Robbers bashed, bound and robbed a 67-year-old woman in her home in the third aggravated robbery in Kaipara in a month.

Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.

Two Northland dairy farmers have come up with a novel way to express their boyracer tendencies - from the comfort of their own couch.

A senior Northland policeman is disgusted after a "blotto" 10-year-old boy was found so drunk his eyes were rolling back in his head.

Police in the Northland town of Dargaville say a man who attacked a teenage girl while she walked her dog needs to be caught before he strikes again.

Controversial MP Hone Harawira has encouraged protesters to take "whatever action necessary" to make their voices heard - earning another stinging rebuke from party bosses.