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Firefighters 'drinking' before critical audit
A firefighter appeared drunk and others could not demonstrate basic critical skills during an audit, an official report says.
A firefighter appeared drunk and others could not demonstrate basic critical skills during an audit, an official report says.
See which region isn't afraid to whinge when they've had a gutsful with roadworks.
Auckland and Northland are about to get much-needed rain with a line of thunderstorms off the coast of the North Island.
Ministry to "review its position" on financial penalties to DHBs for strike-induced surgery delays.
Desperate Mangawhai residents have stooped to stealing water as the shortage crisis in Northland worsens.
Prominent Maori broadcaster Kingi Ihaka dies aged 74.
Northland DHB risks losing $1.5 million in elective surgery funding, chief doctor says
A 300kg leopard seal looks to be in Auckland to stay, as the hefty visitor makes itself a summer spectacle for ferry commuters.
Unionised resident doctors are reported to be working through the strike at some hospitals.
In the front yard of her Whangarei home Cassandra Moar sits under a tree with flax in her hand weaving a wahakura waikawa - a woven
An extradition order is not being sought for a Kiwi yachtsman who sailed to Australia with his young daughter.
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These are the first pictures of Que Langdon reunited with her mother, after almost a month at sea with her father.
A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.
Alan Langdon's father believes his son always intended to sail to Australia, not the Bay of Islands as he claims.
How an undercover agent led police to a sprawling underworld drug network.
A man is dead after a car hit the bench he was sitting on.
Supermodel Rachel Hunter might not have left her heart in Kaeo when she visited the Far North town recently - but she did leave her
A technical issue at NZME's print plant has affected production of several newspapers today.
SUP080117NADFIRE3.JPGA number of suspicious or carelessly-lit fires, like this one at Pipiwai on Saturday has sparked a total fire
More than 80 Kiwi kids were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016.
Onlookers appeared more fascinated than frightened when four menacing fins surfaced in the shallows at Coopers Beach two days in a row.
A man has been resuscitated after getting into trouble in the water at a popular Northland campground this afternoon.
The driver of a ute that crashed into three lamp posts and rolled in Northland yesterday has been charged.
Missing yachtie Alan Langdon and his daughter Que could be landing in Australia as early as today, said a top child recovery expert.
On half the occasions NZ Customs asked the Navy for help, it was told it couldn't because aircraft and ships were being maintained, repaired or replaced.
After many missed deadlines, the ribbon is cut on the route from Opua to the Hokianga.
Five people have been injured and one person is in serious condition after a car rolled in Northland.
Emergency services are responding to reports of a person found unconscious in water in Northland.