The Whangarei District Council introduces new by-laws on Freedom Camping that enables the WDC to impose fines for littering, noise and misuse of public facilities

Asher Hogg, 7, from Russell, in the new HeiHei series Nanogirl and the Imaginauts.

More than 20 members of Ngāti Toro hapū got together on Friday to clean up a popular Mid North picnic and swimming spot.

Tiaysha Rua has been in the care of Oranga Tamariki since she was 15. She's overcome challenges and received a Prime Minister's Oranga Tamariki award.

Huanui College student Casey Podesta nominated his nainai, who opened three orphanages in China, as a good sort.

Meningococcal immunisation at Whangarei Girls High School in Whangarei

Midwives protest outside Whangarei Hospital

The Whangarei SPCA is warning dog owners not to leave their pets in a locked car with summer arriving.

Ngā Taonga Atawhai o Te Tai Tokerau practise for the inaugural National Kapa Haka Festival.

Locals at Opito Bay, on Kerikeri Inlet, are up in arms after at least four beachfront pōhutukawa had holes drilled in their roots and poison poured in by an unknown attacker.

Brother and Sister Dave Pickmere and Janet Watkins share their memories playing alongside and on the river as children

Episode Two: On today's Viewpoint NZ we explore the debate around pokie machines. Are they a harmless way to raise funds for local communities or a destructive addiction? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Whangarei hospital laundy worker and Etu union member Keri Clark is celebrating a pay rise

More than 300 people - including DOC staff, local residents, schoolchildren, iwi and whale rescue groups - descended on Rarawa Beach in the Far North on November 27 in a bid to save eight survivors of a pod of pygmy whales which had stranded on the opposite coast a day earlier. Video by Peter de Graaf.

Whangarei SPCA staff member Mellie Withers with Staffie Cross Peyton wearing a thundercoat made specially for cats and dogs that suffer anxiety.

The mini exchange libraries are taking reading to the streets.

Scott Burdett and Karen Gidall have packed quite a bit in to their lives.

Skye Renes and Caitlin Riedstra win a junior pairs bowls tournament

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Jan Burch of Dunedin, has just cycled 5500km across the US with no hassles. Now back here with her US boyfriend Rick Burdyshaw, her bicycle was stolen from the Waitangi campground within days of arriving in the country.

Te Kamo Kindergarten getting ready for the Kamo Xmas Parade

Alex Wright at the newly sealed Wright Road Pipiwai

Striking court staff picketing outside the Whangarei Courthouse.

Whangārei Community Patrol gets new dashcam

Richard Mahoney is the new owner Waipu hotel and is holding a competition to rename the pub.

Schools from around Northland performed at the annual festival.

Ceremony and performances marked the opening of Open Arms

Womens Rugby World Cup 2021 games to be played in Whangarei

Open Arms Day Shelter

Hundreds of people attended the emergency services family fun day at Kensington Park.