A fifth case of measles has been confirmed in Northland with the DHB desperately urging people to make sure they are immunised.

A victim rights group has slammed a sentence handed down to a Northland man for raping a 3-year-old girl and giving her a sexually-transmitted disease.

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.

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.

A sentence of home detention for four Northland teenagers for a burglary spree totalling nearly $80,000 in stolen property has been labelled "inadequate" and too lenient.

Young men full of bravado stole boats, fishing gear, outboard motors and tools worth nearly $80,000 for an adrenaline rush.

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.

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.

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.