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Meth-making 'puppet' jailed for 9.5 years
A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest
A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest
Civil Defence has cancelled the tsunami warning issued for the North Coast Regions of the North Island following this morning's 7.1 magnitude quake.
Much of the North Island was shaken awake this morning with a magnitude 7.1 earthquake felt from Northland to Wellington.
The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is a finalist in the New Zealand Tourism Awards, going head-to-head with TIME Unlimited Tours of Auckland.
Convictions in Rotorua for cannabis possession have fallen more than 66 per cent in the last six years - adding fuel to nationwide
A local car dealer has warned the thieves who stole some mags and tyres off a vehicle behind his business that they may not have got
A faulty test may be why Hastings District Council was unaware for five days that the Havelock North water supply was contaminated. In
The Japanese tourist whose belongings were stolen when the driver he hitched a lift with sped off has seen another side of Northland
Courts let dangerous American pitbull terrier cross live after nine months on death row. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation
A Napier business owner could do nothing but watch, as a car left the road and plunged into the side of a building last night. Emergency
The Ngapuhi Runanga has decided to extend Sonny Tau's leave as chairman of the board for a further six months after he was found guilty
Police are thanking a member of the public who helped to tackle a man who had just assaulted an officer with a chair in Kaikohe. Senior
A drug dealer has been told a lengthy jail sentence is likely after police charged him with bringing more than $300,000 worth of methamphetamine
Cattle can freely walk into our rivers and defecate despite heightened water safety concerns in the wake of the gastro crisis.
For many, a cancer diagnosis spells a bout of nauseating radiation and chemotherapy. But for 36-year-old Northland woman Alethea
Havelock North residents will soon be drinking Hastings water - which will be chlorinated for the foreseeable future. The supply
A Napier service station attendant was left with a gashed arm after a machete-wielding robber confronted him and lashed out on Monday
"Stupid idiots" smashed through a fence, knocked bollards out of the ground and left skid marks across a Whangarei sporting field
Electronic tracking devices and surveillance cameras could be a way of stemming beehive thefts in Northland, an industry spokesman
Police have conceded the response to a woman who barricaded herself in her home and called 111 after being followed to her home did not meet the usual standard.
A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than
A team of investigators are no closer to sourcing Havelock North's water contamination. Further test results from Hastings, Flaxmere
Skiers and snowboarders flocked to sunny Mt Ruapehu in such great numbers today that the access road to Whakapapa ski area had to be closed.
Three men and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested after a 60 strong brawl in Tokoroa which saw a teenage boy seriously injured.
Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.
A chance intervention has continued the remarkable good fortunes of a plucky ewe that was dubbed "New Zealand's luckiest lamb". Lucky
Communities are questioning the placement of high-risk sexual offenders near children after two cases involving three separate abusers emerged yesterday.
Port of Tauranga posted a 2.3 per cent decline in full-year profit, partly reflecting an accounting change but also a sharp decline in log volume.
The crash is affecting southbound lanes near the Penrose over bridge.