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Kia ora: Opononi/ Omapere
Elisabeth Easther finds out about the delights of one of Earth's great beauty spots.
Elisabeth Easther finds out about the delights of one of Earth's great beauty spots.
An 11-year-old world-class cheerleader took a terrifying tumble on Saturday, after she was picked up by a gust of wind, leaving her mother to think she was dead.
In Mangawhai, hundreds of otherwise law-abiding home owners have been on a rates strike for more than a year.
A bus reversing over a gas main in Whangarei sparked mass evacuations in the suburb of Kamo this morning.
Anti-mining groups in Northland are planning to block State Highway 1 for two hours today in a protest against an Australian exploration company's plans to begin prospecting for gold and silver.
A round trip to the Bay of Islands ticks all the boxes for Donna McIntyre.
Victims of a prominent Far North businessman who were sexually abused while in his care have expressed disappointment at the sentence handed down today.
The victims of a Kaitaia man jailed for five years for sexual offending say the fact he was preaching in church made it more difficult to complain about his actions.
Housing NZ is looking at security at one of its houses after an 83-year-old former priest was hit over the head with a porcelain tea pot on Halloween.
There was this woman astride a horse, on a beach, far away at the top of NZ. She moved forward because these were her people's lands and she wouldn't be denied.
A husband watched in horror as an oncoming car smashed head-on into his wife's vehicle, travelling behind his.
The former principal of a Northland Christian school has appeared in court on sex abuse charges involving two young boys more than 40 years ago.
A Far North after-school care worker has been charged with child sex abuse.
A storm is causing havoc across the upper part of the North island this evening, with warnings stronger winds and more rain is on the way.
Heavy rain and severe gales are set to pound far greater swathes of the country than the thunderstorms which struck over the weekend.
Auckland homes left without power after a violent storm overnight have been reconnected but forecasters have warned more bad weather is on the way.
Stormy weather in the upper half of the North Island has left about 400 homes without power.
A Kaikohe man says it's "an absolute miracle" he survived a gruesome accident with a rotary slasher that saw him lose part of his leg.
Torn between a high-rise holiday and jungle, Tim Roxborough found both in one place.
An oyster barge which disappeared from its Northland home has turned up a year later, after drifting thousands of kilometres to the shores of Queensland.