New Year's Eve has got off to a disastrous start to two people who were injured in a dune buggy crash in Northland this evening.

One person has died in a water rescue at Doves Bay Marina, near Kerikeri in the Far North.

A fire that came within a metre of a ute and a few metres of a Kerikeri home was a blaze waiting to happen, the town's fire chief

A Northland culinary school which closed down suddenly last month, putting tutors out of work and students in limbo, was owned by

Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.

A member of the public stopped an armed robber yesterday afternoon in what police are calling a "brave action by a community minded person".

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

The owners of a Kerikeri jewellery business are reeling after thieves targeted the best bling in the shop. Manufacturing and retail

SUP191016NADKIWI.JPG The dead kiwi is thought to be one of four that lived on Peter Nash's Puketotara Rd property. PHOTO / SUPPLIED by

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Police have arrested three young men following a number of burglaries in the Kerikeri region over the past couple of weeks.

The two people who died, Vernon Lawrence-Samuels and Ryan Wikaira, both 23, had been at rugby training before the accident.

Northland farmer who lost hundreds of thousands in income is offering a $50,000 reward for evidence that leads to a conviction.

The low immunisation rate of Northland teenagers could help a measles outbreak spread across the region, health officials fear.

A laundromat in Kerikeri has been damaged by fire today.

The driver of a vehicle involved in a double fatality in Northland has been charged with causing the deaths and will appear in court this morning.

A man is in custody after a police armed offenders squad callout in which Kerikeri residents were evacuated from their homes.

Two people are seriously injured after their car crashed through a barrier and down a cliff in Kerikeri early this morning.

Rising Kiwi piano star Sylvia Jiang will soon be the toast of New York - but not before she wows Kerikeri.

A 15-year-old Northland boy died after succumbing to fatal injuries he sustained during an "absolute chance'' BMX accident, a coroner has found.

Danielle Wright takes her family to a Northland town so good they named it twice.

Mystery continues to surround the death of a young man whose body was found on Ninety Mile Beach in 2011, an inquest heard today.

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.

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