Rowan Hargreaves said he looked forward to seeing the men accused of shooting 33 of his dogs facing charges before a jury.

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.

We came here because we were on a day trip north and stopped to do some chores in the village.

This year has been a dream run eating out-wise. All the restaurants I've reviewed have been wonderful, hence the high scores.

An ACC staff member emailed a recent widow saying: "Just so you know ... I am not God and therefore I do not determine when people live or die".

A man has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly accidentally shooting his partner as he posed for a photo with a gun.

A man charged over the fatal shooting of a woman in Warkworth yesterday has been granted name suppression.

A 20-year-old man will appear in the North Shore District Court today after a young woman was fatally shot in Warkworth yesterday.

A woman found dead outside a Warkworth medical centre, north of Auckland, appeared to be fatally shot elsewhere, police said.

Tourism is booming in Rodney district.

A $540m power cable which will prevent outages such as today's in North Auckland and Northland won't be available until 2013.