The mako attack wasn't the Kerikeri man's first encounter with a shark that day.

Jim Morgan's dog was attacked by six dogs while the pair were walking in Kaikohe.

Jim Morgan, an ex-serviceman, is virtually blind and Sandy was his companion.

The attack hasn't made the Kerikeri man more wary of being in the water.

The Kerikeri man was spearfishing when the shark "came out of nowhere".

Nicky Dodd was sentenced to four years, four months for manslaughter.

Mangawhai is pegged for a huge commercial and lifestyle greenfields development.

The Rogans were part of a group of ratepayers who withheld payments for several years.

Families not given enough warning whales about to be put down, volunteer rescuer says.

The whales, believed to be pygmy whales, are the second stranding in three days.

Lindy Laird looks at two rare dramas on Northland's Ripiro Beach this year.

Northland doctors and emergency departments are on alert for meningococcal disease

Dargaville Diesel Specialists has had its licence to issue WoFs suspended.

Car collided with ute in pouring rain.

St John says it's providing appropriate care despite paramedic shortage.

Keynote speaker at Vegan Expo concerned about Māori health outcomes, writes Peter Shand.

'I thought I was a monster and I wasn't cut out to have children.'

Joshua Kite's bid to have sentence overturned fails.

The Northland Environmental Protection Society is celebrating the Supreme Court ruling.

Thousands start voting on new Ngāpuhi Treaty negotiations plan.

The funding announcements ends uncertainty over phase 2 of the Kawakawa hospital rebuild.

Northland health board accused of keeping meningococcal cases quiet for six months.

The Court of Appeal has ruled the Mangawhai residents were not allowed to withhold rates.

Public Service award for DoC ranger Scott Theobald

Northland's high number of meningococcus deaths leads to health authority's warning.

Northland man jailed for aggravated robbery of The Warehouse in Dargaville.

First kiwi chick has hatched in the Pukenui Forest on Whangārei city's western flank.

Whangārei man escapes prison sentence because of mental impairment.

Fatal head-on crash on gravel road near Kaiwaka brings Northland road toll to 27.

DoC rangers surprised one of New Zealand's rarest birds has laid eggs in October.