At least two children were in a Northland house shot at during an attempted murder on Christmas Eve, police say.

A shirtless Far North Mayor Wayne Brown with a body that looks suspiciously like Dan Carter's. The Mona Lisa in a judge's wig and a bikini.

Driver error has been ruled out as the cause of the speedway smash that killed 15-year-old Samantha Mouat.

The funeral for a teenage driver killed in a speedway crash in Northland will be held at her home track in Mt Maunganui.

The family of a teenage speedway racer watched in horror from the trackside as she slammed into a wall and died late yesterday afternoon.

In 2004's Kaikohe Demolition, German-born New Zealand-bred filmmaker Habicht got to know the stars of a dodgems-to-the-death demolition derby in the Northland town of the title and then filmed the hilarious showdown.

Police have named the Kaikohe woman who died after what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a Kaikohe woman died following what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

A one-year-old toddler was hit by a vehicle reversing out of its driveway in the small Northland rural town of Kaikohe today.

More than 50 people have been arrested in two separate large-scale drug operations targeting cannabis in Northland and Hawke's Bay.