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Northlanders count down days to family reunions as bookings trickle in ahead of travel bubble 13 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 6 minutes to read Patrick and Pandora Tetai cant wait to see their two sons and their moko in Sydney. Photo / Tania Whyte Patrick and Pandora Tetai cant wait to see their two sons and their moko in Sydney. Photo / Tania Whyte Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocates feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat Northlanders are crossing their fingers and toes th...

East coast communities respond to tsunami warnings © RNZ / Ella Stewart Communities in tsunami zones on the east coast of the North Island have been scrambling to move to safety, with civil leaders urging residents keep up-to-date with news and alerts. The second and third earthquakes to hit off the New Zealand coast have prompted the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to issue another tsunami warning. The most recent and biggest quake - a 8.1 magnitude seismic event which happened ...

Northland Tsunami Alert: Supermarket, Treaty Grounds to rescue of Paihia evacuees 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read Treaty Grounds staff, from left, Nineke Metz, Bayley Moor and Mori Rapana make sure the evacuees dont go hungry. Photo / Peter de Graaf Treaty Grounds staff, from left, Nineke Metz, Bayley Moor and Mori Rapana make sure the evacuees dont go hungry. Photo / Peter de Graaf Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvoca...

Brazilian couple Edna and Ole Gasper from Tauranga were celebrating their first trip to Waitangi. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff Waka groups practice for the big celebration on Saturday. They said it was important to be at Waitangi for New Zealands most significant occasion. New research by the Waitangi National Trust showed more than half of New Zealanders have never been to the birthplace of the nation, and visitation is lower among young people. “We wanted to be connected to the spirit of Wai...

What led to the signing of the most important document in New Zealands history? It’s known as the “birthplace of our nation”, but more than half of Kiwis have never visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, new research shows. For younger New Zealanders, the visit rate is even lower: Just 33 per cent of under 40s who responded to a nationwide survey of 1000 Kiwi adults released by the Waitangi National Trust this February said they have visited the grounds. Supplied The Waitangi Treaty Grou...

High school students work with FGCU researchers to combat climate change Two-year grant from Southwest Florida Community Foundation supports work By Annie Hubbell The global pandemic will go down in history as the defining event of 2020. But it was also a year of extreme weather events that caught the attention of Florida Gulf Coast University researchers and their high school protégés. Raging wildfires consumed large parts of the U.S. west coast and Australia. The Atlantic hurricane season e...

Northland travel agents cautiously excited about travel bubbles with Australia and Cook Islands 15 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Quarantine-free travel bubbles with Australia and the Cook Islands could happen early next year if everything goes to plan. Photo / File Quarantine-free travel bubbles with Australia and the Cook Islands could happen early next year if everything goes to plan. Photo / File Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocates feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.n...