Here are the latest weather updates, region by region as Cyclone Cook bears down.

Women's car still stranded on flooded Russell Rd after they're helped to escape.

Teenage boy dies after being released from hospital.

A 13-year-old boy has died after the stolen car he was in crashed in the Far North.

The crash happened on Shipwreck Bay beach near Ahipara about 5pm,

First Tasman rower had no two-way radio communication once out of sight of land.

So far $16,000 has been raised to buy a Northland island.

Ricardo Simich checks into historic Northland accommodation.

A long hidden waterfall is once again accessible to the public

Broadbill swordfish was so big it wouldn't all fit in the boat.

Kaikohe community steps up as mum takes her sons to police station for Friday's rampage

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

A Kaikohe mum took her sons to the cops for their role in attacking a local gas station.

Local woman reports grandson to police after recognising him in CCTV footage.

Corrections officers are being housed at a five-star waterfront hotel in the Far North while on secondment to cover the region's short staffed prison.

An incredible 130mm of rain has fallen in the Coromandel Ranges in the past 24 hours.

A 4-year-old girl has been attacked by a dog near Kerikeri

Far North power company says planned cuts due to combination of factors.

The environmentally-fragile dune lake near Tokerau Beach on the Karikari Peninsula has been exposed to oil and lubricants as well as fish and weed pests.

New unit allows teen mums in Northland to achieve their dreams

The quad bike rolled at Wreck Bay Rd in Ahipara this afternoon.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: The mayors of New Zealand's three most impoverished districts have asked the Prime Minister to establish "demarcation zones".

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

The MetService has issued a severe weather watch for Northland with heavy rain expected to lash parts of the region today. Incidentally

A person has been seriously injured after the car they were in spun out in Russell in the Bay of Islands.

A Pahia real estate agent acquitted of charges relating to dealing methamphetamine says police are still "aggressively pursuing her" and trying to ruin her life.

A dog owner said incident that saw a dog dragged to its death was a "horrible accident".

A Kiwi woman is helping lift the lid on how pornography consumption is effecting young people in New Zealand.