Yachts moored at Whangārei Town Basin with the Hundertwasser Arts Centre in the background Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
Susan Botting is in Northland where Whangarei District Council is pushing back against a 2022 Government directive to fluoridate its council-supplied drinking water.
The council has voted to hold off for now on awarding the main contract to make the job happen.
.And a 13,000-strong crowd has turned up to celebrate the Whangarei Maritime Festival. Those numbers make it one of Northland's biggest events.
