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Police appeal for help in investigation into death of four-week-old girl in Kaitaia

Big winner is a waka centre Aurere at the southern end of Doubtless Bay.

School abandons tug-of-wars after its principal almost lost a finger when a rope snapped.

Flames reached the deck of one home as fire crews battled to force the blaze back.

Bus driver is thought to have not seen the man prior to running him over.

News snippets from Northland

"I could see a pall of black smoke ... It was like a volcano," firefighter says.

Yesterday Police issued an appeal for any sightings of 27-year-old Hinepukohurangi Papuni.

The female driver of the crashed car has been arrested.

A lifetime of work has seen kiwi conservationist Wendy Splore honoured.

Firefighters are into their fourth day of trying to contain a blaze south of Kaikohe.

House fire caused by spontaneous combustion of furniture-oil-soaked rag on deck.

SPCA advises Northlanders against leaving their animals baking in cars.

Families not given enough warning whales about to be put down, volunteer rescuer says.

Shelley Kitchen works for Squash NZ as a high-performance manager.

The plan was to plant 1.1 million pine trees - then someone looked at the ground.

Chilean national who crashed into and killed two elderly women has been sentenced.

Tourist spot defiled by smashed bottles, shot glasses, cans, blood, vomit, used condoms.

Saffron Bates has honoured her sister in Whangārei five years after her murder.

A Northland College student was assaulted while trying to protect his teacher.

Forest and Bird has shut its own reserves to dramatise a need to close all kauri forests.

Far North iwi Te Rarawa moves to save its vulnerable sand dunes from vehicle damage.

Chilean man pleads guilty to Far North crash which killed two Houhora women.

Ngawha Prison admission from father: 'I forgot about my son'.

The fence would stretch 8.5km from coast to coast south of Cape Reinga

Paua will be gone in 10 years unless plundering stops, says local.

Hekenukumai (Hec) Puhipi, has been knighted for services to Māori.

The 80-year-old was a huge figure for the northern iwi.

Kaitāia woman charged with stealing from disability charity can be named