Podcasts about Northlanders

Drought, record-breaking rainfall, a cyclone and even a tornado - Northlanders have seen it all in 2025. Peter de Graaf reports.

When it comes to fishing on Lake Superior, many Northlanders are HOOKED from the very first bite, and with a body of water as grand as the great lake, you might need to call in a little help. For that, look no further than Happy Hooker Charters, the oldest and largest charter fishing company on this side of the lake, operating out of the exact same slip as the William A. Irvin in Canal Park for the most Duluth experience possible. Complete with seven charters, it's the team that is the real catch here, serving the community since 1976 with over eighty years of combined fishing experience on Lake Superior, and extensive knowledge and rare techniques rarely found with any charter business. Needless to say, Happy Hooker Charters is the REEL deal. Today, members Riley Leslie and Jamie Cotner are here to explain what makes Happy Hooker Charters the best in the business.

Good news for Northlanders - as the Government settles on the Northern Expressway option. The new route will run from Warkworth, and be built over the Brynderwyn Hills east of the current route, then through Whangārei. The road across the Brynderwyns has suffered continued closures, since 2023's severe weather. NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan says it's tipped to be a costly project - but a new road is needed. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kia Ora allIn this episode your hosts Hayden, Mal, and Dwayne recapped their awesome weekend at the 2025 Tarawera Ultra Trail by UTMB.The team also shared other Northlanders results accross all the races. And Running ICKS also makes its triumphant return!Show Notes:Follow Mal on Instagram @swallowthebugFollow Warrick on Instagram @Wazza_Swim.Bike.RunRun Adjacent is proudly supported by Trek Trail and Fish, the runners candy store. If shopping online be sure to use my discount code for 10% off your order. The discount code is: RA10Be sure to like, follow or subscribe and if your platform allows leave a rating and review.Follow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramIf you like Run Adjacent and value its impact please consider buying us a coffee, funds raised help keep the lights on, and any additional funds will be invested into the Northland Running Community! BUY ME A COFFEENot on social media but want to get in touch? Email: Haydenmbell@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A famous musician shares the weird question she asks on a first date and Northlanders weigh in! Your air fryer might be listening to you, and a sweet pup named Susie needs your help.

This is the brain child of three Year 13 students in our Entertainment and Event Technology class. Join Jamie, Declan and Dan as they interview three well known Northlanders and ask them about their lives, play a short game and get them to answer fun, hypothetical questions. We are aiming for this to be a legacy project - passing the wero onto future senior ākonga at Kerikeri High School. Today we sat down with Moko Tepania, discussing his time teaching, learning about his past, and hearing about his journey becoming the Mayor of the Far North.  

Changes are coming to a Walmart store near you, and the average Minnesotan loses about 43 minutes of sleep over this each year. Can you relate? Northlanders weigh in on the best places to see fall colors.

Just a few short years ago, the news landscape in Duluth changed in the best way when WDIO launched an award-winning afternoon lifestyle program, the first of its kind in the Duluth area. The Lift has certainly lived up to its name since its debut in September of 2022, offering a much-needed midday pick-me-up (or 'lift') to Northlanders everywhere. The secret to that success? Host Baihly Warfield, a longtime anchor, reporter and producer who brings her passion for the community to our television screens every weekday afternoon. Get to know the familiar face behind the camera in this new episode.

Theses are the Minnesota cities where the most charming and chivalrous men live. When do Northlanders think the first frost will hit? Plus, how you can meet a Wahlberg brother this week!

