Revival of gruelling event is keeping the spirit of one of the sport's NZ founders alive.

Primary school principal (pictured) backs teacher who shared porn images as a 'joke'.

The man pleaded not guilty to charges including sexual connection and indecent assault.

The thriller Mo and Jess kill Susie to be performed in te reo Maori for the first time.

The man was trapped when the car ended up in a ditch off Whangarei Heads Road.

A house has been condemned after a section of road slumped in Cyclone Cook's rain.

One house has been condemned after rain from Cyclone Cook caused a road slip.

Children suffering from exposure to meth in the womb are arriving at schools.

Police are hunting two men as they investigate two separate homicide investigations.

A fire has broken out under the furnace at the Marsden Point oil refinery in Whangarei.

A woman is in a serious condition after collapsing at a Whangarei rugby club.

Whangarei woman convicted for having sexual relations with a boy under 16.

Police are hunting Walter Reid Ngaau who has warrant to arrest for murder.

Two people have been charged over alleged kickbacks at two Manukau Maori organisations.

Police have arrested three people in relation to the murder of John Henry Harris.

News in brief from around Northland

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

News snippets from around Northland

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.

Kiwi killed in head-on crash with stolen ute in Australia.

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

Refining NZ says it needs to deepen Whangarei Harbour's channel but iwi are not sure.

Whangarei police increase patrols after three aggravated robberies in 15 days.

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.

A strong February has seen Northland's house prices hit a record median.

The killer whale was likely the same one that stranded in Whangarei Harbour last year.

Whangarei MP Shane Reti was one of about four people who helped community worker Carol Peters when she collapsed at Opera in the Garden.