A domestic violence victim whose partner took her phone so she couldn't call police managed to raise the alarm via Facebook instead.

The remains of warrior chief Hone Heke will be reburied near Kaikohe next month, Ngapuhi leader and descendant David Rankin says.

A heart attack victim taken to hospital in an ambulance driven by a taxi driver has been billed by St John Ambulance for the ride.

Police arrested four members of one family after a motorbike was allegedly driven around a Kaikohe street in a dangerous manner.

Dogs have been banned from Kaikohe's main street following a series of complaints about people walking intimidating dogs down Broadway.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Northland Maori leaders are calling for all Ngapuhi to be involved in determining a final resting place for Hone Heke’s bones.

A Far North man has been charged with murder following the discovery of an Auckland man's body near a popular hiking track in Northland.

A police officer has denied he was texting when the patrol car he was driving hit and killed a 16-year-old youth in Northland in 2009.

A teenage boy was released on bail today after his first court appearance over the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman in Northland.