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.

Police are amazed a man survived a crash that destroyed a power pole near Kerikeri

The last section of Northland's Twin Coast Cycle Trail will be officially opened next week.

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.

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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.

Tina Trenkner-Meade checks into reasonably-priced digs in a great location.

SPCA investigating a report of a dog being dragged behind an SUV in the Far North.

Waitangi Day will be another cracker for most of New Zealand, but Wellington again misses out on any golden weather.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

Among the hundreds of waka paddlers taking part in this year's Waitangi Day festivities will be half a dozen who stand out. They'll

Mayors in three of New Zealand's poorest districts - the Far North, Rotorua and Gisborne - want to take over central Government agencies in their areas to eradicate "entrenched poverty".

Four young women have been arrested for the aggravated robbery of a Paihia dairy thanks to an alert local who noticed a suspicious

Fire has raced through native scrubland in the bed of a dried-out lake in the Far North.

The sudden deaths of two young girls in the past few weeks - in unrelated incidents - are being investigated.

A real estate agent and her husband have been acquitted of charges relating to dealing the illicit drug methamphetamine, after a jury found them not guilty.

Labour and the Greens say they have dropped plans to cut electoral "deals" in marginal seats,

Plea after man punched Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old was punched in the neck as he worked on his tablet

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.