Northland
Council continues four-year Māori ward fight in face of govt changes
A council that played a key role in getting Māori ward polling removed is now lobbying against government plans to reinstate binding referendums.
Students from tiny school raise enough money to attend US competition
The students from Motatau School will travel to an international aquabotics competition in Washington DC.
Man gulity of manslaughter of grandmother sentenced to three years in jail
A sexually motivated burglary which ended in a fatal struggle took the life of a much-loved mother, grandmother, sister and auntie, a court has heard.
Off-duty police officer fatally injured by car to be buried in family urupā
Police and the Far North mayor are among those who have paid tribute to Senior Constable Gail Shepherd.
Mayor hits out at government's Māori ward changes
Moko Tepania says the government's plan is 'disheartening' when they are already on the back foot with issues facing the region.
Police farewell 'highly regarded' constable struck by car
A much-loved Northland police officer who died when she was struck by a car has been farewelled with a full police service in Whangārei.
Tributes for off-duty police officer killed in car crash
Constable Gail Shepherd was a "genuine soul" and the "greatest grandmother", colleagues and whānau say.
Pedestrian killed after car hits power pole
A person has died after being hit by a car in Helena Bay, north of Whangārei.
Man who raped Dutch tourist denied parole for eighth time
Keith Anthony McEwen was sentenced to preventive detention for the abduction of a Dutch couple on their honeymoon.
Barrier businesses welcome new moorings for boaties hit by caulerpa ban
Anchoring has been restricted around most of the island to help stop the spread of the invasive seaweed caulerpa. Audio
Winning mullet owner inspired by business in the front, party at the back hairstyle
New Zealand's newest national mullet champion is a 10-year-old named Ted from Kerikeri.
Anger over plan to ditch ratepayer funding for rescue helicopter
A proposal to ditch ratepayer funding for the Northland Rescue Helicopter and other emergency services has sparked a record number of submissions to the Northland Regional Council.
Men charged after raid turns up more than 300 cannabis plants
Northland police have busted a large-scale indoor cannabis growing operation in central Whangārei.
Call for four-lane highway between Auckland and Kaikohe
The government is being urged to upgrade the "dilapidated" SH1 as soon as possible.
Mangawhai is growing but teens have no local high school
Educationalist Jill Corkin is leading a community intiative aiming to get a secondary school built in Mangawhai, one of Northland's fastest growing areas. Audio
NZ's biggest tsunami siren replacement project underway
Replacing 205 New Zealand-made sirens with only 94 Danish-designed sirens will not mean loss of public safety, Civil Defence says.
Authorities refuse to enforce Brynderwyns detour ban following truck crash
Residents are furious after a large truck "brazenly" drove through checkpoints and became stuck on a hairpin bend - blocking both lanes for hours.
Far North councillors vote 9 to 1 to seek delay in adding fluoride to water supply
Fluoride is meant to be added to water for Kaitāia and Kerikeri 30 June - but two councillors put forward a motion to delay it for another two years.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne has paid a visit to the Kiwi Coast Project - 250,000 hectares of coastal Northland under sustained predator control by no fewer than 227 volunteer groups, with the aim of making… Audio
Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
The Hundertwasser Art Centre is running out money. RNZ Northland reporter Peter de Graaf based in Kerikeri. Audio