Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

One person may be trapped after a car crash near Whangarei this evening. Emergency services have just arrived on the scene of the

The pedestrian killed in the Far North in the early hours of New Year's Day has been named as Chloe Hope Hartigan. She was 17-years-old

Almost a third of Northland dairy farms are significantly non-compliant when it comes to effluent discharges and the region's top

Scientists are seeking to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of the disease that's killing our kauri - why it's attracted to the native tree's scent like we're drawn to coffee.

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

Police in Northland are investigating the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl.

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

New Year's Eve fireworks are believed to have sparked a fire on Mt Wellington's volcanic cone - and in the Far North where buildings and campers were also under threat.

New Year's Eve has got off to a disastrous start to two people who were injured in a dune buggy crash in Northland this evening.

A spectacular fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower and parties around the country herald the start of a new year.

There is chaos on the roads with multiple crashes on SH1 in Waipu, south of Whangarei.

After a spate of youth suicides struck the Far North township of Kaitaia earlier this year, an unlikely hero emerged from the tragedy.

Holiday road toll is at 14 after a person was killed in a single-car crash in Northland, as police in Hawke's Bay appeal for witnesses to a hit and run.

One person has died in a water rescue at Doves Bay Marina, near Kerikeri in the Far North.

Missing yachtie likely to be sailing his tiny catamaran to Australia, where he has disappeared with his 6-year-old daughter Que previously, according to an expert.

Paihia residents and visitors are urged to conserve water as a sharp increase in use strains the town's water supply. The summer

JS291216NADPOOL047.JPG/CHEMICAL MISHAP: A man tending Ruawai College's pool was under observation yesterday after he accidentally

Wanted man dodges police after removing electronic monitoring bracelet.

An 11-year-old child has been critically hurt after being struck by a vehicle at Te Paki stream in the Far North.

A Northland culinary school which closed down suddenly last month, putting tutors out of work and students in limbo, was owned by

A new initiative is bringing inmates and their families closer together by teaching fathers how to be fathers.

A weak cold front will bring cloud, drizzle and showers to the country over the next few days but should clear in time for New Year celebrations.

The adoptive grandmother of Alan Langdon is heartbroken the Kawhia man and his 6-year-old daughter Que have not been heard from in 11 days.

Alan Langdon, 49, and his daughter, Que, 6, haven't been seen or heard from since they sailed from Kawhia Harbour 11 days ago.

The disappearance of a father and daughter who set sail in a small catamaran 10 days ago is "very upsetting" for the family's local community.

A seabird expert has described the discovery of mutilated flesh-footed shearwaters in sand dunes as "barbaric and completely unacceptable''.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a 49-year-old man and his daughter who left Kawhia Harbour on a catamaran nine days ago and haven't been seen since.

Cyclists will be able to pedal from one coast to the other this summer with the Twin Coast Cycle Trail Pou Herenga Tai all but complete. The