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Introducing new Northland Regional councillor Terry Archer 19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Terry Archer successful NRC byelection candidate at home Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz Three decades' involvement in Northland's port industry will be put to good use by New Zealand's newest regional councillor. Terry Archer (69), former Northland Harbour Board general manager then Northland Port Corporation chief executive, this week became a Northland Regional councillor after winning the council's Whangārei urban byelection. S...

Terry Archer wins Northland Regional Council byelection 17 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM 2 minutes to read Terry Archer has won the Northland Regional Council (NRC) Whangārei urban byelection. Photo / Supplied Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz Former Northland Port Corporation chief executive Terry Archer has won the Northland Regional Council (NRC) Whangārei urban byelection. Archer, 69, won the constituency byelection ahead of seven other candidates in voting which closed at noon today. "I'm excited about it. I am looking forward to contr...

Terry Archer. Photo: Supplied / Northern Advocate Archer, 69, won the constituency by-election ahead of seven other candidates in voting which closed at midday Wednesday. "I'm excited about it. I am looking forward to contributing to the future of the NRC and Northland," Archer said. "I was elected in the Whangārei urban constituency but see my constituency as being the whole of Northland." The Whangārei horse breeder's 1671 votes were 37 percent ahead of the candidate with the next-highest voting numbers, Darleen Tana Hoff-Nielsen, who received 1217 votes. Crichton Christie received 772 v...

Northland news in brief: House fire confirmed as arson; and Bark in the Park on again 12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read A Whangārei firefighter dampening down the remains of a house in Kaka St, Ahipara, that was an arson attack. Northern Advocate The cause of a fire that ripped through an Ahipara home leaving little more than a rear wall standing was arson, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says. Fire investigator Craig Bain confirmed the fire, which started inside the Kaka St house on the lower level, was deliberately lit on Thursday. Bain said their inquiries were ongoing. The alarm wa...

Northland Regional Council byelection - candidates' meeting 5 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 4 minutes to read The candidates for the Northland Regional Council's Whangārei urban constituency byelection at a public meeting in Whangārei on Thursday. Photo / Susan Botting The candidates for the Northland Regional Council's Whangārei urban constituency byelection at a public meeting in Whangārei on Thursday. Photo / Susan Botting Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz Almost 30,000 people across Whangārei have the chance to influence how Northlan...