Compensation may be on the way for Northlanders affected by a massive power outage last month. Local MP Grant McCullum has been asking Transpower to compensate people with discounted transmission fees for a year. Nearly 100,000 people lost power when a tower toppled after maintenance crews unbolted three legs of a pylon at once. McCullum says Transpower acknowledged to him it owes the region. "We've just got to work out what that looks like. It would be fair to say that they made a suggestion, I made one, they were a bit further apart - but they're going to go back and talk to the board. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Kiwiblog writer and Curia pollster David Farrar and Auckland Councillor Richard Hills joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! The Ministry of Social Development has confirmed benefit sanctions rose 53 percent in the June quarter, compared to the year before. Is the tougher approach the way to go to reduce unemployment? On top of a rocky campaign, President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid. Is this the last straw for him? Does he need to step down? There's concern from experts after Associate Health Minister Casey Costello ordered a 50 percent cut to excise tax on heated tobacco products. What do we make of this? Northland's Grant McCullum is calling on Transpower to compensate Northlanders with discounted transmission fees after last month's infamous outage. Will this help? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Northland's MP says a business lost almost half a million dollars thanks to the recent major power cut. Grant McCullum is calling on Transpower to compensate Northlanders with discounted transmission fees for a year. Nearly 100,000 people lost power last month when a tower toppled after maintenance crews unbolted three legs of a pylon at once. McCullum says a big timber mill had to shut for five days - costing it nearly $500,000. "This is an opportunity for all Northlanders to get something back, because everyone was affected. Whether it was your people at home having cold showers - or that sort of thing." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last month saw Northlanders cut off from the power grid due to a fallen pylon.  Kevin Milne has been keeping an eye on the coverage this week, and finds Transpower's statement about why the pylon fell rather humorous.   He thinks their "It's unprecedented that so many nuts were removed at once" will be remembered like the Kiwi classic, "You have to blow on the pie."  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Northlanders' electricity supply is back at full capacity, although the network is still in a fragile state. Transpower has reconnected one of the region's two 220-kilovolt circuits, propping it up with a temporary pylon. The other line remains trapped under a fallen tower. As a result, Transpower says the risk of short power cuts is higher than usual. Nobody from Transpower would join us on the programme today. Northpower's chief executive Andrew McLeod spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

On today's episode, Aratere - the Interislander ferry that ran aground in Picton Harbour on Friday - is now docked in Picton, Northlanders' electricity supply is back at full capacity, although the network is still in a fragile state, the police are creating new Community Beat Teams in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, Saturday night was a big night for long-time Blues fan Mark Clayton.

The Electricity Authority says Northlanders deserve answers - as it launches an investigation into a toppled electricity tower.   The region experienced outages yesterday after a transmission tower fell down northwest of Auckland.  Transpower says its workers were carrying out maintenance at the time and has started an investigation.  Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper told Heather du Plessis-Allan “It knocked out power to 100,000 users.”   Soper said “Simeon Brown was there today – he said the event was completely unacceptable.”  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She's been a tough few months for Northland businesses and residents.    