Four houses have been evacuated on the Karikari Peninsula as fire crews continue to battle a scrub fire in Northland that began yesterday. The 60-hectare blaze started after a car hit a power pole near Lake Ohia yesterday afternoon. One person was......
Questions and concerns about the future of the Ngāpuhi treaty settlement remain, following a hui between Far North hapū and ministers in the weekend. More than 300 hundred people gathered in Waitangi to discuss the government's latest proposal,......
Some people say they are resorting to living in trees in order to get by, as rural communities in Northland say their whānau are crying out for easier access to suitable housing. About 60 people were at the Northland Housing Forum Hui in Whangarei......
Northland Police are currently responding to a report of a suspicious object being located on the field at Whangārei Boys’ High School just before midday. Police are at the school currently making enquiries and the immediate area on the field......
Police conducting a homicide investigation into the death of 30-year-old Jasmine Wilson have arrested a second person. The 28-year-old woman will appear in Whanganui District Court on Tuesday 27 August charged with perverting the course of justice,......
Whangārei District Council is the latest local body to formally sound the alarm over greenhouse gas emissions, by declaring a climate change emergency. It's been warned that without urgent action, Whangārei coastal communities will be under water......
The Ministry for Primary Industries is disappointed by the scale of an illegal haul of flounder and oysters. Northland fishery officers have caught a 66-year-old Russell man with 97 flounder and 677 shucked oysters which were packed in punnets. MPI......
