Fatal fire after negotiations
A specialist police squad negotiated with a man in a rural Far North home for about four hours before he was found dead in a house fire caused by an explosive device.
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Raw: Aerial footage of Kaeo flooding
An nzherald.co.nz reader's video of flooding in Kaeo. Courtesy YouTube/mrmaca
The project that gave a voice
100 low-income families were asked what they needed to get out of poverty. Here are their answers.
Bay of Islands: Winging it in Russell
The sky is the limit as a Northland town turns on the charm for a winter festival, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Kia ora: Houhora
Elisabeth Easther is tempted to stay in Northland's big-game fishing golden spot.
Four helicopters fight big blaze in Far North
A huge fire at Taheke, in South Hokianga, is likely to take days and cost tens of thousands of dollars to put out.
Kia ora: Ahipara
No matter what the weather, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty to do at the beach.
Far North teacher accused of assaulting pupil
A Far North teacher accused of attacking a student during class has made a brief appearance in court this morning.
Kerikeri: A place to dream
Danielle Wright takes her family to a Northland town so good they named it twice.
Victim: He threatened to kill my parents
A victim of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband says she stayed with him for more than two decades because he threatened to kill her parents.
Jones: Titford a 'destructive' influence
The man jailed for two decades for sex and violence offences was a "destructive" influence on Maori/Pakeha relations in the Far North, Labour MP Shane Jones says.
Ill-feeling precedes marae fire
A Far North marae hit by fire this week had been the subject of infighting over a new building on the site, a marae leader says.
Toby Manhire: Roast Busters questions scream for answers
The response was swift and pretty much universal: this was appalling, stomach churning, almost certainly criminal, writes Toby Manhire.
'She taught us who we were'
There was this woman astride a horse, on a beach, far away at the top of NZ. She moved forward because these were her people's lands and she wouldn't be denied.
Care worker charged with sex abuse
A Far North after-school care worker has been charged with child sex abuse.
Woman filmed as she slept
A man who broke into a woman's home and filmed her as she slept has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of five years.
Kia ora: Kawakawa
Elisabeth Easther discovers a gem of a town in Northland where the train runs down the middle of the main street.
Russell: It's a top town
Elisabeth Easther finds New Zealand's former capital is still a capital place.
Northland: Dwarfed by immensity
Torn between a high-rise holiday and jungle, Tim Roxborough found both in one place.
Special Ks - Kaikohe, Kawakawa and oKaihau have it all
Finding true north in the Far North, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty there to spin her wheels.
Bleach attackers still being sought
No one has yet been arrested for throwing bleach into a regional council worker's face in a vicious highway attack in the Far North in June.
Body found on beach to be released to family
The body of a man found in the Hokianga Harbour will be released to his family for burial as soon as his identity is confirmed.
Abuse victim raises alarm on Facebook
A domestic violence victim whose partner took her phone so she couldn't call police managed to raise the alarm via Facebook instead.