Fire restrictions across NZ: Northland 'near extreme' danger
Dry conditions and forecast strong winds have fire authorities on high alert.
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Restricted fire season imposed across Northland
From today anybody wanting to light a fire outside in Northland may need a permit
Communities split over free school lunches
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?
Free school lunches: North Island (except Wellington)
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).
Mop-up continues after 'intense' fire threatens homes at Ahipara
Fire boss says blaze was one of the most intense he's seen in Northland in 10 years.
Firefighters battle blaze near Ahipara, homes evacuated
3 homes evacuated and 2 helicopter being used in Far North Fire
Sevens stars to light up club rugby final
Up to eight current and former Black Ferns will take the park in Ahipara today.
Northland parents turn to homeschooling post Covid-19
Isolated kids stuck at home missing their friends? No way, a new surge in interest shows.
News briefs: Restricted fire season for North, man hands himself into police
News from around Northland.
Millions of dead tuatua wash up as sizzling summer causes havoc to marine life
"I've never seen anything like it in all my life, the entire beach is just covered."
Desperate for water: Residents describe life in drought zone
Extreme water shortages and a scorching summer are proving a tough mix for Northland.
Northland horsewoman 'blown away' by public support for wild foal
An orphan foal found in the Far North sand dunes sadly had to be euthanised.
Far North iwi replaces vandalised pou
Te Rarawa repairs, recarves and repaints pou which are re-installed in a dawn ceremony.
Blessing at Ninety Mile Beach meth site
Drug smugglers trampled on mana of sacred beach and local iwi, Far North's top cop says.
NZ's biggest drug bust - a comedy of errors and 500kg of meth
It was a Sunday morning, and Constable Thomas Nankivell had just started his shift.
More officers needed during Ninety Mile Beach mussel spat harvest
Misunderstanding exists about process of collecting mussel spat from Ninety Mile Beach.
Breastfeeding tragedy: Baby dies with six times legal blood alcohol limit
Her mother chose to drink a large quantity of alcohol and chose to breastfeed her.
Attack on pou 'an attack on us and our culture'
The two carved pou marked boundaries of a conservation area at Tauroa Pt, near Ahipara.
Māori Battalion veteran dies aged 91
Selwyn Clarke, last survivor of 28th Māori Battalion's A Company, will be buried on Friday
Weight loss app created by 'accidental entrepreneurs'
'We rolled out the butchers' paper, that teachers use, on the deck and started drawing'
NZ generosity 'deeply moves' German tourists in Far North
German tourists robbed in Far North are touched by NZ kindness.
Heartless thief ruins Nico's proposal
Thieves took everything from tourists' car at Ahipara, including a surprise wedding ring.
Worker thought he'd die when engulfed by steam
Juken NZ fined $365,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $60,000 to injured worker.
Northland mouth artist's 6WD wheelchair 'non-disabling' for its users
The 6WD wheelchair enables users to go places others are not able to go.
Ahipara locals caught driving drunk 100m from home
Men caught driving from the the Ahipara golf club with excess alcohol were 100m from home.
Endangered seagulls, Black Power and the next bushfires
Episode Five: On today's Viewpoint NZ we're gearing up for the next bushfires and find the endangered seagulls being fed on cold chips.
Eighty illegal fires lit during restriction period
Eighty illegal fires lit since restrictions started, fire boss says
Ahipara fire 'definitely suspicious'
The fire that decimated sections of scrub in Ahipara may have been deliberately lit.
Fire in the north: Crews save Ahipara houses
Flames reached the deck of one home as fire crews battled to force the blaze back.
Happy ending to dramatic water rescue in Far North
The group were saved from the middle of Whangape Harbour.
Far North residents issue road warning
Residents of Masters Access Rd say it is dangerous and the council knows that.
Fires destroy house bus, damage home in Far North
House fire caused by spontaneous combustion of furniture-oil-soaked rag on deck.