More than 7000 people packed the Doubtless Bay town to celebrate event’s 10th anniversary.

Reality is sinking in for the thousands who lost homes and businesses in the disaster.

The family lost $3,600 to the fraud, and is living separately while trying to find a home

Down memory lane. Key events at the lion park over the last two decades

The melodeon was played in the trenches of the First World War to boost morale.

A trek organised by a Far North charitable trust is fundraising for first responders.

Clients share harrowing tales of how they ended up on drugs — and their hopes for future.

It’s always nice when those sponsors are local ones.

Principal sends urgent letter to parents, alerting them to situation.

"It should have been done a long time before this," one student said.

Social media users reported the offender had a tomahawk.

Small spaces and blind spots in the building create security issues, one lawyer says.

Formative battle marked start of 1845-46 Northern War and helped shape Northland history.

A 36-year-old travel agent is charged with injuring with intent to injure over the assault

A cluster of thundery cells are moving in from the Tasman and set to hit Auckland north.

Trucks and trailers are not able to travel via the Kaiwaka, Mangawhai and Waipū detours.

Ōpua community farewells "the most incredibly kind, wise, gentle and humble man".

Searchers found the woman in the Mountain Rd area of Whirinaki at 12.20am on Thursday.

The lunch provider allegedly provided students with raw chicken meals - more than once.

Police, ambulance, and fire appliances can be seen outside the courthouse on Bank St.

Much of New Zealand will wake up rain on Friday - but it's not all bad news.

Some students reportedly became sick after eating the uncooked meat.

The man was freed by volunteer firefighters, but later died.

Four Northland children under the age of 5 contracted meningococcal B in July last year.

The shoreline at Ōmāpere has shifted inland by nine metres during the past decade.

It's unlikely the big cats will be taken by a zoo in New Zealand, an expert believes.

News snippets from across Northland and surrounds.