A Kiwi woman is helping lift the lid on how pornography consumption is effecting young people in New Zealand.

Tina Trenkner-Meade checks into reasonably-priced digs in a great location.

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An Whangarei engineering firm has been ordered to pay more than $70,000 after an employee injured an index finger which had to be

JS040117NADCRICK216.JPG Kamo batsman Leon Cross takes off for a run during his side's outright loss to Duracrete Products City in

A large scrub fire continues to burn near Whangarei, but power has been restored to 30,000 homes which lost electricity during the peak of the blaze.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Junior distance runner Quinn Gardiner-Hall is just weeks away from following in the footsteps of his heroes to the icy southern land.

We can expect normal temperatures in the coming months but less rain.

Organisers of Waitangi Day celebrations at the grounds have got behind local health organisations by supporting the ban.

Willie Jackson's move to Labour shows party's commitment to Maori issues, says leader Andrew Little.

Farmers needed serious rain - up to 100mm - but there was none on the horizon and soil moisture levels across Northland were extremely low.

The sudden deaths of two young girls in the past few weeks - in unrelated incidents - are being investigated.

Incredible footage shows shark making a spectacular break for freedom.

A pregnant woman watched helplessly as rescuers tried to save her fiance after he was pulled from a Northland beach.

Northland Inc is looking at whether there's a market to build a retirement village in Dargaville to lure Aucklanders ready to quit the rat race.

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

The war on plant and animal pests through more than 1400ha of bush, scrub and farmland between Whangarei and Dargaville is being ramped

A 29-year-old driver who allegedly led police on a pursuit through Whangarei was arrested after his car was spiked. The man caught

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

The signature twang of the Australian accent may soon be heard more around our northernmost region, if a new targeted tourism campaign proves a hit.

Anti-GM campaigners have launched a video on social media urging the Māori party to condemn Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, which would remove their right to remain GM Free. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Toys, food, vouchers and newly-knitted blankets are just some of the items that have been donated to help a family of six who lost

Today is an anniversary not just for Auckland but everywhere from Taupo north.

The number of unprovoked shark attacks across the world fell last year, in the wake of a record figure in 2015 that scientists partly put down to warmers waters created by a strong El Nino system.

Andrew Little attacks Bill English, as he reveals his battle with prostate cancer left him determined to strive for a system fair for everyone.

Movement at centre of failed US lawsuits rejects 'cult' claims.

A_100914HOSSPLCLENDON.JPG: Green Party list MP David Clendon will stand for the party in the Northland electorate again in this year's

A couple of boxer-cross puppies have been plucked from a certain death at Northland dump where they'd been abandoned in a black rubbish bag.

A romantic first date along a Russell beach has sparked a toxic seafood alert that has seen a ban on collecting shellfish from the entire Bay of Islands.