A fire fighting helicopter pilot had an unexpected passenger hitch a ride in his monsoon bucket on Monday.

People who breach a fire ban in the Far North can expect to be charged with arson and get a bill for the cost of extinguishing the blaze, a senior rural fire boss says.

Youths who used a stolen car in a ram-raid at a Hokianga grocery store fled empty-handed and crashed after the shop owner gave chase. Senior

Four local athletes will represent the Kaitaia Athletics Club at the North Island Colgate Games in Hastings this weekend. The contingent

Local children now have a perfect opportunity to learn more about the skill of waveriding through the formation of a brand new boardriding

Kaikohe's Kohewhata Marae provided the venue for the Regent Training Centre's 2016 prizegiving, despite the imminent threat of rain

Gong fever's had its day

No one at Whatuwhiwhi seems to be pleased by the Ministry of Education's decision to close Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Rangiawhia, but

Katie (Aunty Katie) Evans celebrated her 87th birthday on Sunday. At that age she should really be retired, but she has no immediate

A woman is in a serious condition after suffering severe burns to 25 per cent of her body in a car fire.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

The fire burning in Matai in the Far North is no longer a threat to people or their homes.

Five helicopters with monsoon buckets have been dispatched to the Far North in a bid to bring a large scrub fire under control.

The holiday road toll stands at 17, rising overnight with the deaths of two pedestrians in Northland.

After a spate of youth suicides struck the Far North township of Kaitaia earlier this year, an unlikely hero emerged from the tragedy.

Golden Oldies pool is still alive and well if the gathering at the RSA in Kaitaia on Tuesday last week is anything to go by. As per

Swimmers at Ahipara can again relax this summer under the knowledge they are bathing at the only partrolled beach in the Far North. Based

Northland has one of the worst police shortages in the country with some officers ready to "fall over" from stress and long hours

A new initiative is bringing inmates and their families closer together by teaching fathers how to be fathers.

Farmers are questioning the local-body priorities and fiscal discipline as rate-takes continue to outstrip cost indexes, Federated

Four swimmers from the Bay of Islands locked in a number of medal winning performances at a major trans Tasman Special Olympics meet

The nationwide emphasis which has been placed promoting the game of croquet to a new younger generation of players has started to

She started her schooling in Kaeo as a barefoot child in 1957. She came back as a teacher in 1986 and stayed for 30 years, the past

For hundreds of struggling Mid North families it won't be Santa bringing joy this Christmas but a group of volunteers calling themselves

One man, one vote

Kaitaia's Matriarchal Tinsel Taggers not so quietly made their way from one end of the town's main street to the other on Tuesday

Whatuwhiwhi's Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Rangiawhia, the Far North's first Maori language immersion school and the only one in the Ngati

Sentence a win for animal welfare says SPCA.

Tony Urlich (pictured) won the gold medal in his age/ weight division at the 2016 Oceania Asia Powerlifting Competition in Christchurch