Salvation Army terminates family's emergency housing contract
Work and Income pays for family in motel after Salvation Army evicts them.
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Monster kauri log to shed light on mysterious ancient event
Monster kauri log unearthed near Kaikohe could prove immensely important to science.
Access to rural health top of the priority for Northland GP
Zimbabwean-born GP Dr Grahame Jelley details his journey to Northland.
Waitangi Treaty Grounds country's first National Historic Landmark
Waitangi Treaty Grounds country's first national historic landmark.
Ex-Black Fern to lead Northland
Two of New Zealand's most experienced rugby players will be guiding Northland's season.
Privacy bungle: Police pay out $11,000 after releasing private details
Police pay out $11,000 after releasing man's private information to the media.
Māori-language pundit defends ballsy Kerikeri airport sign
Airport operator says sign will be changed but te reo expert calls it "fantastic".
Rat 'tsunami' invading homes, threatening wildlife
Pest control firms rushed off feet with double the usual number of rodent-related calls.
Avocado heists feed sushi black market
Avocado thieves are supplying a growing black market for sushi shops.
$4.75m airport terminal to open in Kerikeri
New terminal able to handle twice or even three times the current 110,000 passengers.
Think yesterday was cold? Looking back on NZ's coldest day
At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.
Cattle truck driver in Northland fails impairment test during police blitz
Illegal drivers detected by a 40-strong police team during a five-day traffic blitz.
Cops in togs nab wanted man during mid-winter swim
Bail-breacher spotted by cops taking part in a mid-winter swimming race.
20 months jail for man who strangled partner
New legislation made strangulation and suffocation a criminal offence.
Waste firm plan for landfill 'risk' to Kaipara Harbour
Kaipara mayor and iwi leaders protest against new dump just outside Northland border.
Plants destroyed, property restrained in Northland drug sweep
During Operation Piano two properties were restrained under the Proceeds of Crimes Act.
Family devastated after sheep attacked three times by roaming dogs
Just seven of family's 23 sheep survive - but for how much longer?
Jury delivers guilty verdicts for duo involved in record meth haul
Cullen and Fakaosilea guilty of importing methamphetamine, being part of criminal group.
Hero rescuers prise dog's jaws apart to free girl, grandmother says
Girl, 11, still recovering at home after being mauled on Otiria Rd, Moerewa.
Half a tonne of meth: Guilty verdicts in Ninety Mile Beach trial
Guilty verdicts in Ninety Mile Beach meth trial.
Two Northland children savaged by dogs in 20 minutes
Otiria Rd, Moerewa, attacks leave child in hospital with bites to legs, arms and body.
Rugby: Kamo ignite hopes of a double
Is this the spark that Kamo needs to win another Northland premier rugby title?
Drugs involved in nearly 40 per cent of Northland fatal road crashes
Tests on 10 people killed in crashes show five had either meth or cannabis in their blood.
Photos released from aggravated robbery as police seek to identify man and ute
Four people, including two armed with fence palings, robbed Kamo Super Liquor.
Northland news in brief: Armed police callout, new corporate services GM for FNDC
News briefs from around Te Tai Tokerau.
Northland man back from brink thanks to quick-thinking nurse
Truck driver Patrick Larkin suffers cardiac arrest on flight back to Aussie job.
'Rail is back on track': Winston Peters in Whangārei
Deputy PM talks Marsden Point spur line and Northland-Auckland rail improvements.
Fifth measles case confirmed in Northland, with day care centre latest focus
Fifth measles case confirmed in Northland, with day care centre latest focus
'Scary': Govt steps in to help 367 schools - the full list
Officials have stepped into a third of all low-decile schools since 2009.
Watch: Stunning meteor lets off boom, lights up New Zealand skies
'Brilliant bright white light bursting out from darkness then a falling shower of flames.'
Moorhouse hit with Tikipunga season ban
A dangerous tackle captured on video was all it took for Moorhouse to be made to leave.
Waipoua Forest's Four Sisters track closed over Kauri Dieback fears
Waipoua Forest's Four Sisters track closed over Kauri Dieback fears
Policy change after traffic ticket sent to wrong address
A ticket may now be waived or reissued depending on the circumstances.