This week's storm chaos has seen unsettled silt at water treatment plants, sparking a city-wide call to save two buckets of water per person, per day.

A Northland group has lost its high court fight to stop the export of swamp kauri stumps in an almost raw state.

State Highway 1 north of Maromaku is completely blocked.

A power outage affected hundreds of Northlanders during wild weather yesterday. (Thur)

Rainfall levels 'off the charts' as upper North Island prepares for a second big drenching this week.

Friday night and Saturday morning weather predicted to be as bad or worse than Tuesday's downpours, Civil Defence warns.

An Air NZ flight has been hit by lightning as severe thunderstorms lash Northland.

The last section of Northland's Twin Coast Cycle Trail will be officially opened next week.

The Warkworth-Wellsford highway will now cost twice as much, but the Government says it is worth every cent.

Weather watches or warning are in place for most of the upper North Island as more rain is forecast over the week.

The environmentally-fragile dune lake near Tokerau Beach on the Karikari Peninsula has been exposed to oil and lubricants as well as fish and weed pests.

A German tourist is considering leaving the country after thieves stole all his possessions in Tutukaka.

A jury trial for six men over the largest seizure of methamphetamine ever in the country will be April next year.

Breath-taking views are reward for a punishing hike, writes Stephanie Holmes.

Victim was "just helpless, there was all of us against her," says woman who was jailed for her part in May 2016 attack.

It'll be a beautiful day in most parts of the North Island today.

The vessel had issued a distress call after hitting the rocks, just north of Whangarei.

A horrific road crash between a car and truck has claimed the lives of two people.

A stray cat found in a loose leg-hold trap has had to be put down.

The Government is failing in its duty by being too easy on lowlifes who terrorise and rob citizens of their hard earned money, a Northland dairy owner says.

The quad bike rolled at Wreck Bay Rd in Ahipara this afternoon.

Police say they do not know the identity of a Whangarei officer accused of sending explicit text messages to a young woman.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A woman living near a property where five people were injured in a gang-related shooting heard glass smash and a man yelling 'help

A motorcyclist who collided with a school bus south of Whangarei was flown to the Middlemore Hospital with spinal injuries. The crash

Tuakana Matthews failed to return from a release to attend his father's funeral in Whangarei.

Aggressive divers took more than 500 scallops in an incident at Whangarei Heads.

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