Maori settlement concerned about air quality from new boiler at freezing works.

Opua Coastal Preservation Society ordered to pay more legal costs after losing in court.

Organisers thought they'd get to silver level in their first year, but they got to gold.

Police launch search after a hunter fails to walk out of bush.

Schools put in lockdown.

Injured woman slipped and broke her leg while helping check possum bait stations.

Woman jailed for assaulting and robbing 92-year-old woman in Kawakawa.

NorthTec to start fees-free course in environment management from next month.

Man gets community work sentence for taking toheroa from Northland beach.

Mayor says the national leadership roles show the district is progressive and inclusive.

Four men charged over cannabis-growing operation remain in custody.

Man jailed for stabbing police dog trying to ram police cars, aggravated burglary.

Whangārei man appears in court for murder of Bridget Simmonds.

News snippets from across the region.

The mother of Whangārei woman said the ordeal had been highly frustrating

Derek Lynn jailed for part in tyre stabbing crime spree.

Body removed and police finish scene examination at rural property.

More than 750 jobs will be created in Auckland alone as part of the post-Covid recovery.

Police use excavator at rural location where they believe missing woman is buried .

More water storage facilities in Northland in the pipeline.

Simmonds' mother just wants closure for the family.

Suspicious fire destroys rural community hall.

Union slams Carter Holt Harvey's plan to make more than two thirds of workers redundant.

Police consider disappearance of Bridget Simmonds is suspicious.

Head-on crash near the summit of Brynderwyn Hills.

Business leaders and sporting organisations in Northland are delighted to move to level 1.

Power outage for Far North.

Neighbours felt 'something not right' before hearing of death.

"I would like to think we could reach out to those people and possibly help them."