Police reassure shop owners and public they are actively trying to catch the offenders.

News snippets from around Northland

A Northland horsewoman will be bringing home the horse she tamed within 3 hours.

Claims and counterclaims rife about China Rail's link to infrastructure projects in North.

Weather for Adele's concert tonight forecast to be worst of star's three Auckland dates.

A sexual-abuse survivor is calling for other victims to break the taboo.

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

The weekend will be mainly fine across the country.

It'll be a beautiful day in most parts of the North Island today.

A father and son have been fined for running a black-market crayfish operation.

Two Auckland teenagers are gutted after having their bikes stolen at Whangarei Falls on Sunday.

A woman living near a property where five people were injured in a gang-related shooting heard glass smash and a man yelling 'help

Tuakana Matthews failed to return from a release to attend his father's funeral in Whangarei.

Aggressive divers took more than 500 scallops in an incident at Whangarei Heads.

The race for the Te Tai Tokerau seat is expected to be close after the Maori Party agreed not to stand in the electorate to ensure

In a bid to win back all seven Maori seats, Mana Movement will contest only the Te Tai Tokerau seat at this year's election while Maori Party will not stand in that electorate.

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A Whangarei orchardist is hoping to emulate the success of his mentor, who took out the 2014 Young Fruit Grower of the Year in the Bay of Plenty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man is being treated for dog bites after a police pursuit and attempted carjacking in Whangarei today.

A 98-year-old cruise boat and her Whangarei boat shed are up for sale, an offer its owners say is "as rare as hen's teeth".

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

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

SUP310117NADUNIFORM02.JPG Two polo shirts, two pairs of shorts, three socks, and a physical education shirt for Whangarei Boys' High

A 29-year-old driver who allegedly led police on a pursuit through Whangarei was arrested after his car was spiked. The man caught

Police are appealing for a member of the public who came to the rescue of a motorist being choked by passenger as he drove through Whangarei last night.

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

MAIN PIC MC270117NADSUP1.JPGStand up paddle boarder Marcus Hansen will soon be swapping the tranquil waters of Whangarei's Town Basin

Mangawhai residents' empty water tanks are being filled, thanks in part to the milk of corporate kindness. Last weekend's rain eased