A man who drove like a "complete idiot" was arrested after a five-hour manhunt during which he tried to ram a police car, and hurled a pie out his window.

Ani Tamaki says while one school lunch might not seem like much, it can mean a lot for those who are struggling to afford food for

The Tangiteroria Tavern is now the pub with no beer after 90 years of serving locals and travellers between Whangarei and Dargaville. Owner

Truckies were among members of the public who provided information on the movements of a man who allegedly broke into seven businesses

A Dargaville man charged over the deaths of three people in a crash near the town has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Our ultimate road trip uncovers a boon for the motorist, a super swimming hole and a beauty spot almost too good to be true.

Goodbye Auckland, hello New Zealand. Our biggest city is like a different country, a feeling reinforced by our visit to Te Puea Marae.

Alcohol, speed and an overloaded vehicle contributed to the severity of an accident that killed Brethren members near Dargaville on Monday.

A ute may have been driven dangerously on a Northland beach before the horrific crash which claimed the lives of three Brethren church members, police say.

Two men have been arrested following an aggravated robbery at a Northland dairy in which a shop assistant had a long-barrelled gun pointed at her.

Police have released a CCTV footage still in an appeal for the public to help identify the man.

A police car slid off a gravel road and rolled on its side following a car chase in Dargaville overnight.

Four people have been injured, two of them seriously, in a car crash this afternoon.

Chase the sun north to a proud town where Elisabeth Easther finds a warm welcome and a fascinating history.

About 60 fire service staff battled a fierce blaze at a Northland plastics factory overnight.

A fire at a Dargaville fertiliser plant has been contained and has been brought under control by the fire service.

An army trainee died when a vehicle he was travelling in crashed with an "almighty bang" into a power pole near Dargaville on Friday night.

A man was killed and four others injured, one critically, when a car hit a power pole in Northland last night.

Doug and Heather Carter have had raw sewage spew on to their Dargaville property at least once a year since they moved there 25 years ago.

A Dargaville man who hit his former partner over the head with a guitar has been jailed for 22 months.

A 17-year-old boy has drowned at Kai Iwi Lakes near Dargaville despite desperate attempts by his three young friends to revive him.

A Northland man who had been repairing Queensland roads damaged in floods in 2010 and 2011 has been stranded in Bundaberg as a result of ex-cyclone Oswald.

Footage from the police Taser gun allegedly used by a woman against a Northland policeman during a vicious assault is now being used as potential evidence against the attackers.

A mob attack on a Waikato policeman on Christmas Day came soon after another two police officers were hospitalised following a brutal attack in Dargaville.

A woman allegedly used a brick as a weapon and tried to shoot a police officer with his own taser in a brutal attack by a group of youths on Christmas Day.