Outrage over teens' sentence
A sentence of home detention for four Northland teenagers for a burglary spree totalling nearly $80,000 in stolen property has been labelled "inadequate" and too lenient.
A sentence of home detention for four Northland teenagers for a burglary spree totalling nearly $80,000 in stolen property has been labelled "inadequate" and too lenient.
Young men full of bravado stole boats, fishing gear, outboard motors and tools worth nearly $80,000 for an adrenaline rush.
Kaitaia has experienced a dramatic reduction in burglaries after the council and police joined forces to combat the problem.
A sex offender who raped a young girl says he was the victim, but he has forgiven the girl.
Residents on a popular logging truck route say their lives are being put at risk by the hundreds of heavy trucks passing their homes each day.
Twelve kiwi have been released on to farmland and bush at Hikurangi Swamp after years of hard work by farmers from the Tanekaha area finally paid off.
The large fire was contained to the site's boiler room after flames swept up an air duct.
A Northland school teacher driving with nearly five times the legal alcohol limit has amazed a judge.
An American tourist has admitted careless driving causing the deaths of two women, and injuring a man, near Kerikeri on Saturday.
A young woman was subjected to a vicious sexual attack on Friday while on her morning jog.
Police confirmed two cars were involved in the collision on State Highway 10, at Puketona Junction, this evening.
A Whangarei man who stabbed his son to death during an argument while drinking has to forever live with the consequence of his actions, a judge said.
Te Ahu Belle, 19, and Glen Inglis, 18, are facing two charges of aggravated robbery, one of possession of cannabis plant and another of possession of cannabis plant for supply.
Police were called to the scene and seized guns after shots were fired at a vehicle in Houhora.
Police want information on the aggravated robbery of a pizza store in Whangarei last night, which left a worker with knife cuts.
An act of "absolute stupidity and dangerous driving" by a fleeing motorist put innocent lives at risk, Northland's top traffic officer says.
For a decade Garry and Cynthia Moran have seen first-hand the human carnage created by vicious dog attacks in their Northland street.
An American pitbull dog responsible for the attack on an elderly man and his dog in Kaikohe has been handed over to authorities and is likely to be destroyed.
Families who have struggled through the bureaucratic red tape to gain permission to use medicinal cannabis say the costs remain too high a hurdle for too many.
A learner driver being pursued by police allegedly rammed into three patrol cars. It was the second police pursuit in Northland in the space of three days.