Naomi Austen-Reid is proud to call Kaitaia home so, when she saw the Far North town getting a bad rap, she wanted people to focus

Welcome relief as new police help Northland officers stretched by a jump in serious crime.

A baby has been injured in an accident in Whangarei this afternoon when a car crashed into a house.

A former Corrections worker has been awarded $7000 after claiming she was harrassed by a man who crawled under her desk and touched

A homeowner has partially succeeded in her appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging negligence by the Whangarei District Council in a leaky building case.

Police are bolstering the numbers of officers in Northland after a spate of homicides and other violent offences there.

An arrest has been made after a 77-year-old man man was found dead in Northland.

Tenant had been drinking and was stressed after a bad day. So she lit a fire in the kitchen of her Housing New Zealand home.

The High Court has ruled a young Northlander's conviction for unlawful assembly during a brawl by rival gangs was disproportionate

A string of burglaries has spurred a Whangarei community group to fundraise for their own security cameras. Burglaries of homes and

A person has died in a crash in the Far North last night.

A Whangarei man was forced to jump from a moving car after he was allegedly kidnapped then assaulted. Police confirmed the man suffered

The Lion Man is facing a raft of cruelty allegations after being accused of separating a baby giraffe from its mother just hours after it was born.

In New Zealand's original seat of power, Winston Aldworth finds a pub to celebrate.

A 6200km road trip comes to an epic end, and a startling conclusion, in a place of pilgrimage.

Winston Aldworth checks into a property with postcard views of prime New Zealand scenery.

A Northlander arrested during a major drug bust told a jury he had no knowledge methamphetamine was being manufactured at a rural

Daniel the albatross, who crash-landed on Ninety Mile Beach last week, spread his wings before being released back into the wild off

This town is reeling from its 10th homicide in just seven years, a situation that has a senior police officer concerned at the level of violence.

A man has died after being stabbed multiple times in an altercation overnight in Kaitaia.

Elisabeth Easther heads north to the township built by oil.

Three people have been injured - one seriously - in a car crash in Northland this afternoon.

A 22-metre long blue whale washed up on a private Far North beach has excited a marine mammal expert but also sparked a health warning as the giant sea creature decomposes.

Can't afford to buy a house in Auckland and think you're running out of options? Ruled out Tauranga and Hamilton? Where are the next northern property hotspots?

Behaviour that a member of the public regarded as suspicious led to the seizure of tens of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis in Kaitaia last week.

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

When Blaine Rakena's 5-year-old son told his class all his Dad did was stay home and watch television the Kaikohe man knew he had to change.

A group of Northland seniors who want cannabis legalised are urging Grey Power chapters across the country to get behind their cause. Members

Police have arrested three young men following a number of burglaries in the Kerikeri region over the past couple of weeks.

Charges of receiving kauri gum worth $25,000 have been withdrawn against a Whangarei man.