Ron Pattenden has an estimated 100 donors to thank for keeping him alive.

A father has been sentenced to home detention for abusing his daughter for two years.

Two people walked away with minor injuries after crash landing a plane.

Volunteer fire officer says a perfect landing meant passengers escaped almost unscathed.

Floodwaters washed a goat into a tree in Dargaville.

Derek Wheeldon, 80, and his wife Carol, 70, know they live in a beautiful place, but criminals are well and truly spoiling it.

A Northland man has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of arson and elected to have a jury trial. Andrew Lee Searle, 20, of Te Kopuru

Northland Inc is looking at whether there's a market to build a retirement village in Dargaville to lure Aucklanders ready to quit the rat race.

Toys, food, vouchers and newly-knitted blankets are just some of the items that have been donated to help a family of six who lost

A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest

A kite flown on the end of electric fence tape crashed into 11kV powerlines causing a flash over and blowing out power to a nearby

A Dargaville local is $1 million richer tonight.

by Craig Cooper, editor Joe Carbery is a name many Northlanders will recognise. The Dargaville saxophonist (he now lives in Auckland)

A young man with multiple convictions for failing to stop has admitted leading Whangarei police on a pursuit and reaching speeds of

Rachael Beardsall says she and her partner have had to go without to ensure their three children do not starve. So when she heard

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

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.

A "horrific" Queen's Birthday weekend on the roads where 11 people died in crashes over three days, the highest toll in 27 years.

The devastated family of fallen volunteer firefighter Anne Talijancich say her legacy in the Northland community will live forever.

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.