Peter de Graaf

A detective leading the investigation said a car carrying a family rolled several times into a bank after being T-boned at an intersection in Kaikohe.

Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters have visited Northland to inspect a jet fuel storage project on the site of the old oil refinery.

Last month the Far North town marked 10 years under a boil-water notice due to the presence of E. coli bacteria in the water supply.

Grant McCallum says the government has "no intention whatsoever" of closing NorthTec, despite being on a list of institutes facing potential closure or merger.

A report has found the project took 14 years instead of five and cost millions of dollars more than expected because of a lack of planning.

The Turner Centre is unusual in that it was planned and paid for by locals, not the council or government.

Tepania had been shoulder-tapped by a number of political parties about switching to national politics, and earlier said he would talk with whānau before making a decision.

The inpatient ward at Dargaville now runs without a doctor most nights.

the 35-year-old is facing serious charges in the Whangārei District Court following the aggravated robbery.

It comes as Northland's biggest vocational education provider scrambles to break even amid the break-up of mega-institute Te Pūkenga.

It has been made possible by "incredible generosity" from the Northland community.

Residents of Tautuku Beach, on the south Otago coast, had reported seeing a group of motorists and trail bike riders taunting a sea lion for two successive days.

A Northland lines company says substation break-ins are endangering lives and causing power cuts affecting thousands of people.

It has been a decade since residents in a small Far North town were placed under a notice - and it's not a milestone anyone is celebrating. Audio

What campers described as a twister hit Tauranga Bay Holiday Park in the Far North on Tuesday morning.

A resident has described fleeing a 'twister' and pulling a man trapped in one caravan while another was smashed to pieces.

A former St John volunteer days it was "not untypical" for people to wait an hour or two for an ambulance in rural Northland.

Much of hapū hui agenda taken up by discussions of sovereignty and bill which aims to impose a single settlement on Ngāpuhi.

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania has yet to decide if he'll seek a second term, with multiple political parties trying to convince him to run for Parliament instead.

Excitement is building and accommodation is packed as the city hosts the Māori All Blacks and Scotland on Saturday.

The figure was revealed to RNZ via a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request.

She is the second person facing charges.

Japanese longliner Chokyu Maru No.68 hit The Noises 25km northeast of Auckland last year.

An ambitious plan to restore the health of Northland's largest lake is set to begin within a year, funding permitting.

Northland has been battered by record-breaking rain, a cyclone, a tornado and a harsh drought. So what's being done to fix the area's long-running water woes? Audio