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New community playground for Kaipara's tiny Te Kōpuru (opens the original)
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Te Kōpuru School students (from left) Katalaeya Hetaraka, Kayla McKenzie and Navaya Lawrence hang out on the playground's new rope bridge. Photo / KDC Families in the tiny rural Kaipara hamlet of Te Kōpuru have a new place to gather, play and picnic following the completion of a nature-inspired playground and community space. On the site of the township’s former bowling green, the 10-month $100,000 Te Kōpuru domain project has transformed the area into a multipurpose recreation space featuring s
Intensive care specialist questions Whangārei airport rescue helicopter location (opens the original)
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A rescue helicopter at Whangārei Airport in Onerahi. Photo / Sarah Curtis An intensive care specialist involved in helicopter patient transfers has questioned the benefits of Northland’s rescue helicopter base at Whangārei Airport. The criticism comes as Northern Rescue Helicopter (NRHL) makes its first formal bid to secure a permanent future in Onerahi, despite ongoing noise complaints from neighbours. Whangārei Hospital intensive care consultant Dr Stefan Wiese, an airport neighbour, said basi
Intensive care specialist questions Whangārei airport rescue helicopter location (opens the original)
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A rescue helicopter at Whangārei Airport in Onerahi. Photo / Sarah Curtis An intensive care specialist involved in helicopter patient transfers has questioned the benefits of Northland’s rescue helicopter base at Whangārei Airport. The criticism comes as Northern Rescue Helicopter (NRHL) makes its first formal bid to secure a permanent future in Onerahi, despite ongoing noise complaints from neighbours. Whangārei Hospital intensive care consultant Dr Stefan Wiese, an airport neighbour, said basi
'Jolted awake again': Airport noise complaints stay steady despite drop in incidents (opens the original)
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Whangārei airport neighbours say they are still being plagued by sleepless nights, despite efforts to reduce noise. The airport boosted its sound control measures after ongoing rescue helicopter noise complaints, but the latest six-monthly report showed complaints remained steady despite a nearly 30% drop in reported noise incidents. Sleep disruption remained the dominant concern for locals, with 122 noise complaints relating to 142 separate incidents between February 1 and July 31, the Whangāre
Far North councillor removed from Māori committee after iwi complaint (opens the original)
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Councillor Davina Smolders debates her future on Far North District Council's Māori relations committee in Kaikohe on Thursday. Photo / Susan Botting Far North District Council has voted to remove councillor Davina Smolders from its Te Kuaka Māori strategic relationships committee five months after she was elected to it. Councillors voted 7-3 to remove Smolders from Te Kuaka at the council’s meeting in Kaikohe on Thursday. The move followed a formal complaint from Te Kahu o Taonui (Northland Iwi
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