Northland

Police have confirmed a person was assaulted at a property on State Highway 12.

All three dates of Piss Off Peri, a play about the lead into menopause, sold out at the Whangarei Fringe Festival.

Consent has been granted for a solar power station at Ruakākā in Northland that will produce more than three times the energy of the biggest solar farm currently operating in New Zealand.

Three people broke into a house in Te Kamo just before 9pm on Saturday, police say.

Those from Te Hāpua, near Cape Rēinga in the north, to Mangawhai in the south should be able to hear the sirens.

Andre Petera and Alicia Toki had concerns about the school caving trip - but "had so much trust that the school would look after my son".

A 34-year-old man has been charged after Jasmaine Corin Reihana's body was discovered at a Northland beach.

Schoolboy Karnin Petera's grieving parents are among those expected to address the court.

Trains are returning to the Northland railway line after it was closed for 20 months to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Floods.

Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones said someone should be held accountable, but locals just want an apology and to be sure it won't happen again. Audio

Northlanders affected by the toppling of a power pylon that caused widespread power outage still question the issue of compensation.

Staff had raised concerns about training in 2021.

William Stephen Easton, 79, was remanded in custody where he will await sentencing in December.

One careless reverse of the roller machine, and in an instant, Gabriel Ahnee Fa'amausili was gone forever.

The former deputy principal has been in jail since 2013 for offences against boys while he was a teacher at Pamapuria School, near Kaitāia.

An ambitious hapū-led project aims to restore ecosystems and eradicate pests across the vast, 600,000-hectare catchment of New Zealand's - and the Southern Hemisphere's - biggest harbour.