First, we had the Brynderwyns closing. State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills is finally set to open ahead of Matariki weekend after 17 weeks and three days. Lots of diversions, lots and lots of trucks on roads that where they really, really shouldn't be, and the crews have been working as hard as they can, but it's been slip after slip after slip. They've been trying to clear those and strengthen the road and shore up the hills.   And then yesterday, we had the massive power outage. Nearly 100,000 people spent the day without electricity in Northland after a transmission tower linking the region to the rest of the country fell over. And like, quite literally, fell over - collapsed. Power was restored to most of the region last night, but consumers were asked to conserve electricity and warned that their hot water cylinders would remain off while the amount of energy getting into the area was limited. Transpower said this morning that while power has now been restored to the majority of residential customers, full power would not be restored until over the weekend. Having a place in the Hokianga I'm used to power outages occurring, you know relatively often, but they're usually sporadic, they're usually easily resolved.  It's a bit of fun camping until the power comes back on, not so much fun when you're a business that is utterly dependent on power.   The transmission tower collapse, which happened in Glorit, about 45kms west of Warkworth, happened at the same time as another circuit connecting Northland to the grid was down for maintenance. So basically, the whole region was completely and utterly on its own. Northland MP Grant McCullum said this highlights how fragile the infrastructure in Northland is and he said it was the very last thing that Northlanders needed, which was a sentiment echoed by Darren Fischer, North Chamber CEO, Chamber of Commerce.  “Spoke to some of our more regional business associations yesterday and how they described it is, this not the knockout blow for a lot of small businesses, it's certainly a standing 8 count. You know it could be very well one of the things that just keep piling on top of some of these small employers you know.”  Yeah, it's tough. Thank heavens the Brynderwyns road will be open, thanks to NZTA, for Matariki weekend to give the businesses a much-needed boost.   But is it just the nature of the beast? Is it the nature of nature, if you will? There's not much you can do when there are massive landslips, or is there? Should there have been more investment in shoring up the sides of the hills and strengthening the roads before you absolutely had to? Have we been putting infrastructure on the back burner right around the country, but for far, far too long? Putting it off where we can, generation after generation. This is not on one government; this isn't even really on one generation. Have we been taking infrastructure for granted? And now we're seeing the result of that. I mean Northlands suffering at the moment, but there'll be other regions of that you can be sure.   When you are utterly dependent really on one road, one major highway in and out for the transportation of goods and the transportation of services, when there are any frailties or when nature decides that it's going to have its say, there's not much you can do. You have to cobble together detours and patch in highways. When you are utterly dependent on one or two sources of power when one goes, you're stuffed.   Are we too small to be able to have even a 98% confident reliance on our infrastructure? Are we simply too small? Our population mass is too small. We certainly don't have the money right now, but then what were we doing in the previous years? Or is it just Northland that is the forgotten child? The one who's been left behind while the rest of the country has agitated for more power, more resources, more money. I think there'd be plenty of regions that would argue they've been forgotten, so I don't think that's the answer. Northlanders might feel a bit bereft having been promised bridges that didn't turn up. Having been left pretty much isolated from the rest of the country with the Brynderwyns closed. Is it just the nature of New Zealand's terrain, or has it been poor decision making from those who should know better? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken tests Lauren's knowledge on the upcoming Paris Olympics - and you may learn a thing or two! A famous local business is closing, and Northlanders weigh in on the grossest thing you can do on an airplane.

