Relieved parents were waiting outside the cordon for the lockdown to end.

Local anglers have been monitoring fishing and weather conditions along 90 Mile Beach.

Complaints have prompted the council to revisit Kaikohe's Monument Hill Reserve.

Epic tale of a sunken steamer and a 30-ft whaler: "By scissors, it was up to us"

Reader: Once a decent highway is built, just take your hands off and watch Northland fly!

Applications for another round of grants from the Kai Ora are now open.

Kaitaia Gun Club rooms were razed by fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Saturday's 104th North Hokianga A&P show at Broadwood has been cancelled.

Kiwis suffer with rising rents and stagnated incomes.

The Ahipara Gamefish 2017/ 18 season is well under way, with marlin abundant.

The Northland sheepdog trials were almost washed out by the rain over the weekend.

The facial eczema risk eased in the very Far North last week according to Topvets

It will be a tight competition between hopefuls for Young Farmer of the Year in Kerikeri.

Whoever is behind calls for commissioner in the Far North must stop!, says Peter Jackson.

Northern rata have flowered but are still at risk of myrtle rust and pest damage.

Northland's road toll for 2018 rose to nine when a 34-year-old man died at Te Paki.

Camp fires around Te Hiku Forest are a threat to the environment.

I have lost count the number of times prayers have been answered, says a reader.

The increasing average age of rural GPs means there is a workforce crisis on the horizon.

Two of 10 farm clusters involved with Extension 350 are now under way in the Far North.

Doubtless Bay is wasting no time in acquiring equipment that might well save lives

Many fishermen battled the elements on 90 Mile Beach with not a snapper to show for it.

Crayfish stocks are in crisis, and recreational fishers want an independent review.

An appeal to replace the Far North District Council with a commissioner did not sit well.

Trevor Mallard has removed reference to Jesus from the Parliamentary Prayer.

Two Far North women took the oaths and officially became Justices of the Peace last week.

The Greenwoods will be back in the Far North after cleaning up while fishing at Mangonui

The Far North food brigade have been let loose in the Ronald McDonald House kitchen.

We need greater deterrents, writes Miles Anderson from Federated Farmers

Ex-pat Leo Jecentho takes out long head event on return to Far North.