photo / File
FROM THE MAYOR S DESK
What a welcome to 2021 we ve had – glorious weather, just enough rain to top up the tanks and uncrowded, warm-water, white sand beaches. With everything that s happening in the rest of the world, it