Would you contribute to a divorce registry? Northlanders weigh in! Gas prices are dropping in Minnesota, and a famous comedian is coming to the DECC!

Northlanders like to think they punch above their weight, with the region producing many a winner in the sporting, creative and political arenas. But now a young Northlander has topped the nation in an even more important contest, as reporter Peter de Graaf discovers.

Experts reveal the top five pieces of love advice in honor of Valentine's Day. This is the most common gift Northlanders will get for the holiday, and how you can take part in the Polar Plunge this weekend!

It's fair to say that we all love nothing better than to complain about what gets up our collective noses right?   Whether it's the weather, a perennial go to over a cuppa with friends or the cost of living; we've all got something to say – and we love letting others know how we feel.   But there's a big difference between whingeing to your mates and taking that step forward towards action that'll make a difference. Although there's not a great deal any of us can do about the weather; other issues that simmer close to the surface have got many of us taking photos and demanding action from our local councils.   Good luck getting any action out of Upper Hutt or Wellington City Councils. But there's a massive difference around the country about what we complain about, and the timelines taken to get things sorted.   Some of the regular offenders on the list for councils to deal with are things like neighbour's trees impinging across boundaries, overflowing rubbish bins, and stuff mounting up around charity clothing bins.  The ‘Snap Send Solve' app used by councils across the country received 106,979 reports over the course of last year. If you're a photo snapper of offending situations, I'm sure you'll know about this avenue for complaining.   Wellington features with 273 complaints relating to water leaks, along with the associated photo evidence. Northlanders sent in 383 snaps and complaints about their pothole collection.  You'd think Auckland would be up there with the biggest number of complaints to council, right? Wrong. Auckland sent in 10,198 complaints to council. The biggest city of whingers turns out to be… wait for it… this may shock the pearls of your necklace… Christchurch.   I was as shocked as you are! Yes indeed, Cantabrians sent in a whopping 10,833 complaints to their council. The stuff that got up the noses of the good people of Canterbury were broken water pipes, graffiti, tree issues, and potholes too.   Now of course, some councillors will say that some of these complaints were unnecessary, and some were genuinely useful; my message to you is simple: don't stop whingeing!    When you see something that's broken, overflowing, or graffiti where it shouldn't be – which is anywhere you see it – get stuck in! Take those photos! Fire up your councils ‘Snap, Send, Solve' app and lodge it all with them.   If we continue to slip into this insidious malaise of ‘she'll be right' lackadaisical stupidity, then things will only get worse. I'm sure there's nothing more a council would like to see than having no complaints to deal with.   Pick your battles though. Don't use this as a means to create your own version of war with your spiteful neighbour from hell… the one who always plays The Bee Gees at full volume when they're on the gin and tonics, late into the night.   We shouldn't tolerate graffiti. We definitely shouldn't tolerate valuable clean water running down the road. We've been conditioned to accepting mediocrity over recent years. If we don't complain, why should we expect anything get better? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bienvenidos a un nuevo programa de la Biblioteca del Multiverso con dos cómics a comentar, Northlanders de Brian Wood y varios dibujantes y Marvel Edad Oscura de Tom Taylor e Iban Coello. En este último programa del año, os desean felices fiestas los bibliotecarios al completo, Soulman, Largo, Duna Reader y rfa. Ojo, que al final tenemos unas tomas falsas que esperemos os hagan reir. Esperamos que os guste el programa, que lo disfrutéis y no os olvidéis de recomendarlo. Muchas gracias Multiversers. Sección de rico spam con cosas comentadas durante el programa: Northlanders: https://www.eccediciones.com/comic/northlanders-la-saga-completa Edad Oscura: https://www.panini.es/shp_esp_es/la-edad-oscura-1-de-6-sedos001-es01.html (Estas son los enlaces a las preventas, podrían estar ya cerradas, pero buscad en https://karrascomics.com/comics/ y seguro que los encontráis) Bribones v5: https://karrascomics.com/producto/preventa-bribones-la-sombra-sobre-gerada-ed-extendida/ Sangre bárbara ed. Salvaje: https://karrascomics.com/producto/preventa-sangre-barbara-ed-salvaje/ Unleash: https://karrascomics.com/producto/preventa-unleash/ El Descampao - Especiales Vikingos: https://www.ivoox.com/descampao-especiales-vikingos_bk_list_1583961_1.html Northlanders (Datos técnicos) - 32:59 Northlanders (Comentarios) - 43-54 Anuncio - 1:13:30 Edad oscura (Datos técnicos) - 1:15:59 Edad oscura (Comentarios) - 1:24:11 Tomas falsas - 1:54:03 Si quieres entrar en nuestro club de lectura de cómics en Telegram: https://t.me/+WRw95ehhNLlf_60p

In Whangarei, young lawyer Keegan Jones has set up a clinic for people who may need legal help but are unsure where to start. Since graduating with a double Bachelor's degree in law and commerce last year, Keegan Jones has established a clinic which follows a Kaupapa Maori approach. He says it's a service to support whanau who may need a lawyer, don't know how to engage one, or may have difficulty covering the costs. Keegan Jones says the iwi-based free legal clinic aims to reduce barriers to justice through a te ao Maori lens.

A new initiative is aiming to break down barriers holding Northlanders back from signing up for the police. The plan doesn't include donuts, but it does involve a lot of coffee. Northland reporter Peter de Graaf went to find out more.

Wallace and panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anna Dean discuss the troubling state of cousnelling in schools, a new heavy-duty ambulance capable of carrying patients up to 400kg. Also, we speak to a councillor pleading for Northlanders to leave the beanbags at home when heading to the beach.

Hollywood proves this is the number one thing you should ask your partner before getting married, and listeners weigh in with their own love stories. Two new streaming services are upping their prices, and Northlanders help Ken with his crockpot dilemma.

