Digger brought in to help in search for clues on missing Northland woman Bridget Simmonds
Simmonds' mother just wants closure for the family.
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Suspicious fire destroys community hall at Tutamoe
Suspicious fire destroys rural community hall.
164 job losses at Marsden Pt wood plant
Union slams Carter Holt Harvey's plan to make more than two thirds of workers redundant.
Police say missing woman case suspicious as property searched
Police consider disappearance of Bridget Simmonds is suspicious.
Business leader warns trading won't recover soon
Northland businesses given tens of millions in wage subsidy but the pain is not over yet.
Diversions following head-on crash near summit of Brynderwyn Hills
Head-on crash near the summit of Brynderwyn Hills.
Hallelujah as Northlanders welcome level 1
Business leaders and sporting organisations in Northland are delighted to move to level 1.
Tim Dower: One man can stop NZ First
Comment: The man in the way of NZ First's ambitions to return as king, or queen, maker.
Teens tried in vain to save 18yo stabbed at party - fifth homicide in NZ in a week
Krillan Koni Brown, 18, was killed at a house in the Far North town.
Teens tried in vain to save 18yo stabbed at party - fifth homicide in NZ in a week
Neighbours felt 'something not right' before hearing of death.
Emergency services called after child stuck on hill in Northland
Child is stranded about 10m by the side of a cliff.
Big Read: Where Winston Peters will hunt for votes this election
Election 2020 is coming - what will NZ First promise this election - and to who?
Brrrr...! Heavy snow closes roads as wintry blast moves up country
There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?
NZ First select Shane Jones as Northland candidate
Northland is considered the party's best chance to win an electorate seat.
Theft from Ratana Church in Whangārei
"I would like to think we could reach out to those people and possibly help them."
Unrepentant meth dealer: Why he's stuck with a 28-year prison stretch
Drug dealer's sentence stands despite Court of Appeal guideline shift.
Half of pre-schoolers still at home
Many parents are still at home and/or afraid to send their children back to centres.
Ardern and Bloomfield speak on level 2 rule breach
Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield: Why they broke social distancing rules.
Fired farm worker awarded $14,000
ERA finds man accused of damaging a power pole with a tractor was unjustifiably dismissed
Northland Orca sightings wanted
Northland Orca sightings wanted as one could be entangled in cray pot line
Nat MP: 'Hypocrites' Ardern and Bloomfield caught breaching social distance
Images show PM and director general of health breaking social distancing rules.
Police pursuits on rise in Northland
Northland police take new approach to understanding reasons behind fleeing drivers.
Wild weather: Flooding, slips, heavy rain pack a sting at end of holiday weekend
Heavy rain warning for the top half of the country, with floods in the Coromandel.
House engulfed by fire north of Kaiwaka, Northland
"All I could see was just a whole lot of flames. The whole place was engulfed."
Travel boom as Kiwis escape for long weekend
It's the first holiday weekend since New Zealand moved to alert level 2 - and we're off.
Bowel cancer 'not just old person's disease'
"They say we're not in the risk category but it's everywhere," says 37-year-old.
Four appear in court on drugs and firearms charges
Four people arrested in police drug operation named in court.
'People may be unprepared': Power cuts, flood warnings for upper North Island
Heavy rain, severe gales have the upper North Island in the firing line.
Covid-19 latest: Testing centres closing, no new cases as elimination looms
Kiwis are out and about, with only one remaining active case in the country.
John Stone signs off after 38 years as an Advocate photographer
John Stone has many tales to tell after working at the Northern Advocate for 38-years.
Busy roads, heavy rain and flood warnings: Warning for holidaymakers
Northland and Coromandel set for the heaviest falls; motorists urged to take care.
Holiday weekend: Crashes cause delays across Auckland motorway network
A motorist is in a critical condition after a three-vehicle crash in Mangere Bridge.