Northland

More than $22 million has been shaved off plans for a controversial wastewater scheme that would see Mangawhai sewage redirected into a golf course.

Ngāpuhi are looking for words to be put into action in order to clean up Lake Ōmāpere.

There were reports of a tornado in East Auckland yesterday as severe thunderstorm watches were issued for much of the central and upper North Island.

Police will be out in force this Easter watching for dangerous drivers, and those travelling on cyclone-damaged roads and in heavy rain are advised to be cautious.

Far North police have arrested a person after a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Kaitaia last Friday night.

People in the Far North are urged to be vigilant over the Easter weekend, after a large fire near Cape Reinga last week. Audio

A karakia rang out across Kaipara District Council's monthly meeting on 29 March, just four months after new Mayor Craig Jepson banned its use.

Seven Fire and Emergency helicopters are continuing to battle a large vegetation fire in the Far North's Cape Reinga.

Around 1200 customers are waiting for fibre to be installed by Chorus in the Far North alone, but their installation date keeps being delayed.

Kūmara packers have had working hours slashed after crops were ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle - but bosses are doing their best to keep staff on for next season.

A prisoner believed to be wanting nicotine lozenges climbed onto the roof at Northland Regional Corrections Facility today.

Waka Kotahi is revealing 'a timeline to reopening' State Highway One over the Mangamuka Gorge on Friday as the road undergoes a $100 million repair job.

Strong gusty southerlies are making conditions difficult for helicopters to help ground crews fighting the blaze.

Northland Mayoral Forum chair Vince Cocurullo says Cyclone Gabrielle exacerbated existing infrastructure damage, spreading across the region like smallpox.

Police say 12 people were arrested at a beach hop event at Whangamatā on the Coromandel Peninsula on Saturday night but behaviour at the event was generally good.

The family of a murdered Whangārei forestry worker have described their anguish, at the High Court today.

Cyclone Gabrielle was almost the final nail in the coffin for the $33 million tourist attraction.

Major increases are expected to be added to that amount as more definite figures emerge.

A man who assaulted a lawyer in an elevator at the Whangārei District Court has pleaded guilty.

Whangārei Harbour - and others along Northland's east coast - are at risk from a new superspreader invasive pest seaweed devastating parts of Great Barrier Island, a Northland ocean ecologist...