The Manakau Hotel's operators have had their licence renewed for three years to continue selling alcohol, but with an earlier closing

Gliding down the steady flow of the Waikanae River, Amanda Gibbons watched from her raft as her son followed closely behind on an

A scrub fire north of Kaitaia is believed to have been started by a preschool child playing with matches.

Prominent Maori broadcaster Kingi Ihaka dies aged 74.

David Wade says building a shipping container house requires living outside the box as well as thinking outside the box. The Fonterra

Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.

A Far North businessman faces an anxious wait to hear whether he may be prosecuted for removing sand from a picturesque beach. The

Police are once again urging drivers to buckle up after a crash in which a young woman was thrown through a car window after failing

Sprinklers, unattended hoses and automatic irrigation systems have been banned on all properties connected to Far North District Council

Priti Patel and husband Hitesh were pretty excited when they discovered they'd sold a winning First Division Lotto ticket - but it's

Weather forecasters predicted it would be a sizzling Sunday afternoon in Northland and they were right, with the mercury hitting

Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.

The National Park fire chief has described the scene of this morning's Tongariro National Park bus crash.

Multiple severe weather warnings and watches were issued yesterday as a cold front looks set to put a dampener on summer.

A stretch of Northland's east coast is out of bounds for gathering or eating shellfish due to dangerous levels of toxins found in samples.

Two members of a Whangarei 'cannabis club' facing drugs charges will have to convince a District Court judge next week to release

Billy Turner waited until after he'd been for a 20-minute swim with a 2.7m shark at Pauanui to tell his mother what he'd done.

Northland's reputation as the winterless North looks set to remain with the region the hottest in the country last year, for the fifth

A Kaitaia couple will be forever grateful that their two-year-old daughter did not lose her life when she fell into an adult public pool.

When Alan Taikato heads into Waihi tomorrow Wednesday to pay his bills and do his weekly shopping, he'll be riding a new electric

Police have confirmed Savey Kevin Sous sustained two bullet wounds in armed callout in Whanganui on Friday.

A Whangarei mum is pleading with the city's drivers to take more care after a red-light runner nearly hit her children. Lacey Owen

A Napier man says an iPhone 5 caught fire and destroyed his car.

A car being torched is thought to have caused a blaze firefighters spent all night bringing under control at Pipiwai and which forced a family to flee their home.

A child recovery expert is notifying coastal areas in Australia to be on the look out for missing yachtie Alan Langdon and daughter Que.

Dr Brett Mullan of the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) explains our holiday season weather and warming world.

Firefighters are pleading with people in the top half of the North Island to get a permit before lighting fires outside.

Hundreds of people have reported being shaken awake this morning in Bay of Plenty.

A trio of trees have toppled power lines and led to a Porirua road being closed as repair crew arrive to clear the scene.

Alan Langdon was open about his quest to flee Kawhia so that he couldn't be found - but he didn't mention 6-year-old daughter, Que, in his plans.