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

A developer has backtracked on its plans to move a beachside carpark.

When Blake Raven saw an emu wandering the streets of Mangawhai yesterday, he thought it was pretty random.

Boy is understood to have been playing with a hammock suspended from a chain when the suspected accidental hanging occurred at a home in Mangawhai Heads.

Mangawhai is a great place to get away to for the weekend and also fantastic for fishing.

An orca found stranded just north of the Mangawhai Heads Surf Life Saving Club has died.

Expat American working on a property development that just happens to include an exclusive golf course.

The Queen's Birthday holiday road toll stands at a minimum of three this evening, with potentially a further fatality, following a number of crashes over the weekend.

Sometimes you wonder just what could be achieved in the world if small-town enthusiasm was harnessed, writes Colin Moore.