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

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

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

A motorcyclist has collided with a van in the suburb of Otangarei in Whangarei.

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

The skipper of a fishing boat who suffered serious pelvic injuries while at sea off Northland was winched aboard a helicopter in a dramatic rescue.