A volunteer with the search party found Peter Hobson and his three sons before 11am.

Stella Schmid and Brad Windust want to rid the forest of pests to save the kiwi.

Dozens of jobs and the Rawene and Kerikeri campuses could face the chop.

Chris Radich suffered wounds to both hands when he was attacked by three dogs.

Fire prompts safety warning about stacking hot towels straight out of the drier.

Three people have been taken to Bay of Islands Hospital following the crash.

Police are trying to locate the driver of a car that hit and killed a pedestrian.

The crash happened just after 11pm near Kaikohe in the Far North.

Meeting of police and public comes up with plenty of ideas to make town better.

A Kaikohe photographer captures the drama as police stop a fleeing unlicensed driver.

A Far North conservation group has been named runner-up in national community awards.

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

The last section of Northland's Twin Coast Cycle Trail will be officially opened next week.

A Far North man has admitted allowing his dogs to attack a fur seal pup, then killing the injured animal by smashing its head against a rock and taking it home to feed his chooks.

New unit allows teen mums in Northland to achieve their dreams

Derek Wheeldon, 80, and his wife Carol, 70, know they live in a beautiful place, but criminals are well and truly spoiling it.

A dog owner said incident that saw a dog dragged to its death was a "horrible accident".

SPCA investigating a report of a dog being dragged behind an SUV in the Far North.

A couple of boxer-cross puppies have been plucked from a certain death at Northland dump where they'd been abandoned in a black rubbish bag.

A century ago New Zealand was in the grip of World War I, in which 18,500 members of the country's 1.16 million population were killed

Three saved as boat hit rocks and starts taking on water in the Bay of Islands.

Auckland and Northland are about to get much-needed rain with a line of thunderstorms off the coast of the North Island.

Kingi Ihaka, who died in Auckland on Tuesday morning, has returned to Te Kao, where he was born in 1942. He is remembered as a distinguished

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

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.

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

Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...