CAA has eight reports of laser strike from Northland rescue helicopter in three years.

News of the closure had sparked fears for employees and Kaikohe locals without transport.

Costly traffic management plan needed to make long-running Opua regatta legal.

About 100 people marching in Dargaville in protest against proposed giant chook farm.

Government investment in four big projects revealed

Testing last week indicated bacteria in a number of waterways across Northland.

Bill Tuckey, 105, was buried just three months ago in Rawene Cemetery.

Four people rescued from Hokianga Harbour after boat capsized while crossing the bar.

Jimmy Cliff will be joined by Teeks, Katchafire at the new Bay of Islands Music Festival.

Union says NZ vocational education is in crisis as jobs go at another technical institute

Dozens of jobs and the Rawene and Kerikeri campuses could face the chop.

Māori elders worry as fewer youth rise up the ranks to fill crucial gaps.

Three people have been taken to Bay of Islands Hospital following the crash.

Heart Beat series: They told us about their towns. Now hear their views on the election.

Heartbeat Rawene

A small tourism business in the Far North plans to grow following a $30,000 award.

Steady rainfall is forecast as a low makes its way slowly down the North Island.

Northland's "steaming" economy has outstripped every region except Nelson.

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

The Wekaweka forest crowdfunding campaign is way behind target, with only two weeks to go.

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.

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

The last section of Northland's Twin Coast Cycle Trail will be officially opened next week.

A rare undeveloped gem in the Hokianga where Polynesian settlers are first believed to have set foot on New Zealand soil is for sale in the Hokianga.

The video features a host of Kiwi stars in beautiful Northland locations, from Rachel Hunter to Eliza McCartney.

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

We were asked to keep our heads down, follow the path and walk single file with no talking.

A year on, the country life still beckons Wendyl Nissen and Paul Little, but a flash new job has led to a change of plans.

Boogie boarding on the sand dunes of Hokianga is addictive, family friendly fun, writes Rob Cox.