A man died after the car he was in was washed 100m down a flooded creek during heavy downpours in Northland.

A person has died after a serious crash near Warkworth, which closed State Highway 1 in both directions.

An Auckland woman is still rattled after finding a cyclist lying lifelessly on a road near Warkworth at the weekend.

COMMENT: With the passing of Auckland's Unitary Plan, Warkworth's notorious State Highway 1 intersection at Hill St just got worse.

Brazen thieves cut through a wire fence to steal items from the garage sale area of Hospice House in Warkworth - the second in less than a week.

A Whangarei man was forced to jump from a moving car after he was allegedly kidnapped then assaulted. Police confirmed the man suffered

Proposed road name for the new road is Cash Cow Rd to be associated with the current owner Cash Cow Limited.

A Warkworth man is in a critical condition after being run over by his tractor this morning.

The govt will put the financing and construction of the Puhoi-Warkworth Highway out to tender as a public private partnership.

A body has been found near an area where police were searching for missing fisherman Nick Stubbs.

Warkworth's village character and market town charm is being put at risk by a big retail development aimed at luring motorists on SH1, say residents.

One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.

The search for a Warkworth fisherman who has been missing for more than a week is continuing.

School friends of Nick Stubbs say they'll keep searching the sea everyday until they find their mate.

When Nick Stubbs and a mate left Martins Bay near Warkworth in a red fibreglass boat at 5pm on Tuesday, he told loved ones they 'wouldn't be long'.

Controversial plans to extend Auckland's motorway network to Warkworth have won draft approval after a public hearing over three months.

A passerby has rescued two children from a car fire that started from a cigarette lighter.

Warkworth's maddening turnoff to eastern beaches will be worsened by a $760 million motorway extension past the town, a retired senior engineer warned a board of inquiry yesterday.

Catherine Smith looks at some of the new facilities and activities on offer in Auckland's regional parks.

A motorcyclist was found dead yesterday after failing to return home from a motorcycle ride late on Saturday afternoon between Glenfield in Auckland and Warkworth.

An elderly motorist was showered with kindness after she was stranded on an isolated country road with a badly punctured wheel during a sentimental trip to a beach where her adult son drowned.

The identities of two women who jumped in front of traffic and caused injuries to several people, including a pregnant woman, are yet to be established by police.

Police have released the name of a man who died after his quad bike rolled down a steep bank on his farm north of Auckland yesterday.

Several people were rushed to hospital last night after two women deliberately jumped in front of traffic, causing a crash.