The Fire service arrived to find a station-wagon had slid off a corner on a hill near a camp-ground in Tapotupotu.

Elisabeth Easther goes bush in the Far North but finds all the creature comforts she could wish for at the five-star Waipoua Lodge.

Police deployed the Armed Offenders Squad to a Waima address at 3.26pm after reports that the middle-aged man had made threats.

Four fire crews are at the scene of a serious house fire in Maungaturoto.

A power line is lying across a Northland road and traffic is down to one lane after a car smashed into a power pole this morning.

Police carrying out a homicide investigation say a 62-year-old Far North man died of natural causes.

A woman was airlifted to hospital after a serious crash involving a southbound logging truck and a northbound car on State Highway 1.

A homicide inquiry has been launched after the body of a man was found at a Northland beach late last night.

The 2017 election campaign appears to be off to an early start in Kerikeri with the National Party opening an out-of-Parliament office today.

Northland police have found tens of thousands of dollars of stolen property and are now on the hunt for fleeing drivers probably linked to the find.

A firearm-wielding robber has stolen cigarettes and cash from a Northland dairy - the fourth robbery in which cigarettes have been targeted in recent days.

Aaron Cossill's dramatic fight with a southern blue tuna is a classic case of being at the right place at the right time.

A home invasion victim found herself at the other end of the law, Jack Tame writes.

A "slick" of snapper found floating off Whangarei may have been dumped for safety reasons after a commercial vessel accidentally netted a log.

A man who escaped custody from Tauranga District Court last month has been arrested in Northland.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are creeping towards Auckland and are forecast to hit later this afternoon.

A section of State Highway 12 near the Northland settlement of Ruawai is closed this morning after truck struck and killed a cow about 9am.

The family of a Northland driver trapped in a car 100m down a ravine believe she might not have been found if a smartphone app had not traced her location.

Injured and dazed after crashing 100m down a bank, a Northland woman battled faltering cell phone reception and beeped her car horn to alert rescuers.

The survival chances of Northland's endangered kiwi populations have been dealt a severe blow with at least seven kiwi killed by a dog, or dogs, near Kerikeri.

Up to 50 Northland teens flouted Whangarei’s liquor bans at an after ball function in the city, with several arrested and five needing medical treatment for heavy intoxication.

The 10 bridges promised for Northland is not happening. Good. The bridges are a poor use of public money, Rodney Hide writes.

Northland MP Winston Peters says National was clearly “bull dusting” on its byelection promise to ugrade 10 bridges in Northland.

Poaching of the native wood pigeon is widespread, notably in Northland.

Wellsford teenager Liam Connolly once saved a man's life before heading off for an otherwise normal school day.

Five people were rescued from a Northland harbour last night after the engine of their overloaded dinghy failed, and they began drifting towards rocks.

An elderly woman who went missing in her car overnight on Thursday on the Karikari Peninsula had become trapped in mud so deep she was unable to open the doors and had to wait to be found yesterday morning.

A string of inquiries is under way into how a healthy 25-year-old inmate died after a five-hour journey between prisons.

In a day of carnage on our rugby fields, three young players were injured - including one seriously - and a referee knocked to the ground by an 11-year-old.