A man is dead after a car hit the bench he was sitting on.

Doubtless Bay man Don Hammond hoped that the crew of the Spirit of New Zealand would be getting an ice cream as they rowed ashore

Summer time is tennis time and while Auckland has the ASB Classic attracting international superstars of the game like the Williams

Virginia Park capped a very successful year at Okaihau College when she was named 2016 dux, and received a $6000 P&SM Bullen and Sons

After six years of wandering in the wilderness, a Kerikeri parish has moved into a new home. The new church, built at the corner

Rob and Rachel Thompson might well be ordering a bigger mantelpiece for their home just outside Kaitaia to accommodate the trophies

At just 5 years old, keen young Waipapakauri fisherman Zion Parker no doubt has many years of classic catches ahead of him, but it

What made the news in January 1967?

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Kawakawa's Hundertwasser Park project has taken another major step forward with the awarding of the design and architectural component

One hopes that the cretin who thought it would be a good idea to dub Kaitaia New Zealand's murder capital is proud of themselves

Tuesday's Letters to the Editor.

A new bill that gives district health boards responsibility of managing the fluoridation of their councils' reticulated water supplies

It might be natural for new parents to want to keep their babies close, but Plunket's national adviser for Māori health, Zoe Tipa,

Chorus has completed the upgrading of broadband cabinets at Kawakawa, Okaihau, Russell, Peria and Towai, as part of a $5 million rural

The cost of disposing of rubbish is too high for many Northlanders according to Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis, although that was

Lobby groups are vowing to keep putting up roadblocks in rural Northland until councils take action to fix dangerously dusty roads. Protestors

A Kaitaia couple will be forever grateful that their two-year-old daughter did not lose her life when she fell into an adult public pool.

Two Moerewa men have appeared in court charged with shooting at power pylons, causing a power blackout that affected the entire Far

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

Kayaker missing overnight found alive by Northland boatie.

New Zealand is in for a wet day with just the northern tip of the country resembling summer.