Articles by Peter de Graaf, Northern Advocate
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Crime
Northland petrol station stabbing: Man who attacked gang member over stolen car gets 12 months' home D
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 12:44pmA former Northland man who repeatedly stabbed a gang member on a service station forecourt in a dispute over a stolen car...
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World
'Looking into the gates of Hades': Kiwi at NSW holiday park
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 8:30pm"It was like looking into the gates of Hades" — that's how a Northland woman describes the 25-metre-high flames advancing...
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National
Tributes flow for 'bubbly, positive' teen who died of meningococcal
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 3:45pmHundreds of people are expected at a memorial service this Saturday for a well-liked Kerikeri teenager and aspiring St John...
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Crime
Upset family hand over second suspect in 82-year-old's bashing
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 9:10pmThe second suspect behind the brutal robbery of an 82-year-old Kerikeri man has been handed over to police by his upset family. The...
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Crime
Woman charged with murder after Moerewa stabbing
Monday, 17 September 2018, 11:41amA woman has been charged with murder in relation to a fatal stabbing in Moerewa. The woman, 46, is due to appear in the Whangarei...
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Upper North Island
New Zealand's oldest oak tree dies at Waimate North
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 8:19pmNew Zealand's oldest oak tree has died at the grand old age of 194. The old oak, in Northland, survived fire, witnessed the...
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National
People power forces stores to pull meth pipes from sale
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 10:24amTwo discount stores in Northland have pulled glass pipes from their shelves after a couple's anti-drug campaign went viral. Last...
