Latest from Dargaville

Crash deaths: Dangerous driving theory

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.

Fatal follows a horror weekend

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

'Great person, selfless hero'

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

Arrests over aggravated robbery at Northland dairy

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.

Image released of man involved in aggravated robbery

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

Chaotic police chase rolls car

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

Four injured in Northland car crash

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

Kia ora: Dargaville

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

Day five on the road with the Variety bash

Man who hit former partner with guitar jailed

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

Boy drowns after desperate rescue fails

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

Looting hits Queensland flood spots

Kiwi trapped by floods

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.

Northland blaze treated as suspicious

One killed in a car crash near Dargaville

Video evidence of Dargaville attack

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.

Five attacks on police

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.

Taser turned on police

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.