No further Queensland fruit flies have been found since the potentially devastating pest was detected in Whangarei this week.

The unborn child of a woman who was seriously injured in a car crash in Whangarei last night has died.

A woman's shoulder was broken in two places during a daylight bag snatch and assault in Whangarei on Saturday.

Two people have been seriously burnt in several explosions and a fire at a rural property near Whangarei.

National MP for Whangarei and former Cabinet Minister Phil Heatley says he will retire from politics at next year's election.

A 36-year-old has been found dead at a house in Northland in what police are treating as a homicide enquiry.

A teenage girl appeared to be tied up and gagged in the front passenger seat of a car near Whangarei yesterday.

Donna McIntyre escapes the city on a campervan holiday.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority will formally apologise to a Whangarei family after releasing a report with incorrect information relating to drugs found in a car.

A "stoic old boy" who fell from a stack of hay bales on a remote corner of his Northland farm rode 3km in agonising pain on his quad bike to raise the alarm.

A random act of kindness brought 92-year-old fire victim Pearl Sanger close to tears after she received a signed novel from writer Lee Child, not yet released in NZ.

A Whangarei man jailed for two years and two months for violent offending during a gang feud has been released on parole with strict conditions.

A mother of four who burgled her neighbour's home has been given community work and a stern telling off for her actions.

A female dial-a-driver was thrown from the vehicle she was called to drive home after a drunk driver tried to steal it in Whangarei.

Gang members hindered emergency staff who were searching for a missing person following a house fire in Whangarei overnight.

A mental health worker was savaged about the head and neck during an attack by two dogs while she visited a client in Whangarei.