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About 500 people evacuated to Whangārei Primary School today, among them were about 100 Whangārei District Council staff and central city workers. Whangārei Primary School. Photo: Google Maps WDC staff evacuated about 9am, going up to their designated Whangārei Primary School evacuation point from about 9.20am and checking at the school gates with the Covid tracer app. About 500 people had converged on the evacuation site, many had been able to go from there to family or friends during the four hours of the evacuation period. Rob Forlong, Whangārei District Council (WDC) chief executive...

Ngāpuhi wood chopping legend Jason Wynyard shines bright at awards 14 Feb, 2021 05:10 PM 3 minutes to read Champion axeman Jason Wynyard competing at his home marae, Karetu, in 1997. Photo / John Stone Northland Age By: Adam Pearse Eleven of New Zealand's most influential Māori athletes of the past 30 years are Ngāpuhi, according to the recent Māori Sports Awards, five more than the next most common iwi , Ngāti Porou. One more athlete from Ngāti Hine took Te Tai Tokerau's contribution to the list to 12, five of them in the top 10, although top spot on the list went to Ōhope's double Ol...

From The Tribune staff reports TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club announced that Trussville Police Chief Eric Rush will be the featured speaker at its Feb. 17 meeting. “Chief Rush is responsible for the overall supervision and administration of the Police Department,” said Diane Poole, with the Rotary Club. “The Chief makes departmental policy and procedure, as well as overseeing personnel matters. Chief Rush reports to the Mayor.” Rush has been with the department since 1996. He was appointed Chief in 2018. The Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. on the first through fourth W...

By Erica Thomas, managing editor TRUSSVILLE — The city of Trussville is in talks with Walmart’s district asset protection leaders about how to make the area safer for shoppers. The meetings were spurred after a shooting on Feb. 2. No one was hurt in the shooting and police arrested 20-year-old Jordan Christopher Harris. Harris is now charged with attempted murder, criminal mischief second-degree and reckless endangerment. After the shooting, Police Chief Eric Rush said he mobilized a specialized unit to fight crime around Walmart. He also said he would like Walmart to provide funding for ...

By Erica Thomas, managing editor TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Council approved a revised version of an agreement with Trussville City Schools concerning the use of properties between the two entities. During its regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, the council unanimously approved the Reciprocal Use Agreement with TCS. In the agreement, the City and TCS agree to “memorialize their longstanding informal reciprocal use agreement in writing to facilitate better understanding of each party’s role in the continued relationship between the parties and to organize, to promote, and to ...