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Fire takes everything from young family, cellphone charger likely cause

Young family "trying to get on in the world" lose everything in tragic fire.

Fantastic Four: The schools walking the Treaty talk

Four schools recognised on efforts to better recognise Māori language and culture.

'He lunged for the guy': Pet dog saves woman stabbed during attempted home invasion

Only the attacker's eyes were visible as a black bandanna and black hood masked his face.

Māori wellbeing practices working for Hokianga Hospital patients

Beautiful spaces are becoming places of connection, healing, peace, and refuge.

$11m to help overcrowded Northland schools

Ruakākā School will get two new classrooms; $7m goes to Kamo High School.

Tonnes of citrus from Whangārei's Lions Clubs' Citrus for the South collection

Whangārei's Lions Clubs' Citrus for the South collection gathers tonnes of fruit.

Northland dune lakes are torn between saving native biodiversity and trout fishery

KDC Reserve Management Plan 2016 identifies trout as pest fish, continues ban on release.

Northland is on Time's list of world's greatest places, thanks to Māori tourism ventures

Three Māori tourism ventures have propelled Northland into Time's top 100 destinations.

David Fisher: Judith Collins, streaking Queen Street and bugbears

Judith Collins on media bias, law and order, hate speech and other bugbears.

Body of 'local legend', 95, found in Northland harbour

Charles ''Chas'' Strange was reported missing on Sunday.

Takaimaania Ngata-Henare: Bilingual orator, business owner, national table tennis player, what else is this 14-year-old doing?

Takaimaania Ngata-Henare wins the Senior Māori Tā Himi Henare Memorial Trophy.

Speed limit cuts welcomed: 'There's too many drivers who speed along here'

Review also proposes reducing speed limit on 90 Mile Beach and every street in Moerewa.

Wandatrak: The device helping find dementia sufferers who wander

Missing people could be found in a matter of hours rather than days thanks to device.

Car hits tree: two people seriously injured in Kawakawa crash

Five people were in the car at the time it collided with a tree in Kawakawa.

Twelve fires in seven months: Far North town fed up with firebug

An arsonist in Ahipara is putting pressure on already busy volunteer firefighters.

Big crowds expected across Northland for 'howl of a protest'

Utes and tractors will gather from 11am in Whangārei, Dargaville, Kerikeri and Kaitaia.

Landowners urged to reverse poor wetlands record

Wetlands have value as natural areas of carbon storage, says biodiversity advisor.

Far North man's death sparks police investigation

Police have appealed for sightings of vehicles potentially linked to Saturday's incident.