Critically injured woman s condition improving after Waipapa accident
12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The injured woman is loaded into the Northland Rescue Helicopter at the Kerikeri Sports Complex landing zone. Photo / Peter de Graaf
The injured woman is loaded into the Northland Rescue Helicopter at the Kerikeri Sports Complex landing zone. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Northland woman critically injured while crossing State Highway 10 near Waipapa remains in intensive care but by late yesterday her life was no longer in danger.
The 74-year-old was struck by a car at 11am on Friday near Pataka Lane about 1.5km south of the Waipapa roundabout.
Paihia residents plead for police presence in Northland s main tourist town
10 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Paihia resident Morgan Pollock, with former police inspector Denis Orme, is calling for Paihia s police station to be reopened. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Paihia resident Morgan Pollock, with former police inspector Denis Orme, is calling for Paihia s police station to be reopened. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Paihia residents alarmed by what they say is a rise in crime during the Covid pandemic are calling for their mothballed police station to be reopened.