Northland

A new service is offering Far Northerners free legal clinics - alongside mental health support - in a tikanga Māori setting.

Those in the stolen vehicle were aged from 12 to 17, police say.

The Northland woman had multiple referrals over symptoms, but only learnt she had cancer months before her death.

Dr Maxine Ronald is the only wahine Māori breast cancer surgeon - and that is not something that sits right with her.

Iwi have placed a rāhui on the area after the incident just north of Ripiro Beach.

The reduction was partly achieved by councillors and staff trawling through budgets line-by-line to find $8.5 million in savings, the mayor says.

The only other major freight route between Auckland and Northland remains closed at the Brynderwyn Hills.

The camera is on State Highway 1, in an 80km/h zone between Kawakawa and Moerewa.

There are big days in Kaitāia, and there are absolutely enormous days. Wednesday was one of the latter.

However, the town now has its own dentist for the first time in two years. Audio

The nation's most troublesome stretch of State Highway 1 will be driveable in a matter of months - if no more major storms hit.

One person has been confirmed killed in a crash that blocked a road in Northland on Saturday evening.

More than 1300 people have marched through Whangārei as part of a national day of action protesting government policies affecting Māori.

The stolen vehicle's occupants, aged between 14 and 17, all suffered moderate injuries after crashing into a ditch while avoiding police in Northland early on Wednesday.

Five people aboard the Enchanter died in 2022 and the skipper, Lance Goodhew, has been on trial for breaches of safety law for the past three weeks.

There were emotional scenes in the Far North today as district councillors passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The Department of Conservation has ordered Matutaera Te Nana Clendon to dismantle his illegal dwelling but he says he's not going anywhere. Audio

Dredging of the highly invasive seaweed could be finished by August, but only with another $5-million-plus in government funding, a Northland council leader says.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is pouring cold water on talk of his council's rubbish going north to a proposed $730 million Kaipara waste-to-energy plant.

If Geoff Crawford loses the role, it will be the third change at the head of Northland Regional Council council's top table in 19 months.