Winter gets off to a wet start
Winter's first day is forecast to be wet but the weather should improve as June progresses.
Winter's first day is forecast to be wet but the weather should improve as June progresses.
Philip Duncan of WeatherWatch said another band of wet, cold weather would be making its way across the country throughout today and next week.
Rental company Wicked Campers has again fallen foul of the advertising watchdog with offensive slogans painted on its vans.
The mother whose young tot was killed in the carpark of a Northland school had just returned to New Zealand for a holiday with her family.
Four people have been injured, two of them seriously, in a car crash this afternoon.
Lonely Planet has confirmed what Northlanders have known for years - the unmissable site that has made New Zealand's top 10 list.
Seven people have been arrested in Kaikohe as part of a crack down on gangs in the area, police say.
One person is dead after their car went off a bridge and into a river about 120km north-west of Whangarei tonight.
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested following an assault in Kaikohe that was filmed and posted online.
"I am just as committed today to leading National to victory at the next election as I was when first taking up the role as your leader in November 2006," Key said.
In the midst of the madness of the Northland byelection, an important story about the New Zealand economy was being told, writes Grant Robertson.
Chase the sun north to a proud town where Elisabeth Easther finds a warm welcome and a fascinating history.
It took just 15 minutes for Ian McDonald's sore shoulder to turn into pain so excruciating it felt like a knife cutting into his spine.
A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.
Clear sunny days will brighten the weekend, but once the sun sets, prepare for chilly nights, MetService says.
A Northland man accused of murder after a fatal fight can now be named.
Two flood-damaged police cars were written off in one year, with more than $71,991 being spent on repairing vehicles in the Northland police fleet.
Former National MP Mike Sabin has picked up a job as the head of a luxury resort in Northland.
The two truck collision took place on State Highway 1 near the intersection of Jordan Valley Rd, Hikurangi, around 6.45am.
Transport Minister admits he asked his officials for information on Northland's one-way bridges during the Northland byelection but denies he breached Cabinet rules by doing so.
The children of a Northland man who died after a fight were believed to have seen the incident and driven him to the nearest house.
Winston Peters sounds genuinely interested in a request from subtribes of Ngapuhi to intercede in the dispute that is standing in the way of a Treaty settlement the Northland region needs.
Concerns are held for the safety of a three-year-old boy taken by his father after a violent family incident in Whangarei today.
Is everything I have ever done and will ever do in my life ultimately less significant than Winston Peters winning a by-election in Northland?
The 14-year-old teenage boy who died following a quad bike accident has been named by police.
Newly-elected Northland MP Winston Peters has been called on to resolve a dispute that has held up a Treaty settlement for the country's largest iwi.
Less than 25h after a stunning victory, Winston Peters was up to his old petulant antics in a way that made the Aussie cricketers look like models of good sportsmanship, writes Paul Little.
Winston Peters' triumph in the Northland byelection signals the most serious challenge he has mounted to National in two decades, writes John Armstrong.