Latest from Bay of Islands

From horses to houses: Planned $400m Dargaville development on former racecourse site

The development would be one of Kaipara's biggest if it gets the go-ahead.

Pearl Jab: Electric day of jabs and waka in Kerikeri

A cancelled Waka ama regatta has been turned into a vaccination event in Kerikeri.

Flood protection; firefighter calendar, wharf piles replaced and more

Latest news from the Bay of Islands and surrounding area

News snippets from Northland

NorthTec awards go online; and man arrested after stolen car crashes.

Northland firefighter gears up for another world record

Simon Trye plans to climb the equivalent of the world's tallest building in full fire kit.

Yachties celebrate new Town Basin look with classic boat show

The classic boat show coincides with the Bright Lights in the City.

Hospital staff find sustainable use for discarded socks.

Bright cheerful socks for Open Arms recipients

Utes towing boats, cars stuffed with luggage: Auckland holidaymakers at Tai Tokerau checkpoint

Vehicles towing boats and rammed with luggage made their way through the checkpoints.

Businesses call for split traffic light levels in Northland

Businesses want high-vax areas to go orange; BOI Music Fest still set to go ahead in Jan.

Search and rescue for Loren Ross-Taylor continues in Kaitaia

Loren Ross-Taylor has been missing since Wednesday, family appeals to the public for help.

Shots fired in Whangārei as gang tensions rise

Northland Police investigating gang tensions where shots were fired as house, car

Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary opens its doors to the public with limited ticket sales

Excitement as the public gets to buy tickets to the big cat park in Whangārei.

'I could have died': Northland teacher's incredible survival transformed into children's book

Five lucky Advocate readers can enter the draw to win their own copy of Rescue Horse.

Heavy rain likely in Northland overnight, high humidity continues

Heavy rain likely in Northland overnight; no let-up in soaring humidity

Editorial: Idleness can costs us our future - climate change

It sounds expensive now, but the price of climate change is unaffordable.

News snippets from Northland

News in brief from Northland

'I'll take you on a boot ride': Northland nurse's life threatened by anti-vaxxer

'I do not take these threats too lightly,' nurse Hanibrez Sipu says of extreme abuse.

Death of much-loved Mangonui woman due to health condition, not seawall fall - Coroner

Anthea Goodwin was dedicated to the environment and making the planet a better place.