Northland

A traditionally-woven Māori sail is coming to Urenui this weekend, completing a circle begun a century ago.

The nearly $1 billion price tag and detailed plans for a Whangārei hospital redevelopment announced today brought relief to Northland health leadership.

The government has upped funding for a Whangārei Hospital redevelopment, announcing $759 million for Stage 1.

A major company has been fined $169,000 for letting banned and harmful 'forever' chemicals get into Whangārei Harbour in what a judge calls an "extraordinary" act.

An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite, which is likely to have landed in Northland. Video

Whangārei is upgrading its public CCTV cameras so they can recognise car number plates.

The Marine Industry Association says more superyachts than expected have arrived since the sea border reopened just three months ago.

One person has died following a two-vehicle crash in the Far North.

Police involved in a murder enquiry following a man's death in Whangārei are appealing for information over the movements a car around the time of the incident.

The sister of a Whangārei murder victim has paid tribute to her "amazing" sibling this afternoon and acknowledged the pain his killer's family are also enduring.

A 21-year-old Whangārei man has been found guilty of murder after a street brawl in the centre of the city in June 2021.

Epidemiologist Michael Baker is appalled that one in five passengers on a cruise ship that recently visited the Bay of Islands have tested positive for Covid-19.

Ike Wellington Kingi, 42, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 56-year-old found dead at an Onerahi address last month.

The defence counsel for the older of two Whangārei brothers accused of murder says his client accepts committing manslaughter, but not murder.

One person has died in a crash in Whangārei Heads prompting a three-day rāhui.

The Crown has finished calling witnesses at a tense murder trial in Whangārei this afternoon.

A Far North District councillor-elect who used her own unofficial document at a swearing in ceremony, will on Thursday sign her organisation's official declaration.

Gruesome witness accounts of a street fight, the aftermath of a fatal stabbing and attempts by medical staff to revive the victim have been read to a jury in Whangārei.

A Whangārei Girls High School student is asking Parliament to help feed about 300 of her peers she says are turning up without any food, each day. Audio

Shouting, wailing, and threats forced security to break up aggression at a murder trial this afternoon, with the judge, defendants, jury, and members of the public hurried out of the court.