Drug lord's North home on market
A waterfront mansion built for NZ's most notorious drug lord, complete with helicopter pad and mythical "escape tunnel", is again for sale.
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Mast saved yachtie after he hit rocks
A veteran yachtsman spent two cold, wet hours perched on the mast of his heritage yacht after it hit rocks and sank in the middle of the night.
Cockle catch too big - so start walking
A vehicle has been seized because its owner had gathered more than 600 cockles - 12 times the legal limit for the Auckland and Coromandel areas.
'Totally unprepared' hikers slammed
Up to $10,000 of taxpayers' money was spent on a rescue in Northland over the weekend for a group of Aucklanders "who were not in real danger", police say.
The day Pakeha called NZ home
More than 500 people gathered on a hilltop in the Bay of Islands yesterday to celebrate the bicentenary of Pakeha settlement in New Zealand.
Northland: The boys are out of town
A great boys' trip up north is about golf and sleep not babes and beach for family man Rob Cox.
Making great strides in the Bay of Islands
Elisabeth Easther visited Russell for a sneak preview of the Bay of Islands Walking Weekend and found a wealth of wanders on offer.
Dolphin adopts new calf
A bottlenose dolphin thought to have lost its calf has adopted a baby of another species.
Bay of Islands: Winging it in Russell
The sky is the limit as a Northland town turns on the charm for a winter festival, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Romantic Russell delivers on all its promises
Rachel Grunwell finds plenty to keep her busy on a weekend in Russell.
Geothermal power plant fire 'minor'
Fire services were called to a fire at a geothermal power plant in the Bay of Islands last night.
Rich-lister sells up for bucket list
A New Zealand rich-lister has put his Bay of Islands palatial retreat up for sale, saying he is keen to move on to tick off his "bucket list" of life-long dreams.
Kia ora: Kawakawa
Elisabeth Easther discovers a gem of a town in Northland where the train runs down the middle of the main street.
Russell: It's a top town
Elisabeth Easther finds New Zealand's former capital is still a capital place.
Kawakawa: The engine Gabriel
Danielle Wright takes her family on a vintage steam train along the main street of a tiny town with a big reputation.
Whale of a tale spectacle
A pair of humpback whales thrilled tourists in the Bay of Islands, breaching several times out of the water in full display.
Kawakawa: Pioneer route back on track
Most travellers in the north know Kawakawa as the town with the railway running down the middle of the main street.
Northland: Scene stealer
A popular drawcard for overseas visitors, the Bay of Islands proves an action-packed success, too, for Geoff Cumming's family holiday.
Weekender: Kerikeri
Feel like a break in the north? Stop in at this bustling Bay of Islands town.
Paihia: Hosted in the Bay
A deliciously relaxing hosted stay in the Bay of Islands broadens Sharleen Heijstra's holiday hot list.
Idyll moments in Kerikeri
Summer time and the living is made easy at a Provence-style bed and breakfast. Geraldine McManus reports.
Opua: Perched above the bay
Michele Crawshaw visits a luxury boutique lodge which commands a grand view over the Bay of Islands.