A Northland school teacher has been censured after her conviction for driving with nearly five times the legal alcohol limit and getting

An Air New Zealand safety video showcasing the people and sights of Northland has been watched 2.2 million times in its first 24 hours

A Napier District Court jury gasped in apparent horror yesterday as they were told a brief history of a man they'd just taken barely 15 minutes to find guilty.

A Whangarei woman whose living room was burgled while her husband dozed on the couch says the crime shows how "brazen and opportunistic"

A store owner has described being held up by three masked robbers wielding a machete and a knife. Napier store owner Kirti Patel

Queues? What queues? Lorna Subritzky goes by rail to enjoy Tongariro National Park and salutes traffic jams as she passes through.

Three men have appeared in court in relation to the largest seizure of illegally gathered mussels in Northland in over a decade. Ministry

A battery-powered hoverboard has been blamed for a fire that damaged a child's bedroom at a house in Kaitaia on Sunday night. A Kaitaia

Northland's canine crimefighters have been given an extra layer of protection against being stabbed or slashed while on the frontline. The

A woman in her early 20s drowned and two other young women were hauled from the surf in a dramatic beach rescue at remote Hukatere

Fishing companies pledge changes to help endangered Maui dolphins.

A little boy has been left chuffed by a random act of kindness from two police officers who donned their secret Santa hats for him. Four-year-old

More than 40,000 Gisborne residents have been asked to prepare for eight hours without power again this Sunday.

Thirty-seven businesses have been selected to receive financial help after the gastro crisis rocked the village in August. A council

The pilot of the plane which crashed in to high voltage power lines on Monday morning has been described as an aviation enthusiast

Frogs with a taste for the urban lifestyle have moved into a Whangarei city park.

The trial of a teenager charged with the manslaughter of 2-year-old Matiu Wereta in Flaxmere 14 months ago is expected to be held

Whatuwhiwhi man John McMahon is deeply unhappy that the Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 Holiday Park is providing paid camp sites on the Far North

The extent of Northland's illegal dumping issue is "coming out of the woodwork", with the discovery of another huge pile of trash

GNS Science says the probability of a big quake has increased following the Kaikoura earthquake.

Toast is on the menu for the Kaushish family's lunch, and there isn't a curry in sight. It's Monday afternoon, and the Bay of Plenty

A shop in Whangarei sold two winning Division One Lotto tickets of $166,667 in Saturday's draw as Northland's amazing run of Lotto

We may be 12 days into summer but the rain falling over the last week isn't going anywhere fast.

More wet weather is on the way this weekend.

Givealittle page raises over $10,000 in less than a day in support of family who lost a husband and father killed in the Kaipara Harbour boating accident.

The hunt is on for "a bloody idiot" who sabotaged the Far North, cutting power to more than 32,000 homes and businesses.

The forecast is looking grim for large outdoor Christmas events across New Zealand this weekend.

A transport watchdog has found that the train that ploughed into a digger driver leaving him with severe brain injuries was not at fault.

One of New Zealand's youngest asbestos cancer sufferers, Deanna Trevarthen, died in Auckland on Monday, surrounded by family and in

A man pushed his partner to the ground and bit her cheek, the court heard. Ihaia Hipango pleaded guilty in the Whanganui District