A 4-year-old girl who had gone missing from a rural property in Northland has been found alive and well.

Police are "very concerned that these firearms are now likely to be in the hands of the criminal fraternity and the obvious risk that this poses".

The completion of a settlement of major Treaty of Waitangi claims is in the balance after a hui was held to resolve issues over its management.

A sentence of home detention for four Northland teenagers for a burglary spree totalling nearly $80,000 in stolen property has been labelled "inadequate" and too lenient.

Young men full of bravado stole boats, fishing gear, outboard motors and tools worth nearly $80,000 for an adrenaline rush.

Kaitaia has experienced a dramatic reduction in burglaries after the council and police joined forces to combat the problem.

A sex offender who raped a young girl says he was the victim, but he has forgiven the girl.

The large fire was contained to the site's boiler room after flames swept up an air duct.

A Northland school teacher driving with nearly five times the legal alcohol limit has amazed a judge.

Five logging truck crashes in less than a month across Northland deemed "totally unacceptable and intolerable", says transport industry leader.

Another "round" of robins is planned for release at Whangarei's Bream Head Scenic Reserve next week.

An American tourist has admitted careless driving causing the deaths of two women, and injuring a man, near Kerikeri on Saturday.

A Whangarei man who stabbed his son to death during an argument while drinking has to forever live with the consequence of his actions, a judge said.

A spike in dumped pets is causing concern in Whangarei.

Te Ahu Belle, 19, and Glen Inglis, 18, are facing two charges of aggravated robbery, one of possession of cannabis plant and another of possession of cannabis plant for supply.

Police have been searching throughout the night for an elderly man who failed to return home after checking equipment on a farm in Kaeo.

Police were called to the scene and seized guns after shots were fired at a vehicle in Houhora.

Police want information on the aggravated robbery of a pizza store in Whangarei last night, which left a worker with knife cuts.

An act of "absolute stupidity and dangerous driving" by a fleeing motorist put innocent lives at risk, Northland's top traffic officer says.

For a decade Garry and Cynthia Moran have seen first-hand the human carnage created by vicious dog attacks in their Northland street.