JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

A Whangarei design school which caters for young creatives may have to close this year, because it looks likely to lose government

Police have released a detailed description of a car used in the attempted abduction of a Whangarei schoolboy.

The post mortem examinations for two people who died today in a helicopter crash in Northland will take place tomorrow, police say.

A young man with multiple convictions for failing to stop has admitted leading Whangarei police on a pursuit and reaching speeds of

Lifeguards have cautioned motorists to drive to conditions on Northland beaches this summer following a crash between two cars put

The man who survived being allegedly stabbed by Dustin La Mont says he felt his best friend die, a court was told today.

A young Whangarei man has admitted stealing tobacco products worth nearly $10,000 after breaking into two service stations. Joseph

Offers of support for 6-year-old Tyree Walters are pouring in as the hunt for his stolen PlayStation intensifies. The brave youngster

Sexual violence courts aim to reduce trauma for victims.

Rachael Beardsall says she and her partner have had to go without to ensure their three children do not starve. So when she heard

A kitesurfer has cheated possible death after becoming tangled in his kite lines at Muriwai Beach.

Northlanders' generosity is overflowing -- so much so a new processing centre and outlet shop for donated items to hospice has opened. The

Sean Hay and John Wallace could be in the middle of a maths class one minute and fighting a fire the next. The Kamo High School 17-year

Good information from Whangarei store workers led to the arrest of a "professional shoplifter" and her co-offender, police say.

A man was killed in a car crash in the Whangarei district.

Police have released security camera pictures from a terrifying armed robbery in Whangarei as they try to track down the offenders. The

A woman who was sent an invoice five years late has been left wondering what else is gathering dust in the council's billing system.

A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest

A leading Auckland politician says a Northland shipwreck is an "environmental time bomb" capable of causing a disaster worse than

A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

"Stupid idiots" smashed through a fence, knocked bollards out of the ground and left skid marks across a Whangarei sporting field

A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than

A 54-year-old woman has been attacked from behind, dragged and had cash taken from her bag during an early morning walk to a Whangarei

Mark James Lang was an engineer and used his skills and knowledge to construct one of the biggest clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in the country.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

A mentor for troubled young Maori in Whangarei "blotted his copybook" by being involved in a night-time punch-up with the occupants

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

The skipper of a fishing boat who suffered serious pelvic injuries while at sea off Northland was winched aboard a helicopter in a dramatic rescue.