Two years since Winston Peters won the north, can his reign continue?

Broadbill swordfish was so big it wouldn't all fit in the boat.

The 7.8 quake moved parts of the South Island more than 5 metres closer to the North.

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

Refining NZ says it needs to deepen Whangarei Harbour's channel but iwi are not sure.

Whangarei police increase patrols after three aggravated robberies in 15 days.

Youths as young as 11 helped themselves to beer from a liquor store.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

A scrub fire has taken hold and is spreading, near Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands.

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

A strong February has seen Northland's house prices hit a record median.

A union is linking a linesman's injury to its call on Top Energy to halt its plan to lay off 17 workers.

A man at the centre of a large search and rescue operation was last seen on Saturday.

A group of Far North women are preparing to harvest their first crop of hemp later this month.

Whangarei MP Shane Reti was one of about four people who helped community worker Carol Peters when she collapsed at Opera in the Garden.

The power-packed storm meteorologists have dubbed the "Tasman Tempest" dumped more rain on Auckland than typically falls for the whole of March.

An incredible 130mm of rain has fallen in the Coromandel Ranges in the past 24 hours.

This week's storm chaos has seen unsettled silt at water treatment plants, sparking a city-wide call to save two buckets of water per person, per day.

A power outage affected hundreds of Northlanders during wild weather yesterday. (Thur)

Rainfall levels 'off the charts' as upper North Island prepares for a second big drenching this week.

Friday night and Saturday morning weather predicted to be as bad or worse than Tuesday's downpours, Civil Defence warns.

An Air NZ flight has been hit by lightning as severe thunderstorms lash Northland.

The last section of Northland's Twin Coast Cycle Trail will be officially opened next week.

The Warkworth-Wellsford highway will now cost twice as much, but the Government says it is worth every cent.

Police warn motorists to slow down after crash closes SH1 at Hikurangi.

Several roads remain closed due to flooding, slips and fallen trees, specifically in the Kawakawa Bay and Clevedon areas.

Weather watches or warning are in place for most of the upper North Island as more rain is forecast over the week.

The environmentally-fragile dune lake near Tokerau Beach on the Karikari Peninsula has been exposed to oil and lubricants as well as fish and weed pests.

A German tourist is considering leaving the country after thieves stole all his possessions in Tutukaka.

A jury trial for six men over the largest seizure of methamphetamine ever in the country will be April next year.