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Northland's population is likely to quadruple as thousands of visitors pour into the region for the summer holiday peak of Te Tai Tokerau's $1.2 billion tourism industry.
Northland Mayoral Forum chair Moko Tepania said Northlanders welcomed hundreds of thousands of manuhiri (visitors) and whΔnau (family) to the region, which was the birthplace of New Zealand.
But he said visitors and their hosts had to do their bit to be kaitiaki (guardians) of Northland.
"We love welcoming manuhiri into Northland and urge them to look after our home that we love," Tepania said.
More than 800,000 visitors typically flood into the region over the summer peak - from around Christmas to Waitangi weekend - i
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