Yoga with kittens makes bow in Whangārei fundraiser.

Median rent in Northland goes up by $20 a week in the last 12 months

Heavy rain causes flooding, road closures in Northland.

Footballers can't play on home ground after it's vandalised by pigs.

Police investigating a Whangarei bank robbery have turned to a television show for help.

Knife wielding robbers take cash in robbery of tavern.

Rising road toll is exasperating police and emergency services.

Spate of crashes in Northland following a double fatality

Man pleads guilty to causing the death of pizza delivery driver.

A search was raised after reports of a light aircraft crash landing near Ruakaka Beach.

Three people have been injured following a crash in Ruakaka.

Person airlifted to hospital after crash in Ruakaka.

With the rip mended in the fuel pipeline the focus is on how it was caused

New Zealand's ruptured gas pipeline brings back memories for Katikati's Merv Gaelic.

There have been two fuel-related flight cancellations today.

Bill English's plan for key infrastructure didn't include the ruptured pipeline.

Cancel all non-essential travel - that's the instruction to government departments today.

Industry veteran says swamp kauri business has lured 'cowboys' who ignore extraction rules

All travel out of Auckland Airport looks likely to be disrupted for several days.

The man who streaked at Eden Park on Saturday says his naked jaunt was 'fun'.

A man who streaked at Saturday's All Blacks game has been charged.

Dead whale towed from harbour after officials thought it may be a shipping hazard.

A red algal bloom is covering the ocean at Uretiti and Ruakaka.

Sharks have been caught sun-bathing in the calm tepid waters off Ruakaka - in northern New Zealand.

A pregnant woman watched helplessly as rescuers tried to save her fiance after he was pulled from a Northland beach.

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A man has drowned off Ruakaka Beach today after he and two others were swept 100m offshore.

A seabird expert has described the discovery of mutilated flesh-footed shearwaters in sand dunes as "barbaric and completely unacceptable''.

One person at the New Zealand Herald Boxing Day Races will win a share in a thoroughbred filly.

A 500sqm vegetation fire near Uretiti Beach DOC campsite, just south of Ruakaka has been contained.