Northland

Trips to and from the region look set to remain highly restricted, despite the drop in alert levels. Audio

Vaccinators are going whare to whare with Pfizer shots in the Far North to make sure nobody misses out.

The Department of Conservation is today considering an appeal against controversial Far North Aupōuri Peninsula water consents.

An application by Far North landowners to take billions of litres of water from an underground aquifer has been given the go ahead.

The remains of a weather system that flooded west Auckland has caused thousands of dollars of damage at a Whangārei golf club.

Last week, it decided Te Tai Tokerau would be kept at alert level 4 with Tāmaki Makaurau when restrictions ease for most of the country at midnight tomorrow.

A Northland iwi leader is calling for Covid-19 wastewater testing to happen immediately in future lockdowns as regional investigations ramp up.

Northland police are setting up three traffic checkpoints to stop and question motorists entering the region.

Disappointed Ngāpuhi volunteers say a "terrible" number of vehicles arrived in Northland overnight with recreational gear.

The housing crisis is hitting Kaikohe so badly overcrowding is now the norm, not the exception, residents say.

Recovering meth users in the Far North want the government to boost local resources to help kick the drug. Audio

Refining NZ shareholders have voted to switch to an import-only terminal from mid next year, signalling the loss of hundreds of jobs at Marsden Point.

The government is defending its assessments that there is little risk to the country's energy security, even if the only oil refinery stops operating.

Shareholders are being asked to approve a proposal to convert the site into a fuel import terminal resulting in job losses - although the company said it was the best option to allow it to remain…

The oil refinery in Northland has run prohibited training exercises using thousands of litres of firefighting foam containing chemicals linked to cancers.