A man has died after the boat he was in capsized in the sea off Northland today.

Elisabeth Easther discovers a gem of a town in Northland where the train runs down the middle of the main street.

A storm is causing havoc across the upper part of the North island this evening, with warnings stronger winds and more rain is on the way.

Heavy rain and severe gales are set to pound far greater swathes of the country than the thunderstorms which struck over the weekend.

Auckland homes left without power after a violent storm overnight have been reconnected but forecasters have warned more bad weather is on the way.

Stormy weather in the upper half of the North Island has left about 400 homes without power.

A Kaikohe man says it's "an absolute miracle" he survived a gruesome accident with a rotary slasher that saw him lose part of his leg.

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

Torn between a high-rise holiday and jungle, Tim Roxborough found both in one place.

An oyster barge which disappeared from its Northland home has turned up a year later, after drifting thousands of kilometres to the shores of Queensland.

Mystery continues to surround the death of a young man whose body was found on Ninety Mile Beach in 2011, an inquest heard today.

Rumours are gathering pace of movie superstar Tom Cruise planning to buy an "impregnable" island off the coast of Northland.

Finding true north in the Far North, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty there to spin her wheels.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority will formally apologise to a Whangarei family after releasing a report with incorrect information relating to drugs found in a car.

No one has yet been arrested for throwing bleach into a regional council worker's face in a vicious highway attack in the Far North in June.

A Northland hapu group hopes a jail term handed out to a man for dumping demolition rubbish in a state forest will deter others from desecrating their land.

When Emma-Jane Hewlett turns 21 the story about how her head got stuck in a cat door sparking a major rescue operation is sure to generate plenty of laughter.

A man who punched a woman in the face, causing her to fall backwards and strike her head on the floor resulting in her death, has been jailed for three years.

The body of a man found in the Hokianga Harbour will be released to his family for burial as soon as his identity is confirmed.

A domestic violence victim whose partner took her phone so she couldn't call police managed to raise the alarm via Facebook instead.

The wasabi sauce wasn't the only hot food item at a Whangarei sushi joint - the paua being used was also hot, having been bought illegally.