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

Maori families living in sheds and buses have been offered zero-deposit homes.

Willow-Jean Prime is likely to be in the Beehive after a high placing on Labour's list.

Two tourists viciously assaulted in Northland had harsh words for one of the attackers.

A young woman has reversed her decision to become a male, a rare case in New Zealand.

The Green Party is looking to the Maori seats to boost its vote at the election.

A Northland tribe is trying to buy an island it says was a battlefield.

Warning for parents amid cases of children being left alone: 'We're not a daycare.'

OBM grab another bonus point as Mid Northern and Western Sharks keep pace.

Kamo picked up their first win of the season in the Bayleys Premier grade.

63 minis have hit the road to raise money for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

63 classic mini's are traveling the length of the country to raise money for KidsCan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A house has been condemned after a section of road slumped in Cyclone Cook's rain.

One house has been condemned after rain from Cyclone Cook caused a road slip.

A school principal shared hard-core pornographic images with his staff by email.

Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.

Women's car still stranded on flooded Russell Rd after they're helped to escape.

Teenage boy dies after being released from hospital.

First Tasman rower had no two-way radio communication once out of sight of land.

So far $16,000 has been raised to buy a Northland island.

Ricardo Simich checks into historic Northland accommodation.

A long hidden waterfall is once again accessible to the public

Two men plead guilty to attacking male and female overseas tourists at Ahipara.

A GoFundMe site has been created to buy a Northland island.

Broadbill swordfish was so big it wouldn't all fit in the boat.

Kaikohe community steps up as mum takes her sons to police station for Friday's rampage

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

A Kaikohe mum took her sons to the cops for their role in attacking a local gas station.

Local woman reports grandson to police after recognising him in CCTV footage.

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.