A "super pod" of about 25 orcas have been socialising and hunting stringrays in the Whangarei Harbour. Northland orca expert Ingrid

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

An ocean conservationist instrumental in setting up the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve has welcomed the more than $25,000 fines

Terminally ill Kaitaia teen Georgia Buckingham is off to Sydney this week, and Air New Zealand has a surprise in store for her.

A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest

Police have arrested Joshua Kite after search warrants were carried out in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa this afternoon.

A leading Auckland politician says a Northland shipwreck is an "environmental time bomb" capable of causing a disaster worse than

A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation

A gunman caused disruption in Northland after he shot at two police officers, stole their vehicle, carjacked another and slipped through a police cordon.

A Northland rugby player who has opened up about dealing with depression in a candid video is encouraging more people to speak up

"Stupid idiots" smashed through a fence, knocked bollards out of the ground and left skid marks across a Whangarei sporting field

A 49-year-old man is to face multiple charges after three people were killed and four were injured in a crash in Dargaville two months ago.

Extra immunisation clinics in early June helped prevent new cases of measles in Northland after an outbreak in May, health officials

Olympic gold medal-winners Blair Tuke and Peter Burling will be honoured with a parade through Kerikeri's main street on Friday. The

A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

A Kaitaia schoolgirl who has organised three community meetings about a spate of suspected youth suicides in the town says she is frustrated that adult agencies have not been more supportive.

As part of the Youth Enterprise Scheme two Kerikeri High School Year 13 students have come up with a plan they say should help to

Mark James Lang was an engineer and used his skills and knowledge to construct one of the biggest clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in the country.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

A mentor for troubled young Maori in Whangarei "blotted his copybook" by being involved in a night-time punch-up with the occupants

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

Three years ago, there were seven Far North mayoral candidates. This year there are two - incumbent John Carter and Kerikeri man

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

The skipper of a fishing boat who suffered serious pelvic injuries while at sea off Northland was winched aboard a helicopter in a dramatic rescue.

An elderly woman has died following a two-car crash in Whangarei yesterday.

An early morning crash south of Whangarei between a truck and 4WD has closed State Highway 1.

Northland Ngapuhi iwi leader to pay $24,500 and serve 100 hours community work for shooting protected kereru in Southland last year.

Kaikohe business owners have welcomed more police for the town, but say a boost to the local economy is needed to tackle the town's

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.