A further three locations have been confirmed positive with the fungal pest.

Mid Northern carry on their winning ways in a tough battle against determined westerners.

Officials are scrambling to gather seeds of 33 native plant species in Myrtle Rust's path.

Biosecurity officials say the myrtle rust incursion's implications for NZ remain unclear.

Lab tests come back negative for a second nursery as a third possible case is found

It was only a matter of time before a devastating fungal disease arrived in New Zealand

MPI is "throwing the kitchen sink" at a plant disease found in Kerikeri.

News in brief from around the region.

OBM grab another bonus point as Mid Northern and Western Sharks keep pace.

News in brief from around Northland

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Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

An incredible 130mm of rain has fallen in the Coromandel Ranges in the past 24 hours.

A 4-year-old girl has been attacked by a dog near Kerikeri

An Air NZ flight has been hit by lightning as severe thunderstorms lash Northland.

Police are amazed a man survived a crash that destroyed a power pole near Kerikeri

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The driver of a ute that crashed into three lamp posts and rolled in Northland yesterday has been charged.

Five people have been injured and one person is in serious condition after a car rolled in Northland.

Friends of a Kerikeri woman found her body floating in the Bay of Islands after she apparently fell from a boat without being noticed.

The wife of a pedestrian killed in the Far North in the early hours of New Year's Day went to bed thinking he'd gone for a walk.

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

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The holiday road toll stands at 17, rising overnight with the deaths of two pedestrians in Northland.

New Year's Eve has got off to a disastrous start to two people who were injured in a dune buggy crash in Northland this evening.

One person has died in a water rescue at Doves Bay Marina, near Kerikeri in the Far North.

A fire that came within a metre of a ute and a few metres of a Kerikeri home was a blaze waiting to happen, the town's fire chief

A Northland culinary school which closed down suddenly last month, putting tutors out of work and students in limbo, was owned by