Northland's tinder-dry conditions caused a quad bike fire to extend into a blaze which threatened homes and which took four fire crews and two helicopters to extinguish.

Before we lose daylight savings, a trip to the winterless north should be on your wishlist.

A Far North man has been found guilty of causing the death of one of his relatives.

Cate Foster takes a nostalgic drive through the hill country between Herekino and Hokianga.

Police arrested four members of one family after a motorbike was allegedly driven around a Kaikohe street in a dangerous manner.

A Far North district councillor has just days to stump up more than $800,000 or face bankruptcy.

A controversial new mussel farm off the Far North coast has been given the green light amid claims it will displace dolphins and deprive boaties of safe anchorage.

Elisabeth Easther finds a Far North town steeped in history.

A stranger's speedy action saved the life of a toddler who slipped off the pontoon at Mangonui wharf and "sank like a stone".

Thieves stole dozens of boogie boards from a tour bus that got bogged down in sand on Ninety Mile Beach at the weekend.

Danielle Wright walks through history in a picturesque seaside village in the Far North.

A Civil Aviation Authority report into a helicopter crash which killed two Far North men a year ago will be completed early next year.

Ratepayers are outraged over an outgoing chief executive's $240,000 severance payment from the debt-riddled Kaipara District Council.

A major methamphetamine drug bust has uncovered a rusty army ammunition tin crammed full of $100,000 in cash in a Far North paddock.

A routine traffic stop at Umawera, in the Far North, led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab at Whangape, police say.

A Kaitaia evangelical church leader who secretly filmed a teenage girl and a woman has pleaded guilty to a raft of sex-related charges.

Editorial: It is hardly surprisingly that many state-house tenants in Glen Innes are angry about being asked to leave homes they have inhabited for years.

Police hunting a Far North man who pulled a firearm from his car before fleeing into the bush have issued a warrant for his arrest.