An afternoon out in the boat to dive for scallops turned into a different type of adventure for Maungataroto farmer, Logan Diamond. “I was out diving in the Whangarei Harbour at a favourite spot and had been down a few…
“You just never know when it might happen to you.” These are the wise words of Whangarei woman Monique Cherrington who knows how vital the speedy and quick service of the Northland Rescue Choppers is – and says without it,…
Dense bush, a cold day and a logistical challenge could not keep the local emergency services and the Northland Rescue Chopper crew from rescuing Gillian Archer when she slipped and fractured her ankle on a tramping trip in June. What…
Lynda Tracey is a contented woman sitting in the lunchroom of her Kaitaia work place. She’s had a crack at 25 years of life that was close to being stripped away on November 17, 1988. The young Pamapuria mother woke…
In July this year in an inter-school rugby game, thirteen year old Otamatea High School student Dietrich Von Dincklage was running towards the try line as fast as he could with the rugby ball tucked firmly under his arm. “I…
Whangarei resident, Fred van Der Merwe, was making the most of the sunny June Wednesday to mow his lawn and get his weeds under control when his jaw began to go numb. “It was strange, like a hell of a…