The Bay of Islands' biggest jewel is ideal for a classic Kiwi beach break, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Over 32,000 Far North homes and businesses were without power for most of yesterday, and police are investigating whether the outage was sabotage.

Power has been restored to the Far North after a major outage earlier today.

Michael Harris carried out systematic drugging and abuse of backpackers who visited his Kaitaia hostel.

Teenager Hautafataha Livai was feeding the pigs out the back of his family's Far North dairy when he saw two masked heads pop up from the long grass.

Incredibly strong young Kiwi Destiny O'Brien opened up about the abuse she endured from her own father.

A man has died in a single car crash in Ahipara south east of Kaitaia.

Raw footage of the moment two students launched at a police officer after another allegedly attacked the principal's car has been revealed online.

Three teenagers are to appear in Youth Court after a string of incidents sparked by one of them being stood down from school.

Two men who showed every sign of intending to rob a Kaitaia service station were spectacularly unsuccessful, thanks to the partnership

Three fire trucks are rushing to a bushfire in the Far North.

About 30 police and Far North search and rescue volunteers and helicopter support scoured a Northland bush track for a missing tramper

Date chosen to commemorate land wars has special significance for those who say Maori never ceded sovereignty.

A seriously injured person is trapped in an upside down people mover, the fire service says.

A boutique lodge on the fringe of Northland's Waipoua Forest has been named New Zealand's best hospitality business.

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

NO byline thanks A 57-year-old Peria woman suspected by the prosecution and defence of covering for her children was convicted on

Moerewa_BP_3.JPG SELF SERVICE: Thieves help themselves to the tills at BP Moerewa.PHOTO/Supplied By Kristin Edge A stolen vehicle

Northland has the highest rate of student transience in the country, with hundreds of pupils moving schools multiple times each year. Kaitaia

Ahipara man Duane Tawhai has received brickbats and offers of support after revealing he and three of his children lived without electricity

Two helicopters called after a fire broke out in a private forest plantation in the Far North.

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

An ocean conservationist instrumental in setting up the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve has welcomed the more than $25,000 fines

The male driver of a car wasn't hanging around after a spectacular crash.

Extra immunisation clinics in early June helped prevent new cases of measles in Northland after an outbreak in May, health officials

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

A Kaitaia schoolgirl who has organised three community meetings about a spate of suspected youth suicides in the town says she is frustrated that adult agencies have not been more supportive.

As part of the Youth Enterprise Scheme two Kerikeri High School Year 13 students have come up with a plan they say should help to

Police have confirmed that five young males aged between 17 and 25 have died suddenly in Kaitaia in the past 12 weeks.

Kaitaia is a community in crisis, says a community leader, after a spate of suspected suicides in the Far North town.