On half the occasions NZ Customs asked the Navy for help, it was told it couldn't because aircraft and ships were being maintained, repaired or replaced.

Five people have been injured and one person is in serious condition after a car rolled in Northland.

Emergency services are responding to reports of a person found unconscious in water in Northland.

A man received serious facial injuries in the "horrific, unprovoked attack by two cowards", police say.

A fire fighting helicopter pilot had an unexpected passenger hitch a ride in his monsoon bucket on Monday.

A diesel spill and heavy holiday traffic is making it slow going north of Auckland.

A person needs medical treatment after an accident at Kai Iwi Lakes.

Two people have been attacked hurt by animals in two separate incidents in Northland this afternoon. St John attended the incidents

This is what you do when you need to take home a massive fish.

By Kristin Edge Five teenagers in a stolen car, including a 14-year-old passenger, were involved in a pursuit lasting 45 minutes

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.

The holiday road toll stands at 17, rising overnight with the deaths of two pedestrians in Northland.

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

A fire that came within a metre of a ute and a few metres of a Kerikeri home was a blaze waiting to happen, the town's fire chief

Lost paint and an embarrassed skipper were the only damage when a tall ship got stuck on a rock in the Bay of Islands with 40 passengers