In the heart of Duluth's Lincoln Park neighborhood sits not one but two incredible businesses, both unique and both brimming with feelings of community from the minute you walk through the door. That's no coincidence: both the Duluth Folk School and Dovetail Cafe & Marketplace were co-founded by Carmel DeMaioribus, a Wisconsin native who planted roots in the area years ago. She's made her mark since, helping to open and run the two popular businesses, one which teaches Northlanders everything from making your own herbal remedies to restoring old canoes. The other? A spot that dishes up an authentic Duluth experience in an entirely different way, a casual cafe serving up handcrafted food, delicious coffee and crisp brews. Carmel joins us on this episode to talk about how both businesses came to be and how they work together to help create the quintessential Northland experience.

Ken's dog got sprayed with a skunk and he details the whole incident, while asking for Northlanders to weigh in with tips on getting rid of the smell. Plus, what to know about Grandma's Marathon and the poor air quality, and what to know about Superior's big Fourth of July celebration.

Lauren breaks down the latest TikTok dating trend called 'beige flags' and shares her own. Ken asks for advice on getting his daughter a smartphone and Northlanders share their tips, and the new iPhone update has some very interesting new features.

Ken and Lauren talk about the things Northlanders want in a first date, good looks not included. The first ACM Award winners have been announced, along with some special collaborations for the show. It's National Concert Week which means discounted concert tickets for shows in the Twin Ports!

Lauren shares the number one sign a couple is divorce bound, according to an expert, and it's definitely not what you think! Northlanders weigh in on what businesses should come to the Twin Ports, and a great grandma lives out a teenage wish.

Programa semanal de actualidad, entrevistas y novedades sobre juegos de mesa, rol, cómics, ciencia ficción, fantasía y ocio alternativo del equipo de Cero en Cordura. En el programa de esta semana hablamos de: CÓMICS: - Cuaderno de arena”, de Ramón K. Pérez, basado en guión de Jim Henson y Jerry Juhl (Norma) - “Northlanders” de Brian Wood (ECC) - La Turra de Angouleme: “La niña que fuí” Charlotte Blazy, Joseph Safieddine, Renart SERIES Y CINE: - Atómica (Atomic Blonde) (Filmin) - Caso cerrado (Prime Video) - Super Mario Bros: La película VIDEOJUEGOS: - Project Zomboid JUEGOS DE MESA Y ROL: - Savage Worlds: Interface Zero La pregunta polifriki de la semana - Periodos históricos en los juegos de rol: ¿Espejo liso o deformado? Si te apetece seguir comentando con nosotros los temas de cada semana, únete a nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/Polifrikeo

Ken and Lauren disagree on Duluth's record-breaking winter & Northlanders weigh in. Plus, a country star released a shady new music video about his famous ex, and an actor from The Office is coming to Minnesota.

The Prime Minister has spent the day with cyclone responders in Te Tai Tokerau telling Northlanders they have not been forgotten. He was confronted with stories of some of our poorest households cut off with limited road access, no power, internet or food amid a cost of living crisis. Sam Olley filed this report from Whangārei.

Hundreds of Northlanders are still having to get by without electricity more than week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit. In the Kaipara district alone - there were 300 properties still cut off yesterday- some first lost power nine days ago. Sam Olley reports from Dargaville.  

In this week's episode, Steve and Kevin discuss what research to do when making a character. We discuss name, background, even a little adaptation. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!Background Resources:Behind the Name websiteBaby Names by DecadeGreat CoursesMasterclassLibby by OverdriveThe Science Youtuber Steve mentions:Youtuber Carl SaganKevin's Top Dana Andrews filmsThe Best Years of Our Lives (1946)The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)Kevin's Top Dan Duryea filmsScarlet Street (1945)Ball of Fire (1941)Criss Cross (1949)Viking RecommendationsThe Northman (2022)Valhalla Rising (2009)The Vikings (1958)Northlanders, comic by Brian WoodInteract with us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/RoImperfectionSend us a comment or question:roimperfection@gmail.comVisit our website:https://roimperfection.com/

Northlanders say slow progress on their region's broken roads is going to cost lives - and keep a chokehold on the region's economy.

