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.

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'.

A large tree has fallen across State Highway 1 north of Auckland resulting in traffic delays in the area, police say.

A desperate man managed to send two text messages to his partner after his boat sank, but they were dismissed as a joke.

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.

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.

A $760 million Northern Motorway extension to Warkworth has won Auckland Council support as a nationally important project rather than a "holiday highway" for Prime Minister John Key.

Once the kids see Reptile Park's residents, they'll want to stay and stare, writes Dionne Christian.

A 50-year-old Warkworth man suffered burns to much of his body after a backyard fire exploded.

Firefighters are battling steep terrain and limited water supplies to contain a large scrub fire near a pine forest in Dome Valley north of Auckland this afternoon.

A helicopter pilot needed medical treatment for ash in his eyes as firefighters battled a massive forest fire last night.