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.

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

Surfers were back on the water a day after a great white shark attack at Baylys Beach.

Some Northlanders are paying Auckland prices for petrol even without a 10c per litre tax.

Northland business leader says Tegel's failed plan has been a missed opportunity.

Animal activists delighted the plans for the farm has been scrapped.

News snippets from across Northland

Karen Edwards lives in fear her daughter's killer will be released after appeal lodged.

Eleven dairy cows were electrocuted when lines fell at a Dargaville farm.

Barriers have prevented dozens of serious crashes since they were installed.

Rope around the whale's head means it is not able to move freely, though it can breathe.

Protests against the use of 1080 poison will be held in several Northland towns tomorrow.

Rescuers are on the way to help humpback whale tangled in rope in Bay of Islands.