A young woman was subjected to a vicious sexual attack on Friday while on her morning jog.

Police confirmed two cars were involved in the collision on State Highway 10, at Puketona Junction, this evening.

A Whangarei man who stabbed his son to death during an argument while drinking has to forever live with the consequence of his actions, a judge said.

A spike in dumped pets is causing concern in Whangarei.

Te Ahu Belle, 19, and Glen Inglis, 18, are facing two charges of aggravated robbery, one of possession of cannabis plant and another of possession of cannabis plant for supply.

Police have been searching throughout the night for an elderly man who failed to return home after checking equipment on a farm in Kaeo.

An act of "absolute stupidity and dangerous driving" by a fleeing motorist put innocent lives at risk, Northland's top traffic officer says.

For a decade Garry and Cynthia Moran have seen first-hand the human carnage created by vicious dog attacks in their Northland street.

An American pitbull dog responsible for the attack on an elderly man and his dog in Kaikohe has been handed over to authorities and is likely to be destroyed.

Families who have struggled through the bureaucratic red tape to gain permission to use medicinal cannabis say the costs remain too high a hurdle for too many.

A learner driver being pursued by police allegedly rammed into three patrol cars. It was the second police pursuit in Northland in the space of three days.

Bring your bike because the Twin Coast Cycleway is just 40km away at Horeke.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for blackmailing a 14-year-old girl into sending him naked pictures over Facebook.

Excluding Northport as a possible site for taking over some of Ports of Auckland's work doesn't make sense to Northland's economic development boss.

A Northland holiday park will be one of the first in New Zealand to banish smoking from its grounds.

The lawyer of a prominent Kiwi on sex charges says the trial has seen the accusers' lies unravel "spectacularly".

A Northland family believe a lack of funding for medicinal marijuana is preventing people from applying for permission to use the drug.

Firefighters had to lift a car off a man who was thrown halfway out of the driver's window and trapped under the vehicle when it crashed.

We were asked to keep our heads down, follow the path and walk single file with no talking.

Emergency services are trying to make their way to the scene of a crash after two motorbikes collided in sand dunes in Northland.

The family of a patched Northland gang member who was last seen with a man wanted for kidnapping and violent robbery have concerns for his welfare.

Seen as the idyllic aquatic playground, the Northland region boasts unquestionable beauty. That so much, is a given.