One person is still trapped in a vehicle after a head-on collision on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei about 2pm.

An "open-invitation" party left terrified residents cowering in their homes waiting for police to arrive.

Harris was removing a cover on his prized yellow Toyota MR2 when it was struck by another vehicle on George St, in Hikurangi.

A Whangarei woman has been extradited from Australia after an exhaustive 18-month process to place her before the courts.

A Whangarei Boys' High School boarding student is in a coma in Auckland Hospital two weeks after being assaulted on his way home from a church youth group.

Whangarei police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said officers were called to a family violence incident at Arcus St, Otaika, about 6pm yesterday.

A wanted man on the run from police since early April has been arrested and charged over the serious assault of two Korean fishermen at Ti Point Wharf.

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.

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.

Three men were arrested today by police investigating the aggravated robbery of the One Tree Point store near Ruakaka in Northland last Sunday.

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.

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.

A Whangarei bakery manager has been fined after being convicted of buying unregulated home-kill meat she intended to use in produce sold across the counter.

The body of a dead man clutching a lifejacket washed ashore early this morning in the Whangarei Harbour.

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.