The Prime Minister and Chris Hipkins should just apologise to the people of Northland. Of course they owe them an apology. They let three women cross the border from Auckland to Northland.  They gave them permission. And those women took Covid with them and Covid - back then - equalled a government lockdown. Yes, it wasn't Jacinda and it wasn't Chris who signed off on the permission for those women to go over the border. It was some faceless bureaucrat in MSD. But it was the system that Jacinda and Chris designed and they are more than happy to take the credit for all the times they think their system worked, but they are not happy to take the blame when their system didn't work. That region went into an 11 day lockdown. And that was on top of being cut off from the rest of the country by Auckland's border for months.  Chris and Jacinda's refusal to apologise to Northlanders for what they had to go through says to me these two have no idea what Auckland and Northland and parts of Wakiato went through.  They sat comfy in Wellington for the entire duration of that Delta lockdown and border closure that went on for months, going to cafes and restaurants and being normal. They don't know how hard that was.  And they clearly don't know also how shady this looks. They knew at the time of the lockdown that it was a government problem and they said nothing.  In that press conference at the very start they blamed the women for using "false information" to get travel permits.But they knew it was actually their fault.  Chris Hipkins let it slip in an interview that "There was a degree of error in the approval in the first place".  That was on day 5 of the lockdown.  But that was all he said, in one interview that most of us wouldn't' have heard.  So they let us all believe for 11 months that those women were to blame and never corrected the record form what we can see. That's shady. So yes, they should apologise for the sake of the Northlanders who were put through that lockdown by a Government stuff up.  And for their own sake, because if they don't, they'll just keep on being untrustworthy and act like they don't really care what happened to the people of Northland because their system stuffed up.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren shares a new study that says you are least likely to get divorced if you marry at a certain age. Plus, a wedding in Montana went haywire, and which dog breeds are the smartest? A new ranking just dropped - and Northlanders weigh in.

Rosemary talks to four Northlanders who used archaeological research and investigation techniques to piece together a picture of ‘Fortress Northland'; a staggering network of defence infrastructure which was constructed in panicked haste following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941. Jack Kemp, Bill Guthrie, Bill Edwards and James Robinson share tales of what they discovered through archaeological investigations, oral history interviews, and detective work in the archives.

After 48 days at the 'red' traffic light setting, Te Tai Tokerau has finally joined the rest of the country at 'orange'. Northland has been relatively Covid-free this summer - clocking up just a handful of locations of interest this month. Businesses are celebrating the step-change in traffic lights but Northlanders are divided - Tai Tokerau Border Control is slamming the move as "ridiculous". RNZ political reporter Anneke Smith has the story.

Northland has locked in a summer in the red zone, with gathering limits set to stay in place across the rohe. For businesses, it's another burn on top of being cut off from much of the country, with the region's nearest neighbours, Auckland, in lockdown for months on end. But others are relieved the toughest restrictions are staying in place - hoping it will slow any spread of Covid in the north. Our reporter Sam Olley and cameraman Sam Rillstone have this story from the Bay of Islands.

Northlanders are nervously awaiting the arrival of Aucklanders after the region's borders opened overnight. The region has low vaccination coverage and there has been some concern from locals around arrivals from the centre of New Zealand's outbreak. RNZ reporter Sam Olley spoke to Susie Ferguson

Northlanders are nervously awaiting the arrival of Aucklanders after the region's borders opened overnight. The region has low vaccination coverage and there has been some concern from locals around arrivals from the centre of New Zealand's outbreak. RNZ reporter Sam Olley spoke to Susie Ferguson

Northland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Steve Smith says the decision to keep the region in red level limits is not what he was expecting, "and certainly not what we were hoping for". "Any form of restriction at this time of the year really impacts our sole season, insofar as hospitality and tourism go." He said like other Northlanders he was not keen to get the vaccine, but did for the good of others, especially those who can't be vaccinated. "So just to continue with restrictions on that basis for me is a bitter pill to swallow."

