Northland
Tributes for off-duty police officer killed in car crash
Constable Gail Shepherd was a "genuine soul" and the "greatest grandmother", colleagues and whānau say.
Pedestrian killed after car hits power pole
A person has died after being hit by a car in Helena Bay, north of Whangārei.
Man who raped Dutch tourist denied parole for eighth time
Keith Anthony McEwen was sentenced to preventive detention for the abduction of a Dutch couple on their honeymoon.
Barrier businesses welcome new moorings for boaties hit by caulerpa ban
Anchoring has been restricted around most of the island to help stop the spread of the invasive seaweed caulerpa. Audio
Winning mullet owner inspired by business in the front, party at the back hairstyle
New Zealand's newest national mullet champion is a 10-year-old named Ted from Kerikeri.
Anger over plan to ditch ratepayer funding for rescue helicopter
A proposal to ditch ratepayer funding for the Northland Rescue Helicopter and other emergency services has sparked a record number of submissions to the Northland Regional Council.
Men charged after raid turns up more than 300 cannabis plants
Northland police have busted a large-scale indoor cannabis growing operation in central Whangārei.
Call for four-lane highway between Auckland and Kaikohe
The government is being urged to upgrade the "dilapidated" SH1 as soon as possible.
Mangawhai is growing but teens have no local high school
Educationalist Jill Corkin is leading a community intiative aiming to get a secondary school built in Mangawhai, one of Northland's fastest growing areas. Audio
NZ's biggest tsunami siren replacement project underway
Replacing 205 New Zealand-made sirens with only 94 Danish-designed sirens will not mean loss of public safety, Civil Defence says.
Authorities refuse to enforce Brynderwyns detour ban following truck crash
Residents are furious after a large truck "brazenly" drove through checkpoints and became stuck on a hairpin bend - blocking both lanes for hours.
Far North councillors vote 9 to 1 to seek delay in adding fluoride to water supply
Fluoride is meant to be added to water for Kaitāia and Kerikeri 30 June - but two councillors put forward a motion to delay it for another two years.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne has paid a visit to the Kiwi Coast Project - 250,000 hectares of coastal Northland under sustained predator control by no fewer than 227 volunteer groups, with the aim of making… Audio
Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
The Hundertwasser Art Centre is running out money. RNZ Northland reporter Peter de Graaf based in Kerikeri. Audio
One dead in Northland water incident
A person has died in a water-related incident in Northland.
Road north of Kerikeri partly reopens after gas delivery truck accident
A major road north of Kerikeri has partly re-opened to traffic after a gas delivery truck rolled earlier this afternoon.
The water tank programme that's changing lives
The iwi-led drought relief programme is also training workers along the way. Audio
Crucial route in Northland reopens after truck crash
It is the second time this month the main alternative route to State Highway 1 had closed due to a crash while slips on the Brynderwyns are fixed.
Closure of town's only bank leaves elderly residents 'very upset'
The closure of the Kiwibank counter has left elderly residents without vital services and business owners facing long trips by car to do their banking.
Northland teenager dies in crash while driving to work
The 18-year-old was critically injured and died at the scene.
