By Kristin Edge A water safety official is urging people to take care when crossing rain-swollen creeks after a Northlander died

A man has died after the car he was in became stuck trying to cross a flooded Northland creek.

Five people dead in road crashes in the last 24 hours and several others seriously injured.

A man has died after the vehicle he was travelling in flew off the road and hit a tree along State Highway 1 in Northland early this morning.

A 28-year-old Kaikohe man has been charged with receiving after ram raids on two Far North service stations in the early hours of

Female anglers ended up scooping the main cash prizes in the last 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club contest earlier this month. The

Kaitaia teenager Caitlin Rose Johnson noticed a desperate need for a safe place for young people to gather in Kaitaia earlier this

Give me my puzzles! Regarding your reconstituted puzzle page (letters, September 20). While "elderly men at cafes" might be an issue

Harko Brown, his daughters Billie and Yves and stepson Joshua Rewha, will be in need of a holiday when they return home to the Far

Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis said it would be a catastrophe if Ngapuhi was sent to the back of the queue of Treaty settlements.

The Kaitaia Church Road Bowling Club celebrated the opening of its 67th summer season earlier this month with the holding of the Mary

New Zealand's Paralympic team is about to head home laden down with a record medal haul. Their heroic exploits included the most

PETER GILL Peter Gill is quick to dismiss any suggestion that his bid for the Far North mayoralty is anything less than totally genuine. He

I would like to comment on the article in last Thursday's Age regarding the district council's decision to add a turning lane into

More than 100 participants and a dazzlingly fine day combined to make last week's inaugural Pipiwharauroa Hikoi for Healthy Nature

Forbes Roxburgh's solution is to move it on, via a silent auction. Forbes' currently has most of the walls covered at Kaitaia gallery

Online abuse should not be a problem in Kaitaia, but it could be, according to NetSafe CEO Martin Cocker. Ten per cent of New Zealand

Rural residents deserve better telecommunications services, a leading advocate says. Rural Women New Zealand's submission to the

While the final tally has yet to be confirmed, organisers of the Carters Kaitaia Charity Boxing Event in Kaitaia on Saturday night

Is this really sport? At a recent sporting event I was very disheartened to see the treatment of the brave sportsmen and women taking

The Far North District Council has denied that it, or the NZ Transport Agency, has shown favouritism to The Warehouse/Noel Leeming

Property developer Wayne Brown has accused the Far North District Council of doing big business a favour, at the expense of locally-owned

Tim Rolls was expecting the drains along Ramp Road to yield the usual haul of bottles, cans and plastic, but he scored the find of

A fire that engulfed 50m of scrub and young pine trees at Te Kao on Monday provided a timely reminder of how quickly fire can get

A battle between iwi and the Government over the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary appears set for court with Maori Fisheries saying it's "this Government's foreshore and seabed".

So there he was, The Offsider, surprised by last week's wintry blast following a well moderate July which had suggested the weather

Northpower believes the Electricity Authority's proposed area-of-benefit transmission charges could see Northlanders paying more

Someone's telling porkies regarding the problems that have beset Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Rangiawhia. The question is, who? The Ministry

Well done Caitlin I wish to congratulate teenager Caitlin Rose Johnson for her feature 'It doesn't need to be like this' (September

The government's planned review of the appropriateness of local authorities being involved in regulating genetically-modified organisms