10:50 am today

Around the motu : Peter de Graaf in Northland

From Nine To Noon, 10:50 am today
A rousing performance by a combined kapa haka group, Te Aho Matua, made up of students from three kura kaupapa around Northland, opened the evening.

Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ

Peter discusses the latest events in Northland including the first ever "State of the Far North" address, the only lift at the Bay of Islands Hospital breaking down, the crowning of New Zealand's favourite plant, and the efforts of Kaitaia townspeople to prepare for the reopening of State Highway 1.

Peter de Graaf is a RNZ Northland reporter.

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