The race for the Te Tai Tokerau seat is expected to be close after the Maori Party agreed not to stand in the electorate to ensure

In a bid to win back all seven Maori seats, Mana Movement will contest only the Te Tai Tokerau seat at this year's election while Maori Party will not stand in that electorate.

A High Court judge has questioned why a Whangarei man is appealing the destruction of his dog which attacked a postie - when his prized

The Maori Party and the Mana Party are about to sign an agreement that's expected to involve electorate deals designed to enhance

A landslide has taken out power lines and blocked a 50-metre section of road north of Dargaville. Emergency services and council

A large slip has blocked a road in Northland.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

COMMENT: Figures released last month by Niwa show that 2016 was the hottest year on record for New Zealand, with record or near-record breaking temperatures for many locations, writes Adelia Hallett.

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COMMENT: They are the ninjas of losing, the candidates who must lose to win. writes Claire Trevett.

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The MetService has issued a severe weather watch for Northland with heavy rain expected to lash parts of the region today. Incidentally

New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.

NZTA hopes a new road connecting Warkworth and Wellsford will reduce crash casualties on the route by 80 per cent.

Keen on sharing a common house, a village green, and a swimming pool while owning your own home?

The behaviour of whoever left the skin and trotters of a pig near a busy Northland road has been labelled as "revolting" by a council engineer.

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Aucklanders are paying 16 per more on average for car insurance a year than what the average Kiwi pays.

An elderly couple loading groceries in their car were confronted by a man who allegedly jumped in their car and drove away, nearly running them and others over.

A 98-year-old cruise boat and her Whangarei boat shed are up for sale, an offer its owners say is "as rare as hen's teeth".

The man said he was going to test his boat's engine but did not return.

The rain poured down on parts of Northland but it could be another 10 days before the region sees another rain cloud.

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.