Family and friends of one of the men killed in the Kaipara boating tragedy have paid tribute to him in an emotional church service tonight.

The search for the missing Francie has been called off for tomorrow after efforts to recover the vessel failed today.

Two men who died in the Kaipara Harbour tragedy will today be buried by their families.

Police say its possible the fisherman still missing after the Francie disaster​ is still on board the boat.

The search for the fisherman still missing after the Francie disaster has been called off.

The body of ill-fated Francie skipper Bill McNatty has been returned to his family.

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

The search for the man still missing after the Francie capsized in the Kaipara Harbour is continuing.

Eleven men were thrown into the rough seas of the Kaipara Harbour on Saturday. Three survived, seven bodies have been recovered and one is still missing.

Two Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigators are in Auckland gathering evidence into the Kaipara Harbour fishing boat tragedy.

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

A Cook Island father-of-three who hailed from an island renown for fishing has been named by family as one of the victims of Saturday's water tragedy.

There's a chill in the air in Kaipara, strong winds whipping the flag lowered to half mast into a frenzy on the front lawn.

Those are words a heartbroken wife has posted on social media after learning her husband was one of the seven men who died in the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

Naked, with two lifejackets pinned under each arm, Iripa Iripa crawled up Muriwai Beach.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Bill McNatty, 68, was familiar with the water, worked hard to pay off his boat and spent a good chunk of the past three years taking people out fishing.

The search for the last victim of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy is under way this morning.

A man who drove like a "complete idiot" was arrested after a five-hour manhunt during which he tried to ram a police car, and hurled a pie out his window.

More preliminary elections results are trickling in from the regions this morning - Kaipara District has a new mayor and the Chatham Islands have re-elected its current mayor.

Truckies were among members of the public who provided information on the movements of a man who allegedly broke into seven businesses

A high-school student's death in a car crash has pulled the five survivors in his school-based enterprise "tighter" together. Jamie

Mangawhai ratepayers have secured a partial victory in the High Court which ruled the Northland Regional Council rates for Kaipara

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Four plumes of smoke at South Head in Kaipara Harbour signalled the Royal New Zealand Air Force's six-monthly live bomb drop.

The Northland ringleader of the operation that produced the largest amount of methamphetamine ever cooked in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to a raft of charges.

When Lee Rata was severely beaten last year, Seddon Beazley took the opportunity to further his standing with the Mongrel Mob. However, his mother knew different.