Incumbent mayor Sheryl Mai says Whangarei's biggest challenge and strength is its growing population.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

A Northland woman who revealed her story of sexual and physical abuse in an orphanage has been described as a "courageous warrior

Was it truly Thor who was spotted buying a Lord of the Rings novel in Whangarei, or was it an imposter?

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 man has pleaded guilty to exposing himself in front of children inside a pre-school and outside a primary school, then

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of an elderly man who has gone missing from a Whangarei rest home.

A "super pod" of about 25 orcas have been socialising and hunting stringrays in the Whangarei Harbour. Northland orca expert Ingrid

An ocean conservationist instrumental in setting up the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve has welcomed the more than $25,000 fines

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.

The Northland B rugby team will take on the Manu Samoa A team in a game at Toll Stadium, Whangarei, tonight. The match kicks off

Part of a one-lane bridge gave way as a truck carrying a trailer tried to cross it in Whangarei. The Brownlee General Carriers and

A baby has been injured in an accident in Whangarei this afternoon when a car crashed into a house.

A former Corrections worker has been awarded $7000 after claiming she was harrassed by a man who crawled under her desk and touched

A homeowner has partially succeeded in her appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging negligence by the Whangarei District Council in a leaky building case.

Tenant had been drinking and was stressed after a bad day. So she lit a fire in the kitchen of her Housing New Zealand home.

The High Court has ruled a young Northlander's conviction for unlawful assembly during a brawl by rival gangs was disproportionate

A Whangarei house was 10 minutes away from being fully engulfed in flames but thanks to neighbours who saw the smoke, fire crews were able to extinguish the fire.

Shandelle Battersby finds plenty of activities for families in and around Whangarei.

A string of burglaries has spurred a Whangarei community group to fundraise for their own security cameras. Burglaries of homes and

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

The Lion Man is facing a raft of cruelty allegations after being accused of separating a baby giraffe from its mother just hours after it was born.