Police rescue couple left clinging to tinnie in Northland
Policeman dives in to help couple clinging to side of sinking tinnie.
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Northland food charities brace for surge in demand as wage subsidies end
Food banks continue to experience soaring demand to help feed struggling Northlanders.
Six Northland buildings win at architecture awards
Two public buildings and four homes have won honours in the 2020 Auckland awards.
Close encounters of the dolphin kind in Bay of Islands
A weekly round-up of news, events and oddities from the Bay of Islands and the mid-north.
30 new Northland nurses ready for work after NorthTec course graduation
30 new Northland nurses ready for work after NorthTec course graduation.
Brothers try to extinguish flames but rural Northland house destroyed
Brothers try to extinguish fire with buckets of water and garden hose.
2000 cannabis plants found in police operation
Two men have been charged after a growing operation was discovered near Kerikeri.
Youth gang violence spurs patrollers to wear stab-proof vests
Rates of anti-social conduct have fallen in the last 5 years but its severity has risen.
Exclusive: $65.3m Northland health funding announced
The funding will see critical facilities built to reduce stress on Whangārei hospital.
Special Care Baby Unit gets new equipment from goat trust
The Astodia highlights even the smallest vessels in premature and small infants.
Hundreds of Northland marae, churches and halls face extra costs from water reforms
Hundreds of Northland marae, churches and halls face huge extra costs from water reforms
Woman pays $154 online for a ticket that costs $60
Scalpers doing the rounds on Viagogo onselling tickets for the Great Moscow Circus
Hundreds of businesses launch during Covid turmoil
Business expert urges caution when starting a new business
Slip could take six weeks to clear
Slip that closed Mangamukas in Northland could take 6 weeks to clear
First-home buyers and investors holding back
Northland experiencing the second highest negative growth in house sales around NZ.
Revenge for Te Rarawa in star-studded showdown
It came down to the wire in Ahipara yesterday with the home team earning the win.
Rural idyll: Former magazine queen on shipping out and settling down
Former magazine editor Wendyl Nissen reveals what life is really like in the Hokianga.
Falling over common experience for disabled people
Pain shot through my side, like an angry electric eel. My eyes bulged in disbelief.
Threatened woman calls police, put on hold for 35 minutes
Police urge anyone in danger to call 111 right away - not their local station.
End of one era when RSA lowers flag for last time
End of one era and start of another when Whangārei RSA lowers flag for last time today
News snippets from Northland
Election enrolment packs arrive; and Covid recovery fund opens.
Sports codes gathering for funding workshop
Over 70 representatives from 13 Northland sports codes will gather in Russell tomorrow.
Sevens stars to light up club rugby final
Up to eight current and former Black Ferns will take the park in Ahipara today.
Floods regularly wreak havoc on parts of Northland - so what's being done?
Some long-suffering Northland towns always flood after heavy rain.
Unearthed human skeleton found by tourist at Cape Reinga ancient Māori burial ground
Distressed Far North iwi say they have had to "tidy up" the burial ground during lockdown
Government funding to help get rid of Northland's wilding pines
The pines are threatening a lake that is home to rare species.
Skip's plea: Sort out the flooding
Life is slowly returning to normal for flood-hit Moerewa resident and his mokos.
Crash block road in Northland after vehicle hits power pole
Crash block road in Northland after vehicle hits power pole
Northland bowls: Singles winners finally named
The singles competition had been cancelled two times previously due to bad weather.
Govt cash brings mothballed breakwater project back to life
Controversial breakwater project mothballed 10 years ago in the global financial crisis.