Adam Pearse: Reflecting on a year in Northland sport
A lot has happened in the sporting sphere for Northland's athletes - here's the best of it
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Best of 2019: Dark future of Whangārei city centre
There are 48 empty shops in the Whangarei CBD.
Woman dies after boat flips in festive season's fourth water tragedy
A woman in her 60s after the boat she was in flipped in the Far North.
Best of 2019: Ice cream does make you happy, says dairy owner
Dieticians NZ head says messages around ice cream need to be responsible.
Land owners block vehicle access to beach amid 'hoon' concerns
Waikato Bay, next to Maitai Bay on Karikari Peninsula, is a popular boat-launching spot.
Drug addled youth now running rehab programme
A Kaitaia youth that went through a drug rehab programme, is now helping to run it.
Higher honours on Cooper's horizon
Could we see Onerahi Central's Henry Cooper in a Black Caps uniform in the near future?
Gun buy-back: Criminals and gangs should be focus of police - sport shooting representative
Government rushed process and should have waited for inquiry to be completed - opinion.
Householders could lose homes after rating arrears
Far North homeowners could lose their properties due to long-overdue rates.
Dehydrated monkey discovered in container of wood from South America
Dead monkey found in a container of wood products shipped from North America
Appeal board rules that ice cream makes you happy
Whangārei resident complained over sign outside a Maunu dairy.
Council apologises to tenants left in dark over sale of flats
Residents living in the council-owned flats known as Almond Court say they are in limbo.
Three decades of milk processing at Fonterra Kauri site
Fonterra Kauri has been processing milk from Northland farmers for 30 years.
St John told to scale back sausage sizzles
St John in Paihia have been told to scale back their sausage sizzles after a complaint.
Four men involved in Ōtangarei riot sentenced
Dominque Ormsby landed a coward punch to the back of a policeman's head during a riot
Chemo pump unhooked but Grayson's fight continues
Grayson was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma when he was eight months old.
Northland hotel room intruder turns out to be a kiwi
Extras at a hotel room in Waitangi included a free visit by national icon.
Road to redemption: Roswell's remarkable Black Sticks return
It's been four years out in the cold, now Dwayne Rowsell is back with a point to prove.
York proving mind over matter
Steve York did just three road rides before tackling four laps of Lake Taupō in 33 hours.
Scammer ordered to pay back $7000 to victims in online ticket scam
A Whangārei woman has been ordered to pay back money to victims she "ripped off".
Community charged after landlord requests removal of EV station
The EV charger was installed five years ago by Northpower.
Northland's newest pro golfer keeping his head
With a baby coming and a potential Japan Golf Tour card, Brown will have his hands full.
Can NRU get junior rugby right?
Changes are afoot for Northland junior rugby, possibly including the Taniwha Shield.
Northland crippled: Mass power outage affects 92,000 homes
Update: Electricity expected to gradually be restored over the next few hours.
Hallowed sporting ground abandoned to homeless
Inside Whangārei's Jubilee Park, a former league ground and now a home for the destitute.
'Mother Load' wool nappy idea turns heads at competition
A Kaikohe mum has come up with the idea of biodegradable disposable wool nappies.
Cricket: NZ A hold on under England barrage
At 99 for 6, NZ A were in trouble as England's bowlers looked to pounce.
Drone used for the first time in arrest of Northland man
Police-operated drone tracks fleeing man across paddock in a first for Northland.
Prince Charles and Camilla touch down: What they're doing next
On Monday the royal couple will lay a wreath at Mt Roskill War Memorial Park.
Royals on the way to NZ, leaving chaos behind
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive in New Zealand tomorrow.
First contact, 250 years on - flotilla arrives at Waitangi
Friday's scenes of waka paddling out to greet sailing ships a flashback to 1769.
Virtual reality uses various scenarios for training firefighters
New fire fighting training technology provides scenarios just like the real thing.
Outrage as family's Christmas tree poisoned
Tree attack has taken a piece of family history and left property owners with bills.
On the beat with New Zealand's best canine police duo
Being a police dog handler is not a job for the faint hearted.