Kaipara Harbour catchment will be first to tap into new $12 million clean waterways fund.

A former gang-affiliated drug dealer is now leading a church set up in an old nightclub.

Oceania Marine has ''let go'' of its Hewlett St boat refit operation.

Zooming along the Waipū River like a rubber ducky on steroids - meet the Zego.

Video stores anywhere in New Zealand are a rarity these days.

Waipu School principal explains to the community after P and stolen goods found at house

Geotech study on proposed Marsden Pt rail line complete but no start date yet.

First it rained and then the sun blazed as many hundreds waited for the MenW vaccination

Trainspotters are waiting to see the condition of the Auckland to Northland railway line.

Lindy Laird looks at two rare dramas on Northland's Ripiro Beach this year.

St John says it's providing appropriate care despite paramedic shortage.

Lindy Laird stands in the contrasting footprints of a city on the move.

Staff at a Whangarei panelbeaters are happy about moving to a four day working week

Lindy Laird hangs out with proboscis monkeys and unforgettable orangutans.

The surviving humpback whale of two stranded on Ripiro Beach will be euthanised today.

A Kerikeri woman, hit by a car as she helped at the scene of a crash, wants lower speed.

Beetle-infested palm kernel product in lock-up near Whangarei after needing fumigation.

Dredging Whangārei Harbour means full super-sized tankers could access the oil refinery.

The PM in Northland today to announce $46 million for regional development.

The blocked road between Paihia and Kawakawa has hit business on both sides of the divide.

'Lonely' Northland man who died in legal limbo had people who cared for him, friends say.

Joe Lloyd-Jones disappeared three weeks ago - his family make a plea for information.

New charts mark where 13,500 properties are in the way of tide and time.

The 15,000km super-fibre Hawaiki Transpacific Cable has landed near Mangawhai Heads.

Dune and stream remedial work at Sandy Bay has been ripped apart twice this summer.

Whangarei's Te Kapehu Whetu school is not fazed by Govt intention to end charter schools.

Northland leaders want SH1 widened as a priority.

Two Whangarei women are applying for a licence to grow medicinal cannabis near the city.

A search was raised after reports of a light aircraft crash landing near Ruakaka Beach.

A Mangawhai man is celebrating the New Year with a swim after a long battle with illness.

Archaeological dig finds remains of 12 young British soldiers and sailors at Ruapekapeka

The remains of 12 British soldiers found in Northland burial plot after 171 years.

Kiwi needed 30 stitches after scrubcutter accident.

Teenager's death spurs Whangarei mayor Sheryl Mai to make a public plea about suicide

The Acting Prime Minister reckons he'll get stick from his cousins in Tai Tokerau

Forest & Bird to talk in Whangarei about Russell State Forest on the brink of collapse

A Whangarei man says NRC rules aimed at preventing spread of marine pests are punitive.

Govt announces water export royalty and Zodiac pulls plug on Poroti bottling plant plan.

Retired couple upset their large, rural organic garden has been poisoned.

A Maori company with a 30-year forest rotation under its belt has accomplished its mission

NASA astrophysicist who hunts in the Goldilocks zone is to present a talk in Whangarei

Northland residents concerned they won't be warned of impending disaster.

With the rip mended in the fuel pipeline the focus is on how it was caused

Police are appealing for sightings of car that may have been involved in a fatal crash.

A major step has been reached in the repair job on the stricken Ruakaka Auckland Pipeline.

Quick action at failed oil pipeline appears to have prevented widespread contamination

Defence Force sends the big tanks to Northland - in the HMNZS Endeavour.

Lindy Laird finds herself floating with happiness - or maybe that's the 'ava.

A lucky side to the break in the oil pipeline is that it happened where it did.

Ruakaka spill likely to lead to inquiries and future-proofing in the pipeline.

Patients in a Whangarei Hospital ward have been put in isolation due to norovirus.

Tributes were made to Noel Hilliam, adventurer, shipwreck explorer and keen historian.

Te reo is only part of the 'language', the rest of it is custom and culture - Ross Smith

Actor, director, writer and Kamo High School old girl Rachel House receives NZOM today

Northland Regional Council says yes to $9.6 million loan for rescue chopper service.

Two dogs chose the wrong place to fulfill their urges.

Sex offender with 110-plus convictions paroled to Whangarei.

Secret handshakes, rituals, tools, a noose, an eye and goats - yes, it's the Freemasons.

Hora Hora rugby player booted out of the game for 77 weeks for threatening the referee.

Tribunal: Kamo High students taught by a drunk maths teacher were adversely affected

Glinks Gully residents are shocked over the condition of their crater pocked road

A rottweiler ended up on a Whangarei doorstep three years after going missing in Auckland

Local audiences enjoy fabulous, charming, talented Northland version of Mamma Mia!

Onlookers appeared more fascinated than frightened when four menacing fins surfaced in the shallows at Coopers Beach two days in a row.

Investigators have started detailed work to find the cause of a Northland helicopter crash which claimed two lives.

Lindy Laird samples the delights of the Bay of Islands.

A modest Whangarei bungalow has sold for $230,000 above its capital value - has the world gone mad?

An American tourist who admitted killing two Northland women in a car crash has been convicted and will pay reparation of $24,200 to the victims' families.

Sentencing of an American tourist who admitted causing the deaths of two Northland women in a car crash has been put off until next Saturday.

A man who has been wiping out wasp nests for 20 years has just dealt with the biggest he's ever seen.

The Northland Field Days wrapped up with a huge crowd making the most of the rural showcase, entertainment and great weather.

When the new, the groovy, the crazy and the old faves are brought along to next weekend's surfboard show-and-tell at Waipu Cove, a coffin lid will be among them.

A orca called Eleven and a pod of his playmates have been cruising Whangarei Harbour feasting on eagle rays and stingrays.