The impact of the recent major weather events (which cut off Northland from the rest of New Zealand for weeks) highlight some of our northern region's barriers to becoming a viable place to do business, and in turn bring much needed prosperity to bring it in line with other regional centres.

In Sam Stubbs' latest opinion piece for Stuff, he discusses the issues underlying Northland's economic past and future, and why quality roading is a key factor in bringing prosperity to the region.

You can read more via the Stuff article here.