Kaitaia mother Emma-Jade Nathan regrets contributing to her children's asthma and breathing problems through smoking

A driver escaped unhurt after the logging truck he was driving caught fire in Northland this morning.

The low immunisation rate of Northland teenagers could help a measles outbreak spread across the region, health officials fear.

Paul Harris is on trial in the High Court at Whangarei having pleaded not guilty to the murder of Joseph Rowland Keogh last year.

A 26-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving rolled on State Highway 10 early this morning.

A crash involving a logging truck in Otaika Valley Road has become the seventh logging truck crash in Northland just over seven weeks.

A Northland man out shooting possums with his family at night was confronted by a neighbour who tried to wrestle a slug gun off the hunter before stabbing him, a jury has heard.

Property manager calls for a public register naming tenants who contaminate rental properties with methamphetamine.

Relief for Northland family of 4-year-old autistic girl Hailey Alver after she went missing and was found shivering next to a tree in dense forest last night.

Two Levin schools have closed today because of a confirmed case of measles.

The quota system needs to change to ensure commercial fishermen are not illegally dumping catch, says fisherman.

A 4-year-old girl who had gone missing from a rural property in Northland has been found alive and well.

Police are "very concerned that these firearms are now likely to be in the hands of the criminal fraternity and the obvious risk that this poses".

The completion of a settlement of major Treaty of Waitangi claims is in the balance after a hui was held to resolve issues over its management.

Kaitaia has experienced a dramatic reduction in burglaries after the council and police joined forces to combat the problem.

A sex offender who raped a young girl says he was the victim, but he has forgiven the girl.

Residents on a popular logging truck route say their lives are being put at risk by the hundreds of heavy trucks passing their homes each day.

Twelve kiwi have been released on to farmland and bush at Hikurangi Swamp after years of hard work by farmers from the Tanekaha area finally paid off.

The large fire was contained to the site's boiler room after flames swept up an air duct.

A Northland school teacher driving with nearly five times the legal alcohol limit has amazed a judge.

Five logging truck crashes in less than a month across Northland deemed "totally unacceptable and intolerable", says transport industry leader.

Another "round" of robins is planned for release at Whangarei's Bream Head Scenic Reserve next week.

An American tourist has admitted careless driving causing the deaths of two women, and injuring a man, near Kerikeri on Saturday.