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Northland farmers say their cows and livelihoods are suffering as drawn-out power cuts have prevented them from milking their herds. Cyclone Gabrielle’s se
Local Democracy Reporting talks to outgoing Kaipara mayor Dr Jason Smith about his life before he became mayor and his time leading the district as he plans to step down and stand for central government.
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Fonterra milk price wins over shareholders philosophical about dividend impact 15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Recovering company Fonterra is to post half-year results on Wednesday. Photo / File Even the likelihood of a crunched dividend in Fonterra's mid-year results this week sounds unlikely to dim growing optimism among the big dairy cooperative's farmer owners. Buoyed by confidence in new leadership and anticipation of a full cream milk price for the 2020-2021 year, shareholders are confident Wednesday's interim results will bolster their slowly rebuilding faith...
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Meet Dot Gorrie, Northland's most prolific council meeting attendee 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Kaipara's Dot Gorrie - Northland's most prolific council meeting attendee. Photo / Susan Botting Dorothy (Dot) Gorrie reckons she is not addicted to attending council meetings. But she has been to about 60 in the past three decades, is now seeing Kaipara District Council's sixth mayor in action and has watched eight different council elections come and go, with new councillor line-ups each time. The septuagenarian is Northland's most prolific council meeting attendee, going to almost al...