A Northern District Health Board leader says the region needs more time to boost low vaccination rates before unvaccinated travellers are allowed in. From 15 December unvaccinated Aucklanders may travel north if they return a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours before leaving. Northland iwi - backed by Auckland and Northland health bosses - say that poses too high a risk to unvaccinated Northlanders, and it must not happen. They're considering random sampling of passengers at key checkpoints, and consulting police. Northland DHB chair Harry Burkhardt, who is also chairperson of Ngāti Kurī, one of the 12 iwi groups behind the plan, spoke to Corin Dann.

The Government is being warned the calling off of Waitangi Day events is just the start, with Northlanders fearful of what Covid-19 will bring. Northland iwi want only double-vaxed visitors and roadside covid testing over summer. The Waitangi National Trust says it would have been "impossible" for Waitangi Day commemorations to go ahead safely. Trust chairman Pita Tipene spoke to Corin Dann.

This week on Loaned Out, Mike and Brendan discuss Northlanders Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood with art by Davide Gianfelice. Northlanders is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. The stories are fictional but set in and around historical events during the Viking Age. The first story arc, "Sven the Returned," runs through issues 1–8 and is set in A.D. 980. It follows a self-exiled Viking warrior named Sven who has been serving in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and is now returning to his birth region in the Orkney Islands in order to reclaim his rightful inheritance.Join us next week when we try to discuss David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001).Welcome to the Loaned Out Podcast, the continuing story of two friends making it through all the pop culture homework we've given to each other. Hosts Brendan and Mike take turns reviewing each other's pop culture recommendations. Be sure to like and subscribe, don't forget to tell a friend.Email: loanedoutpod@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/LoanedPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/loaned_out_podcast/Learn more at https://loanedout.buzzsprout.com/

This week Derek and Andy discuss three recent titles, each of which is part of a larger series. First, they review the third in Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's Nemo trilogy, Nemo: River of Ghosts (Top Shelf). The guys begin their discussion by looking at the series as a whole -- even placing the trilogy within the larger context of Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen universe -- and then exploring the accessibility of the text as a singular narrative. River of Ghosts certainly needs to stand alongside the first two Nemo volumes, Heart of Ice and The Roses of Berlin, but the intertextual demands imbedded in the story (and in the Nemo trilogy as a whole) are far fewer than they are in the League books. Indeed, the three-part story of Janni Dakkar, beginning in 1925 (in Heart of Ice) and wrapping up in 1987, where River of Ghosts concludes, reads more as an adventure tale to be enjoyed than as a literary text to be deciphered. Yet, the Nemo trilogy is still part of Moore's larger narrative tapestry, and its picaresque quality adds even further dimension to the already substantive League universe. Next, the Two Guys turn to the latest series from Brian Wood, Rebels (Dark Horse). In this inaugural issue, with art by Andrea Mutti, we get a good dose of historical fiction -- the New Hampshire Grants become pivotal, and Ethan Allen even makes an appearance -- but in many ways it's familiar territory to Wood. This first narrative arc's subtitle, "A Well-Regulated Militia," as well as the introductory premise embedded on the first page, suggest that this series may be similar to Wood's long-running DMZ in political and cultural tone. Although that one of his favorite series from the past decade, Derek hopes that the allegorical messaging found in DMZ doesn't become too heavy in Rebels. And Andy observes that perhaps the series will stick more closely to the kind of historically based fiction we find in Northlanders. Yet, despite a little confusion generated by the issue's central confrontation, a class between colonials and redcoats at the village courthouse, the guys found Rebels #1 a solid read and anticipate the series to come. Andy and Derek wrap up this week's show with a review of No Mercy #1 (Image), the new series from Alex de Campi and Carla Speed McNeil. What begins as a potentially light or trendy look at youth culture turns darker and more complex as the story develops. As de Campi makes clear in her comments at the end of this first issue, the lives and interactions of young adults are rich enough with drama without the usual genre-bendings or twists found in many contemporary narratives. There are no vampires, no otherworldly visitations, no anthropomorphic engagements. In No Mercy, we can expect to get real people from real contexts, and the story will be driven by their all-too-real desires and limitations. And in this first issue, we see de Campi and McNeil play out this premise to an uncertain, and unexpected, crescendo.