This morning's fog wreaked havoc with flights and weekend plans, but it couldn't stop a pair of proud grandparents from completing a journey 15 years in the making.

The ringing of the fire alarm was followed by a ring of another kind at a Whangarei primary school yesterday, as a firefighter proposed to his teacher sweetheart.

Up to 50 Northland teens flouted Whangarei’s liquor bans at an after ball function in the city, with several arrested and five needing medical treatment for heavy intoxication.

A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital after being injured during a rugby game this afternoon.

One person is dead following a single car crash near Whangarei this afternoon.

The funeral for a 14-month-old toddler who was fatally hit by a car in Kamo last week will be held today at the Pehiaweri Marae in Whangarei.

A man killed when his car plummeted off a bridge and into a river northwest of Whangarei last week has been named by police.

One person is dead after their car went off a bridge and into a river about 120km north-west of Whangarei tonight.

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.

Concerns are held for the safety of a three-year-old boy taken by his father after a violent family incident in Whangarei today.

A major financier has repossessed equipment from the owner of forestry business HarvestPro New Zealand.

A massive pipi bed in Whangarei harbour is dying and there are fears the change could destabilise the harbour - and Marsden Point itself, Radio NZ reports.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

Two people killed in Whangarei yesterday, sparking a homicide investigation, have been named by police.

A man has been found dead in Whangarei in the early hours of this morning, in unexplained circumstances.

Two bodies have been found in a house in Whangarei this morning.

For a less-crowded coastal experience, Smuggler's Cove at Whangarei Heads is for you.

Mission Bay Reserve is one of Auckland's most popular summer evening spots. So why are the men's loos allowed to get so filthy?

Whangarei District Council spent nearly $29,000 trying to dispose of a businessman's truck worth $1500 it seized for displaying advertising signs on a public road.

Northland Police have launched a homicide investigation following a violent incident which left a young man dead north of Whangarei last night.

When Harley McEwan's lawnmower stalled, he instinctively used his hand to remove the sticks caught between the machine's cutter blade - without stopping the motor.

A man with a stab wound to one shoulder ended up walking into a Whangarei home early yesterday.

It cost $32m and has won a top engineering award - but Whangarei's bridge has been unable to rise for boaties when temperatures topped 26C this summer.

Road works have brought traffic to a standstill south of Whangarei as holidaymakers trickle home from their summer breaks, leaving some motorists seeing red.

Two launches collided in Whangarei Harbour last night, leaving them both significantly damaged.

Radiant summer weather made a brief call to the North Island at the weekend, attracting hardy bathers into the still-cool water at beaches and creating a run on icecream.

A man in his 50s died after falling 10m from a flying fox at a Northland fun park today. St John territory manager Mark Going said an ambulance from Whangarei responded to a call in Maungakaramea at about 5.45pm.