A former world number one tennis player has bought a prime chunk of Russell waterfront for almost $6 million.

Police are making inquiries after bones were found on a Far North property.

You know you're in Northland when Santa arrives by waka ama with a United Tribes flag flying proudly from the back of his canoe.

How many illegal dumps are there around Northland? We know of at least two - this region's second large-scale roadside tip emerged

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.

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.

Burglars who broke into a jeweller's premise went for the best quality items.

JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

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.

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

A man has died after the vehicle he was travelling in flew off the road and hit a tree along State Highway 1 in Northland early this morning.

Cadaver dogs are searching bush for a gang member missing since March.

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.