Former Northland Age employee Deanna Trevarthen, who is battling pleural mesothelioma (asbestos cancer) and her partner Greg Robertson, who also once worked for the Age, are calling for an overhaul of ACC legislation as they try to raise $200,000...

Police made another arrest in Kaitaia on Friday, in the course of the investigation into the murder of 35-year-old Lee Rata.

A 4-year-old girl who was believed to have lost consciousness when she was thrown from a quad bike on 90 Mile Beach last week escaped with little more than a sore head, according to police.

Mere seconds before reeling in a fish that ended up being worth a cool $1500 on 90 Mile Beach in ferocious conditions on Saturday, Jo Arthur had turned to her partner and said her New Year's resolution was simply to better her previous best catch.

I just wanted to thank the three young men who returned my wallet after I left it on the public seat outside a shop in the middle of Commerce Street.

While most people were settling in to welcome a new year there was little time for celebration for emergency services in the very Far North.

Most holiday-makers have had enough to worry about so far this summer with wind and rain without fretting over the potential for a tsunami.

Paihia swimmer Sue Rogers has made it two out two in her 2015/16 New Zealand Ocean Swim Series campaign after completing the Harbour Crossing earlier this month.

Heritage New Zealand has issued a summer holiday reminder for anyone who unearths a potential archaeological artefact that the law does not allow finders to be keepers.

Coastguard is once again urging everyone who goes down to the sea in ships this summer to wear a lifejacket.

The christening set and gown of Queen Victoria's Ngapuhi godson are among the treasures that have been arriving in the Bay of Islands for the new Museum of Waitangi.

In the past there have been snippets and bigger bits about how we as a country celebrate Christmas, but this year only the shopping side of Christmas was shown.

A two-year ban on collecting mussels and paua has been imposed at Taupo Bay by local hapu, who hope it will protect the species from unsustainable pressure.

A stunning day failed to attract a big field to Houhora on Sunday to contest the long-standing Mt Camel Trophy.

A new pop up space will be open for business on Boxing Day (Saturday) in the old Betta Electrical Building at Taipa, offering a stage for Doubtless Bay's creative fraternity.

Te Runanga Nui o Te Aupouri acknowledged completion of the ministerial inquiry into the affairs of the Aupouri Maori Trust Board at an iwi hui in Te Kao almost two weeks ago.

The last week of the year for the Kaitaia Gymnastics Club year saw annual prizegiving ceremonies held for the major competitive classes.

Surf Protection Society (SPS) is calling for Northland surfers to unite in the campaign to have all local surfbreaks listed for protection on the Northland Regional Coastal Plan.

Kingston Nathan spoke for everyone when he said last week that he had been sad when Herekino School had had to close its swimming pool.

We have a daughter who has life-threatening seizures (Cannabis med works but too costly, October 27).

ONE of the nicest things about Christmas, apart from the true significance of a festival that tends to be buried under an avalanche of hedonism and greed, is that it seems to encourage the unleashing of common sense.

An investigation into a Maori trust board that collapsed earlier this year, leaving at least 12 people out of work and its iwi facing a hefty debt, has found no evidence of fraud or criminal activity.

A 13-year-old girl told the Kaitaia District Court last week that the man who admitted abusing her had torn her family apart.

One moment Barbara Hutchins was walking back to her car in Kaitaia's old Pak'nSave carpark, the next she was sprawled on the concrete, one hip broken and one shoulder dislocated, her head underneath the car where her husband Mike was waiting for her.

People who offend in this way could expect to go to jail, Judge Duncan Harvey told a 57-year-old man in the Kaitaia District Court last week.