Northland

Dot Gorrie reckons she's not addicted to attending council meetings. But she's been to about 60 in the past three decades, is now seeing Kaipara District Council's sixth mayor in action and has…

The running of a test train last week means the rail line between Whangārei and Swanson in West Auckland is back in action after an upgrade funded by the Provincial Growth Fund.

A fire at Rawene in the Far North has been contained after it burnt through about 10 hectares of land.

Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, conservation rangers say.

Police are calling for witnesses to come forward as the investigation into the death of a man in Northland last Thursday continues.

A shark expert is calling on beachgoers to be more cautious following a suspected shark attack at Waihī beach.

Commemorations are being held at Kawiti Marae in Waiomio, Te Taitokerau today to mark the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Te Ruapekapeka. Audio

Police are defending an officer's use of force during riots in Whangamatā, in which a youth was kicked in the back.

The mayor of Thames Coromandel says the parents of under-age drinkers should help to pay for the damage caused by last night's riot in Whangamatā.

People in the Far North are being told to reduce water consumption immediately because of unprecedented demand.

Far North has moved to a prohibited fire season as firefighters try to contain a blaze near Ninety-Mile Beach that forced the evacuation of about 100 homes.

Dozens of properties are being evacuated as a large uncontained blaze encroaches on the township of Ahipara.

A boat that was engulfed in fire yesterday has sunk to the bottom of the ocean in the Bay of Islands.

An onlooker to a boat fire in the Bay of Islands says the launch was engulfed in flames within minutes.

Northland Police want the public's help to find a woman who has been missing for almost two weeks.

Northland Regional Council's Whangārei urban constituency byelection comes after longtime councillor John Bain resigned over its pending Māori seats vote.

A toxic cocktail of speed and too many vehicles is increasingly threatening lives - and the environment - on New Zealand's longest driveable beach.

A total fire ban has been called for Central Otago, and Northlanders are being warned of near-extreme fire danger levels.

A blaze at Pumpkin Hill north of Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula which earlier lead to evacuations and the partial closure of a state highway has now been contained.